We utterly condemn the decision to republish Charlie Hebdo's highly insulting cartoons trying to attack Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Taji Mustafa, Media Representative of Hizb ut Tahrir in Britain commented, "There is nothing principled about republishing cartoons that grossly insult and offend a minority community that has been singled out by politicians and media for collective punitive treatment.

After the attack on the headquarters of the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and the killing of a dozen people, many media outlets announced its intention to reprint the controversial cartoons, including the offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (saw). In Germany anti-Islam sentiments reached the level which led one of the museums to display all satirical and offensive cartoons of the beloved Prophet (saw), in support of freedom of speech! 

Following the distribution of a leaflet by Hizb ut Tahrir / Wilayah of Sudan on Wednesday 16 Rabi'ul Awwal 1436 AH, corresponding to 7 January 2015 CE, entitled: "Patching the Man-Made Constitution Deepens the Crisis; The Obligation is to Resolve it by a Constitution Based on the Doctrine of Islam", the Security Services arrested nine members of Hizb ut Tahrir in the cities of Port Sudan, Gedaref, Al-Abyadh, Omdurman and…

On Wednesday afternoon, we were catapulted to the year 2011, when the media coverage in Norway, right after the terror attack in Utøya pointed their fingers at the Muslims without any substantial evidence, as became apparent later. This time it was the attack on the office of the French satire weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo which resulted in twelve people dead.