Messi and the Taliban, on the provocative cover of Charlie Hebdo

The famous French magazine surprised with shocking coverage of the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and ties it to Leo’s arrival at PSG.

The world is closely following everything that is happening in Kabul and the coverage of Charlie Hebdo once again surprised and shocked. An illustration on the cover of links and criticizes the arrival of Leo Messi at Paris Saint-Germain with access from the taliban in power in Afghanistan.

“The Taliban are worse than you think,” reads the drawn image in French in which we can see three women wearing blue burqas, all with the Argentinian’s name and number 30 on the back. back. Women are one of the issues of most concern to the world, since the Taliban regime is very strict with them and has many prohibitions, such as not being able to show up, walking alone in the street, going to school or university, they are not allowed to work outside their homes or to be cared for by male doctors, among others.

The coverage quickly went viral on social media after it became known and the analysis began. The magazine denounces the rapprochement of states like Qatar, accused of financing Islamic terrorism, with French society. PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi has ties to the family of the Emir of Qatar and the state is the club’s main source of funding. On the other hand, the absolute fanaticism generated by the arrival of the Argentine star in Ligue 1 has also established itself as another potential for criticism.

Another cover of this style, the trigger for an attack on Charlie Hebdo

On January 7 in Paris, after the publication of a cover devoted to Muhammad criticizing fundamentalist Islamists and calling them obscure people, The Charlie Hebdo offices in the French capital were the target of an attack.

Two masked men armed with assault rifles and other weapons entered and shouted “Al·lahu-àkbar” (‘Allah is [el] bigger’) fired 50 shots killed 12 people and injured 11 others. The attackers identified themselves as belonging to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (the Al-Qaeda branch in Yemen)

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