CHARLIE HEBDO AND ATHEISM

 Atheism as a religion is evolving swiftly and was earlier followed by communist nation but now it has reached to liberals too.We live in a democratic country where freedom of speech,expression and freedom to choose any religion is constitutional right.Every individual has right to choose any religion and follow.We also have to acknowledge the fact that every religion has some taboo practices which are blindly followed by them  and they become very sensitive when a derogatory remark is made on their belief.Recently,Charlie Hebdo a french based magazine was in the news for publishing blasphemy caricatures on Prophet Muhammad which lead to heavy protest in Pakistan and other Arab countries.Even in India,boycott Charlie Hebdo was trending on twitter.French government never imposed a ban on Charlie Hebdo citing curtailment of freedom of speech is not acceptable,Although there is eight percent of Muslim population which reside in France according to latest census.

Charlie Hebdo label themselves as Atheist,Anti racist and secular.They not only target one religion but they have even published inappropriate caricatures on other religions too.Other religious people have also objected but they have been attacked twice in 2011 and 2015,both presumed to be in response to controversial Muhammad cartoons they published.The French government never banned this organization and the majority religion is Christianity,that accounts to 82 percent.Fun fact is they have not left even Christianity.

 These images are easily available on internet(not edited).

The question here is should we let these type of organization to run,where they can blatantly target one religious belief in the name of freedom of expression.No one can deny the fact that,there are certain taboo practices in every religion.Even in Hindu religion there are several images of deities which are negatively portrayed in the name of freedom of expression.

Today it's evolving as a culture to derogate any religion to get a short termed fame.Twitter has become a appropriate fertile ground  for these battles.It is really funny that on one side we say we are secular and on the other side we easily get offended.But,if a person keeps on passing and publishing such remarks,should the people and government not do anything as we are labelled as democratic and secular.Yes,certainly there should be restrictions on these magazines and publications but showing violence is not a solution,this will lead to development of these ideas to more and more people.