Charlie Hebdo's editor criticized newspapers in democratic countries for refusing to republish a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad that appears on the cover of the satirical magazine's first edition since much of its staff were killed by Islamist gunmen.
The edition that went on sale last week depicts Muhammad crying, holding a sign saying "Je suis Charlie" or "I am Charlie." Above his image is written "All is Forgiven." Some editors at other publications have declined to reprint the cartoon on the grounds that it's considered offensive to Muslims.
"When they refuse to publish this cartoon, when they blur it out, when they decline to publish it, they blur out democracy, secularism, freedom of conscience, and they insult the citizenship," Editor Gerard Biard said in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press" program.