The University of Manitoba’s student newspaper The Manitoban published an article Wednesday, which includes a photo of a controversial Charlie Hebdo cover.

The article, titled “Time to stand up to radical Islamism: All people, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, need to stand in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo,” discusses the notion of war on terror, and what author Ethal Cabel considers inaccuracies with the term, as well as the necessity to show solidarity with the victims of the attacks.

It includes a photo of the 2011 cover of the Charlie Hebdo magazine, showing the Prophet Muhammad, the same cover that sparked a firebombing against the magazine’s offices.

“This is a cartoon that’s offended some people, but in order to contextualize what you’re writing about, you need to show the cartoon," said Cabel.

It’s a move that’s sparked criticism from the Muslim Student Association at the University of Manitoba.

President Zeeshan Zamir said the newspaper could have published the article without the picture.

“We are not pleased with the article, especially with the picture published with it. But it’s called freedom of speech. We just wish they had thought of their fellow Muslim students and their feelings on this issue. In fact many non-Muslims didn't want the article with the cartoon to be published,” said Zamir.

Rami Elzayat, a Muslim student at U of M, believes everyone’s entitled to their opinions.

“If someone wants to write an article about a current event issue, then that’s totally fine. I’m not against that at all,” said Elzayat,

But Elzayat said there are certain topics our culture doesn’t touch on because it’s sensitive for some people and, according to him, the paper could have run the article without the photo.

“Keeping those sensitivities in mind does not diminish your right to freedom of expression in any way, and, in fact, I think it’s a positive spin on freedom of expression because it shows that you’re willing to use it in a way that builds bridges, and bridges gaps between communities,” said Elzayat.

But some students, like Blessing Uwanomen, said it’s actually helpful to aid non-French, non-Muslim students get a better grasp of the issues.

“You post things to make people understand, like we didn’t know what’s there…someone like me, I would like to see actually what it is. I can’t just read it and imagine it. I just want to see what’s there.”

The article and image posted in The Manitoban comes on the same day as the release of the most recent Charlie Hebdo magazine.