Charlie Hebdo cartoon depicting dead Syrian toddler as a sex offender ignites anger
The French magazine Charlie Hebdo has sparked outrage by publishing a cartoon attempting to satirise the refugee crisis and recent accusations of sexual abuse in Germany. The cartoon imagines Alan Kurdi, the three-year old Syrian who died in the sea in September on the way to Europe, as an adult.
- "What would have little Aylan grown up to be? A groper in Germany" reads the caption to this cartoon...
Charlie Hebdo's "humour":"What would little Aylan become if he'd grown up?". An ape molesting german women. pic.twitter.com/eAvtIPveEk- The cartoon was an attempt at mocking accusations that many assailants of sexual abuse in Cologne, Germany, on New Year's Eve were refugees, including Syrians. Many called the cartoon out as racist and said it was in incredibly bad taste.
- I hope that one day there will be war in your country, and you had to leave your homeland @Charlie_Hebdo_ #racist #charliehebdo
- A minority disagreed and argued for satire, under any circumstances.
- @maitelsadany the cartoon mocks the versatility of the public opinion and the shift in the attitude towards migrants...
- And a few pointed out that the magazine thrives on controversy, and the publishing of such an outrageous image was intended to cause such a furore.
- The potential misreading of the cartoons is so predictable (v. likely desired) by #CharlieHebdo. Toddler #AylanKurdi is dead. Some civility?
