Open letter on blasphemy, Islamophobia, and the true enemies of free expression

On January 7, 2015, two gunmen stormed the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. They took the lives of twelve men and women, but they called for one man by name: "Charb": Stéphane Charbonnier, editor in chief. He had finished this book just two days before his murder o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Charb, 1967-2015
Corporate Author: Little, Brown and Company (Translator)
Other Authors: Gopnik, Adam (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Edition:First English language edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Islamophobia is the new racism
  • Faith is submission. To believe is, above all, to fear ; Being afraid is right ; All currents of thought may be criticized ; God is big enough to take care of himself
  • Elitism, condescension, and infantilization. Journalists promoting Islamophobia ; The Muhammad cartoons ; Politics promoting Islamophobia ; An elite who infantilizes Muslims in the name of the struggle against Islamophobia
  • Heroes in the struggle against Charlie Hebdo's so-called Islamophobia. Lawsuits and the clowns who file them ; Organizations misdirecting their indignation ; Top billing
  • Freedom of expression and the butterfly effect. Respect raised to the level of first principle ; Caution and cowardice promoting Islamophobia
  • Toward the definition of a promising concept. Jealous Catholics ; What about Judeophobia? ; There's no such thing as anti-republican blasphemy!
  • And what about atheophobia in all this?