08/18/2021 4:54 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/18/2021 4:54 PM
If there is one issue that distinguishes the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, it is escaping from any politically correct concept.
In the last cover of the weekly they realized this again by linking two of the most popular topics worldwide 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 it was thought", ironizes 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 Islamic group and to the color that identifies PSG.
To crown the message with the number 30 and the last name Messi, just like on the shirt that is all the rage in France.
From the moment the cover was released on Tuesday, its rebound in the networks was immediate and generated various analyzes.
The most pointed refers to the link between Qatar, a state denounced for a long time of violating human rights, with the owners of the club that hired Messi.
Talibans: c'est pire que ce qu'on pensait!
Retrouvez:
👉 Enquête sur les essais nucléaires en Polynésie et the contamination of quasi toute the population
👉 Et si c'était the end of the vitesse?
👉 Série d'été: retrouvez Maurice et Patapon!
Come on demain!
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- Charlie Hebdo (@Charlie_Hebdo_) August 17, 2021
And at the same time Qatar, which will host the next soccer World Cup in 2022, is accused of financing Islamic terrorist groups.
It is known that the president of PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who posed at the signing of the contract together with Messi, has direct ties with the family of the Emir of Qatar and that PSG has been transformed since his arrival into a club-state that wastes money in multi-million dollar investments like no other team in the world.
Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Lionel Messi.
Photo: Stephane De Sakutin / AFP / dpa.
Another issue that was triggered when the cover came out was the exacerbated fanaticism in the two cases, at different scales, both in the delicate situation that Afghanistan is going through and in the euphoria unleashed by the transfer of Messi.
Clearly, if one of the main goals of a satirical media outlet is to provoke, Charlie Hebdo did it again.
Some repercussions of the cover:
This Charlie Hebdo cover puts the West in front of the mirror.
Just today the Taliban leaders arrive from Qatar to Afghanistan, a Qatar that will host the next FIFA World Cup and that has financed the signing of Messi by PSG.
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- David Salazar (@Salazar_David_) August 18, 2021
Thus the cover of the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, recalling the Taliban link with Qatar, owner of PSG and headquarters of the next World Cup.
And the phrase: "Taliban, it's worse than we think."
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- Alberto Lati (@albertolati) August 18, 2021
Charlie Hebdo puts his finger on the sore.
Qatar was the haven of Taliban leaders and has been accused of financing radical Islamist movements.
On the other hand, he spends handsomely to whitewash his image with the World Cup and signing Messi as the owner of PSG.
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- Wild Guaje (@GuajeSalvaje) August 18, 2021
Powerful this cover of Charlie Hebdo on what is happening: Qatar World Cup, Taliban, Afghanistan, criticism of the West, Messi ... Harsh criticism.
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- Mao Socarrás (Ibarra) (@IbarraSocarras) August 18, 2021