Vive Charlie Issue 5 | Page 5

President Obama today

announced that his previous

refusal to link religion to a number

of atrocoties by religious fanatics has

caused tensions. In a change of policy

he has now confirmed that a parking

dispute perpetrated by someone with

no religion, has everything to do

with religion. And in

other news...

Saudi cleric, Sheikh Bandar al-Khaibari, has appeared in a recent video rejecting the long-held theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun and claiming the opposite holds true. Could he be the first Muslim to get a Nobel prize in the sciences category?

Islam is renowned for its dislike of democracy, which probably explains why Muslims suck at it.

A brawl that broke out in Turkey's parliament over a new security bill recently has raised suspicions that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan aims to hand himself more tools to crush dissent.

Hajj Saeed, Imam of the Al-Faruq Mosque in Copenhagen, rejected interfaith dialogue in a Friday sermon delivered on February 13, one day before the Copenhagen terror attacks. Imam Saeed explained that the Prophet Muhammad waged war against his Jewish neighbors in Al-Madina rather than engage in dialogue with them.