(2 Jan 2013) SHOTLIST
1. Mid of comic book biography of the prophet Muhammad's life
2. Close up of comic book biography of Muhammad's life
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Stephane Charbonnier (known as Charb), Charlie Hebdo publisher:
"The purpose is that it doesn't create anymore problems and that we can talk about Islam in France as we talk about all the other subjects, as we talk about all the other religions. We are in a weird situation in France. Islam is the second religion in the country in terms of churchgoers and in fact nobody knows anything about Muhammad, nobody knows anything about this religion. It is a religion that scares people because every time we talk about it, it is when we talk about bomb attacks done by an extreme minority. So I think that maybe we should have started with that, introducing Muhammad and introducing Islam before making fun of it or with it."
4. Charb looking at the comic book on Muhammad's life
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Stephane Charbonnier (known as Charb), Charlie Hebdo publisher:
"When we use the image of the prophet in caricatures it is not to ridicule the prophet or Muhammad. It doesn't make any sense. It is to ridicule those who use his image. And those who use his image in a negative way, it is the religious extremists. When religious extremists, when terrorists use the image of Muhammad, or claim to take inspiration from Muhammad, nobody is shocked. I don't see why only Muslim terrorists would have the right to, well there is no problem with them, they are not criticised for that and us, if we make innocent drawings about Muhammad, people make a fuss about it. So there are two different yardsticks that we are trying to re-balance."
6. Charb looking at the comic book ++SHOT 5 IS REPEATED++
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Stephane Charbonnier (known as Charb), Charlie Hebdo publisher:
"I am not afraid because when the Muslim world sets itself on fire, it's not the Muslim world. It is a small part of the Muslim world and those who want to descend into violent conflict will always find a pretext to do so when they want to do so. So it is more a political frenzy. Maybe this comic book won't make any big row and that would be a good thing. And maybe in three years a radical group will resurrect it and use this comic as a pretext to attack France or French interests in the world."
8. Various exteriors shots of building where the Charlie Hebdo newsroom is located with police outside
STORYLINE:
A satirical magazine has published a comic book biography of Muhammad's life, but its publisher maintains the aim is "not to ridicule the prophet".
The weekly magazine, Charlie Hebdo, published the images on Wednesday, and had recently published other caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that sparked violent protests in the Muslim world.
The magazine's publisher, Stephane Charbonnier, known as Charb, defended the comic book and its drawings from the weekly's offices on the northeast edge of Paris amid a cluster of housing projects.
"The purpose is that it doesn't create anymore problems and that we can talk about Islam in France as we talk about all the other subjects," he said.
"Islam is the second religion in the country in terms of churchgoers and in fact nobody knows anything about Muhammad, nobody knows anything about this religion," he added.
The small-circulation weekly often draws attention for ridiculing sensitivity around the Prophet Muhammad.
"When we use the image of the prophet in caricatures it is not to ridicule the prophet or Muhammad. It doesn't make any sense. It is to ridicule those who use his image," he said.
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