Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

Turkey?s three leading satirical magazines, Leman, Penguen and Uykusuz, have opted for a common cover Jan. 15 in tribute of Charlie Hebdo, the French weekly targeted by a deadly attack last week that has been a source of inspiration for prominent Turkish cartoonists.

Notorious French comedian Dieudonné was arrested Jan. 14 for being an "apologist for terrorism" after writing a Facebook comment suggesting he sympathised with one of the Paris attacks gunmen, a judicial source said.

The head of Europe's police organisation Europol said on Jan. 13 the continent was facing its greatest security threat in more than a decade, with as many as 5,000 Europeans who have joined fighting in Syria posing a risk to their homelands.
   

French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo's new edition is attracting huge interest hours after going on sale, with unprecedented circulation and e-versions in five languages, including Turkish and Arabic.

The magazine, which was subject to an attack that claimed the lives of 12 people last week, is now bearing a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad on its cover enjoying a mixed reception.

Islam is a European reality and Muslims across the continent are there to stay, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu told journalists while returning from Berlin late on Jan. 12.

"There is a settled persuasion that a solution can be found via accepting that Islam is a European reality," Davuto?lu said, commenting on the hot debate over rising Islamophobia in Europe.

Chinese media: West facing "payback for colonialism"

BEIJING -- The religious and cultural tensions the West faces are "payback" for slavery and colonialism, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Tuesday.

The editorial came in the wake of the Islamist attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine, AFP reported.

A Bulgarian court has to decide within seven days when to consider a French request to extradite a man suspected of having been linked to one of two Kouachi brothers who killed 12 people at the Paris headquarters of Charlie Hebdo magazine last week.

President Francois Hollande vowed Jan. 13 that France would "never yield" to terror in an emotional tribute to three police officers shot dead in an Islamist killing spree, as four Jews gunned down in the attack were buried in Israel.
      

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch?s controversial tweet suggesting that all Muslims are responsible for the massacre at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is reminiscent of the collective punishment imposed during Nazi rule, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said.

Referring to Murdoch?s tweet, Davuto?lu said he did not even want to utter the media mogul?s name.

Charlie Hebdo reveals front page of new issue

PARIS -- The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has released the front page of the edition that will be published on Wednesday.

It will feature a cartoon of Islamic Prophet Muhammad, with a tear in his eye, holding a sign reading "Je Suis Charlie", and a headline reading, "All is forgiven" in French.