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Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo has been given an international award for 'Islamophobia', two months after 12 members of staff were shot dead in a terror attack.
The awards, which were devised by The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), took place at a ceremony on Saturday and saw the gong go to the French satirical magazine for 'the world's most Islamophobic person or publication' in 2015.
It beat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US president Barack Obama and American television host Bill Maher to the title.
More at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/charlie-hebdo-murdered-staff-given-islamophobe-of-the-year-award-10100317.html
Sadly, none of the murdered victims from Charlie Hebdo showed up to accept the award.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)If anyone ever gave a shit what this organization had to say, that's come to an end with this ridiculous award.
Dr. Strange
(25,929 posts)Now YOU'RE on the list for next year's award!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)who I consider very good company. Honestly, what the hell were they thinking giving this award to Charlie Hebdo? What kind of organization is this?
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)in what reality?
Fuck them!
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)romanic
(2,841 posts)Trumps desecrating the Qur'an, killing innocents, and demolishing ancient sites in the Middle East. Maybe next year ISIS.
Oktober
(1,488 posts)Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)I wonder where they stand on, say, gay rights, discrimination against women, capital punishment, corporal punishment, freedom of worship, freedom of speech, etc.
There are Muslims heterodox enough to hold liberal - i.e. pro-human-rights - views on all those things, but they're all minority positions among Muslims.
Yorktown
(2,884 posts)for proving that 'Islamic Human Rights' is an oxymoron.
I'd sign off with a 'LOL' if it was not both pathetic and dangerous for mankind.