In 2013, Flemming Rose was added to a hit list in Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's Inspire magazine, along with cartoonist Stéphane "Charb" Charbonnier, Lars Vilks and three "Jyllands-Posten" staff members: Kurt Westergaard, Carsten Juste. In 2015, over 12 people were murdered in attacks on Charlie Hebdo in Paris. After the attack, Al-Qaeda called for more killings.