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The cartoons are captioned “Earthquake Italian style”. A pair of feet sticking out between the floors of a collapsed building is entitled “Lasagne”.
Following the Islamic fundamentalist attack on the magazine’s office in Paris in which 12 of its journalists were killed, the slogan “Je Suis Charlie” went viral, as people defended the magazine’s right to use heavy satire even in relation to the Prophet Mohammed.
The hashtag #CharlieHebdo was soon trending on Twitter, with many expressing disgust at the cartoon for ridiculing the victims of the quake, which killed almost 300 people and left many villages in ruins.
The town’s mayor, Sergio Pirozzi, who dramatically declared “the town is gone” on the morning after the August 24 quake, was baffled by the cartoon.
French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo has courted controversy yet again by depicting survivors of Italy’s recent earthquakes as ‘pasta dishes.’ Last week, an natural disaster measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale had levelled the town of Amatrice and left many villages in ruins.
“I’m sure it doesn’t correspond to the real sentiment of the French people”, he said, according to Italian national news agency ANSA.
The outrage was such that the French embassy in Italy released a statement saying the cartoons were not representative of France’s position.
“We pray for the people in Italy as they continue their efforts to locate survivors and care for those who have been affected by the recent earthquakes”, said Church spokesman Eric Hawkins. The rampage was linked to the journal’s printing of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
Italy held a symbolic funeral for the victims two weeks ago, with President Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and a senior representative of Pope Francis among hundreds of mourners at the service.
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One of the biggest challenges, he claimed, is the amount of corruption in Italy.
