Charlie Hebdo and a provocative cover in which he unites Messi with the Taliban regime

If there is one subject that distinguishes the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, it is that of escaping any politically correct concept. In the last cover of the weekly, they once again realized this by linking two of the most popular subjects in the world in recent days: the irruption of the Taliban regime in Kabul and the arrival of Lionel Messi at Paris Saint Germain.

“Taliban. It was worse than we thought,” quips the title of the cover, accompanied by the illustration of three individuals (presumably women) dressed in blue burqas, in a clear allusion to the typical clothing of this group Islamic and in the colors that identify the PSG. To top off the message with the number 30 and the surname Messi, just like on the jersey which is all the rage in France.

From the moment the cover came out on Tuesday, its rebound in the networks was immediate and generated various analyzes. The most pointed refers to the link between Qatar, a state long denounced as violating human rights, with the owners of the club that hired Messi.

And at the same time, Qatar, which will host the next FIFA World Cup in 2022, is accused of funding Islamist terrorist groups.

We know that the president of PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who posed during the signing of the contract with Messi, has direct links with the family of the Emir of Qatar and that PSG has transformed since his arrival in club. A state that wastes money on multi-million dollar investments like no other team in the world.

Another problem that sparked off the cover was the fanaticism exacerbated in the two cases, on different scales, both in the delicate situation Afghanistan is going through and in the euphoria triggered by the transfer of Messi.

Obviously, if one of the main goals of satirical media is to provoke, Charlie Hebdo has done it again.

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