Although Charlie Hebdo is quick to slay the European lifestyle, using satire to comment on the various ethics regarding their morals, the team turned to celebrated resilience for their cover choice after the Paris attacks last Friday. The cover depicts a man dancing around while drinking champagne while the champagne pours out of what seem to be bullet holes in his body. The text surrounding the image translates to:

They have arms. Fuck them. We have the champagne!

Shared by a columnist for Charlie Hebdo on social media ahead of its release this morning, the image has been shared further:

In the issue, managing editor Riss compares today’s Paris to London during World War II in an editorial:

Blood and tears, prophesied Churchill. That’s where we are. Without realising it, the Parisians of 2015 have sort of become the Londoners of 1940, determined not to yield, neither to fear nor to resignation, whatever catches them off guard.

He also calls for renewed debate on Islam, which, he writes:

For the past 20 years has become a battleground where radicals want to exterminate non-believers and subdue moderates by force.

Avoiding the pitfall of division should not make us renounce the right to criticise religion on the pretext that its exercise is sometimes irritating. Among all the basic freedoms that make up our lives, it is also this freedom that the killers wanted to eliminate this Friday evening.

[source: businessinsider]