Charlie Hebdo shooting

Charlie Hebdo shooting

On the morning of 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 local time, two masked gunmen armed with assault rifl es and other weapons forced their way into the off ices of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. They fi red up to 50 shots, while shouting "Allahu Akbar", killing 11 people and injuring 11 others during their attack.

In the evening of the day of the attack, demonstrations against the shootings were held at the Place de la République in Paris and in other cities including Toulouse, Nice, Lyon, Marseille and Rennes. These gatherings led to 8 January being declared an official day of mourning by President François Hollande.

A massive manhunt led to the discovery of the suspects on 9 January, brothers Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, who exchanged fi re with the police. The brothers took hostages at a signage company in Dammartin-en-Goële, and were gunned down when they emerged fi ring from the building.

On 11 January 2015, up to 2 million people including President Hollande and more than 40 world leaders arranged a "unity rally", organised to show unity after the attacks, streaming into the heart of Paris for a rally of national unity to honour the 17 victims. The demonstrators marched from Place de la République to Place de la Nation, with more than one million people joining in. In all, 3.7 million people joined demonstrations nationwide, which off icials called the largest public rally in France since World War II.

Tolerance is the golden word these days. Everyone calls for it, and few people actually seem to have it.

We have an opportunity to think about it and discuss the issue of tolerance - a very important issue today.

„Radical Islamists used insane people in shooting in France. Religion limited to a few slogans becomes an alibi for radical people who change Islam into the religion of revenge” said Professor Zbigniew Mikołejko from the Department of Religion Studies, Polish Academy of Science.

Authors of the project:Dominika Pałka Paulina Walczak

Bibliography:* www.wikipedia.org