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French cartoonist Luz has stated that he will no longer draw
the prophet Mohammed. Luz made an illustration of the prophet on the front
cover of the Charlie Hebdo magazine following the terrorist attack, which
killed 12 people at the magazine’s office.
"He [prophet
Mohammed] no longer interests me," Luz said in an interview with the
French magazine Inrockuptibles, which was published on Wednesday and cited by
Reuters.
"I've got tired of
it, just as I got tired of drawing Sarkozy. I'm not going to spend my life
drawing them."
Renald Luzier, who is
otherwise known as Luz, was responsible for producing the front cover image on
January 14. It showed a cartoon of a tearful Mohammed holding a “Je suis
Charlie” (I am Charlie) sign below the headline: “Tout est pardonné” (All is
forgiven).
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Renald Luzier commonly referred to as Luz narrowly missed death in the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
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Luz narrowly missed being
caught up in the terrorist attack, as he was 30 minutes late for work. He had
overslept on the morning of January 9 as two Islamist gunmen entered the
magazine’s office and killed 11 people, leaving another 11 injured.
“The terrorists did not
win,” Luz told Les Inrockuptibles. “They will have won if the whole of France
continues to be scared,” he added, accusing the far-right National Front of
trying to stir up fear in the wake of the attacks.
The post attack issue
managed to raise a total of €8 million (US$8.9 million) in sales. Five million
copies hit newsstands on January 14, in 16 different languages on Wednesday,
each selling for €3 (US$3.35).
All proceeds from the sale
of the edition went directly to Charlie Hebdo and the families of the victims.
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