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Chief of Charlie Hebdo  \nWITH A FOREWORD BY ADAM GOPNIK  \nAn impassioned defense offreedom of speech,from a journalistmurdered for his convictions  \nOn January 7,2015,two gunmen stormed theoffices of the French satirical newspaper CharlieHebdo.They took the lives of twelve men andwomen,but they called for one man by name:“Charb.”Known by his pen name,StéphaneCharbonnier was editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo,an outspoken critic of religious fundamentalism,and a renowned political cartoonist in his ownright.In the past,he had received death threatsand had even earned a place on al-Qaeda's MostWanted list.On January 7 it seemed that Charb'senemies had finally succeeded in silencing him.Butin a twist of fate befitting Charb's defiant nature,it was soon revealed that he had finished a bookjust two days before his murder on the very issues atthe heart of the attacks:blasphemy,Islamophobia,and the necessary courage of satirists.  \nHere,published for the first time in English,isCharb's final work.A searing criticism of hypocrisyand racism,and a rousing,eloquent defense offree speech,Open Letter shows Charb's words tobe as powerful and provocative as his art.This isan essential book about race,religion,the voiceofethnic minorities and majorities in a pluralisticsociety,and,above all,the right to free expressionand the surprising challenges being leveled at itin our fraught and dangerous time.  \n# Open Letter\n\nOpenLetter  \nOn Blasphemy,Islamophobia,andthe True Enemies of Free Expression  \nOigindlypubishedin Fance asLeftre auxescrocs deriskamophobie quifont le jeu des rocisles  \nCharb  \nLittle,Brown and Company  \nNew York Boston London  \nMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY  \nCopyright ◎2015 by Les Echappés  \nTranslation copyright ◎2016 by Little,Brown and CompanyForeword copyright C2016 by Adam Gopnik  \nAll rights reserved.In accordance with the U.S.Copyright Act of 1976,thescanning,uploading,and electronic sharing of any part of this book without thepermission of the publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the author'sintellectual property.If you would like to use material from the book (otherthan for review purposes),prior written permission must be obtained bycontacting the publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com.Thank you for yoursupport of the author's rights.  \nLittle,Brown and CompanyHachette Book Group  \n1290 Avenue of the Americas,New York,NY 10104littlebrown.com  \nFirst English language edition,January 2016  \nOriginally published in France by Les Echappés as Lettre aux escrocs deI'islamophobie qui font le jeu des racistes,April 2015  \nLittle,Brown and Company is a division of Hachette Book Group,Inc.TheLittle,Brown name and logo are trademarks of Hachette Book Group,Inc.  \nThe publisher is not responsible for websites(or their content)that are notowned by the publisher.  \nISBN 978-0-316-31133-5  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number:2015955994  \n1098765432  \nBook design by Sean FordPrinted in the United States of America  \nContents  \nForeword by Adam Gopnikvii  \nNote from the publisher  \nxiv  \nIslamophobia is the new racism  \n3  \nFaith is submission  \n11  \nTo believe is,above all,to fearBeing afraid is a right  \nAll currents of thought may be criticizedGod is big enough to take care of himself  \nElitism,condescension,and infantilization  \nJournalists promoting IslamophobiaThe Muhammad Cartoons  \nPolitics promoting Islamophobia  \nAn elite who infantilizes Muslims in the name of thestruggle against Islamophobia  \nHeroes in the struggle against Charlie Hebdo'sso-called Islamophobia  \n34  \nLawsuits and the clowns who fle them  \nOrganizations misdirecting their indignationTop billing  \nFreedom of expression and the butterfly effect48  \nRespect raised to the level of first principle  \nCaution and cowardice promoting Islamophobia  \nToward the definition of a promising concept6o  \nJealous Catholics  \nWhat about Judeophobia?There","cbCaiiYRO0T6fJAx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiYRO0T6fJAx","pdf",2464229,104,"English","# Open Letter\n## Contents\n## Foreword by Adam Gopnik\n## Note from the publisher\n## Islamophobia is the new racism\n## Faith is submission\n## To believe is,above all,to fearBeing afraid is a right\n## All currents of thought may be criticized\n## God is big enough to take care of himself\n## Elitism,condescension,and infantilization\n## Journalists promoting Islamophobia\n## The Muhammad Cartoons\n## Politics promoting Islamophobia\n## An elite who infantilizes Muslims in the name of thestruggle against Islamophobia\n## Heroes in the struggle against Charlie Hebdo'sso-called Islamophobia","[{\"question\":\"What is the central message of “Open Letter”?\",\"answer\":\"The book is a passionate defense of free speech and a criticism of hypocrisy and racism connected to debates about blasphemy and Islamophobia.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the January 7, 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack 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