harry scherer.the being symptoms which you have be spearheaded for years showed the image ever south park. i think you know the answers to this convex can are the images appropriate? >> i did some reading up this afternoon, john because a publication as august as the washington post said today that depiction of the prophet muhammed is forbidden by the religion of islam. there are sources fairly reputable sources on the internet that would suggest otherwise. there are no verses in the koran per se that prohibit that. there are some texts which the sunnies regard as divinely inspired and authoritative which are against depictions of most humans and some animals so i think maybe the publisher of cat fancy magazine should be in some fear tonight. but i think cartoons and you know comic depictions of all of our leaders religious political, educational you name it are fair game. >> it strikes me that the role of comedians and satirists may have changed over the past few hours. we laughed at your jokes we

comedian harry scherer joins the conversation after "consider this." this." >> millions of people around the world reacted to the paris attack on social media and shockingly a vocal bunch expressed support for the gunmen gunmen. hermds hermellahermella joins us. >> banned the honor of the muslim women and have you not seen how they treat our sisters. mock islam got what they deserved. don't mock islam and expect roses in return. >>> western protection of contracts who insult the prophet, chearld hebdo is charlie hebdo is meant to be an example. when i started my research i half expected those deletes were blocked or deleted by the time i got to them. but they were very much there. some self declared islamic state supporters, we reached identity to twitter to inquire about them. they wouldn't comment on individual accounts but we can presume they violated twitter's policy of insighting violence online. >> some could be in the u.s. >> some could be in the u.s., someone on his or her profile was rights here in new york city. people do feel emboldened and

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