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Charlie Hebdo Research Paper
Committee: SPECIAL CONVENTION ON RELIGION AND

TERROR

Topic: The Charlie Hebdo and Copenhagen Attacks

Organisation: Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)

School: Sunbeams

Delegate: Naiyareen Fareeza Mayeen

None of the members of the BBS were directly involved with the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and

none of them were present during the attacks that took place in the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris

and at a public afternoon event called "Art, Blasphemy and Freedom of Expression" at the

Krudttønden cultural centre in Copenhagen. However, the BBS is no stranger to Muslim

extremists and terrorist attacks. In Sri Lanka and elsewhere, they have been trying to impose

their own rituals and beliefs on people of different religious faiths and converting people
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In fact, it is stated in the Quran (the holy book of the Muslims’) that people from all

religious faiths should be treated with respect and no one should be forced to convert to Islam-

“There is no compulsion where the religion is concerned.” (Holy Quran: 2/ 256) and “God does

not forbid you from being good to those who have not fought you in the religion or driven you

from your homes, or from being just towards them. God loves those who are just.” (Surat al-

Mumtahana, 8)”.

The BBS is in full agreement with Article 19 of the Universal Charter of Human Rights which

states ‘Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom

to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas

through any media and regardless of frontiers.’. However, the BBS also believes that this right

should not be abused to make any individual or community feel disempowered or disrespected.

Everyone must show a modicum of respect for people of different faiths. The BBS does not

support laïcité- the government of a particular country should be according to the religious

beliefs of the people of that country instead of letting democratic and pluralistic values kill

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