News Desk January 15, 2015 Why French Law Treats Dieudonné and Charlie Hebdo Differently By Alexander Stille The French comedian Dieudonné responded in characteristic style—provocatively—to last week’s terror attacks. Credit PHOTOGRAPH BY GONZALO FUENTES/REUTERS YOU HAVE HIT THE WALL. You have read your last complimentary article. Subscribe Now - Just $1 a week. LEARN MORE Link your subscription Link your subscription Have a login? Sign In Already have a login? Sign In On the same day that the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo immediately sold out an initial run of five million copies of its latest issue—which featured a cover image of the prophet Muhammad—French police arrested the comedian and activist Dieudonné M’bala M’bala for writing on his Facebook page, “Je me sens Charlie Coulibaly.”* Dieudonné was charged with “incitement of terrorism,” for appearing to offer a gesture of solidarity with Amedy Coulibaly, the Islamist gunman who murdered four hostages in a kosher grocery store in Paris last Friday, apparently in concert with the terrorists who carried out the massacre at Charlie Hebdo’s offices two days earlier. You've read your last complimentary article this month. To read the full article, SUBSCRIBE NOWIf you're already a subscriber please sign in or link your subscription. Alexander Stille Bio All work & You Might Like