From last week – Christiane Taubira herself gave her view on whether or not Charlie Hebdo is allowed to make fun even of religions.

Lors de la cérémonie d’obsèques de Tignous, l’un des dessinateurs tués dans l’attaque de Charlie Hebdo, Christiane Taubira a évoqué le “droit de se moquer de toutes les religions”.

À la question “peut-on rire de tout ?”, la ministre de la Justice a livré sa réponse aux funérailles de Tignous à Montreuil le 15 janvier 2015.

Christiane Taubira a alors indiqué : “On peut tout dessiner, y compris un prophète parce qu’en France, pays de Voltaire et de l’irrévérence, on a le droit de se moquer de toutes les religions qu’en France”.

At the funeral for Tignous, one of the cartoonists killed in the attack on Charlie Hebdo, Christiane Taubira cited the “right to make fun of all religions.”

To the question “can we laugh at everything?” the minister of Justice gave her response at Tignous’ funeral at Montreuil on January 15 2015.

Taubira then said, “We can draw everything, including a prophet because in France, the country of Voltaire and irreverence, we have the right to make fun of all the religions in France.”

And as is well known, Charlie Hebdo did not spare Christianity or Catholicism.

Sur Twitter, les internautes n’ont pas manqué de réagir face à une telle déclaration; mélange de moqueries et d’indignation. Nombreux sont ceux qui ressortent le dessin de Charb sur lequel la principale intéressée apparaissait en singe.

On Twitter, the internauts* were quick to react to this declaration with a mix of ridicule and indignation. Many focused on Charb’s cartoon which was notable for including a monkey.

Well yes, but since the monkey cartoon was a response to a racist graphic about Taubira herself, you would think she could speak for herself if she thought it was racist.

*Cool word, no? We should use that.