Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Poutu-te-rangi 2013, ko te peka o Al-Qaeda i Yemen, e mohiotia ana ko Al-Qaeda i te Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), i tukuna he raarangi patu i roto i te whakaputanga o to raatau maheni reo Ingarihi "Inspire". Kei roto i te raarangi a Kurt Westergaard, Lars Vilks, Carsten Juste, Flemming Rose, Charb me Molly Norris, me etahi atu i whakapaehia e AQAP mo te whakahawea ki te Ihirama.
I te 7 o Hanuere 2015, e rua nga tangata patu i whakatuwherahia te pupuhi ki nga kaimahi o Charlie Hebdos me nga pirihimana hei utu mo tana mahi whakaari tonu mo Muhammad, i mate ai nga tangata 12, tae atu ki a Charb, me te whara i etahi atu 11. Kāore a "Jyllands-Posten" i tā anō i ngā pakiwaituhi o "Charlie Hebdo" i muri i te whakaeke, me te kaituhi hou e kī ana i ngā āwangawanga haumarutanga.