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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-04-28 23:30
The creators of South Park have been threatened with murder by Islamic extremist groups in America over last week's episode which contained a controversial portrayal of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
On April 14th the animated series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone produced an episode that showed the Muslim prophet Muhammad dressed in a bear suit, and since its airing has caused a wave of controversy throughout the Muslim world.
A sobering and chilling reply was sent out this week when remarks made by a New York Islamic extremist group called Revolution Muslim said "We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo van Gogh for airing this show. This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality that will likely happen to them."
Theo van Gogh was a Dutch filmmaker who was assassinated in 2004 by an Islamic extremist for his personal take on the Muslim religion in both films and books. (A photo of him with a knife sticking out of his chest was posted).
The website for Revolution Muslim went further than just a veiled threat, and posted information on their site for the general population about where the creators of South Park work and live. This was accompanied by a sermon from a wanted cleric in Yemen outlining the punishments for blasphemy against the Muslim religion.
The story was also covered tonight on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, and Cooper himself said, "We live in a country which prides itself on its freedom of speech, in which we can say whatever is in our hearts, in our minds as long as it's not threatening to someone else; as long as it's not calling for violence against somebody else.
"Now, you might not like South Park the cartoon, you might think it's offensive, you might decide it's not something you want to watch, that's up to you. But the notion that some radical Islamic group in America would make a threat, even a veiled one, against two men's lives because of it is chilling, and for the people making this threat, that is precisely the point; to chill discussion, to chill debate."
Although the owners of the website Revolution Muslim claim that they are only calling on people to protest, the website clearly depicted a murder victim underneath a clip of the offending scene from South Park.
It is steadfastly believed by Revolution Muslim that the Muslim equivalant to the Bible, the Qur'an, commands them "to terrorize non believers."
A public response by the creators of South Park has yet to be released.
South Park creators threatened with death by Muslim extremists over portrayal of Muhammad
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Just when you thought comedy can get away with anything
Radicals make the normal practitioners of Islam look bad.
unfortunately, they're
EVERYWHERE
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Mrlucky77 wrote on 2010-04-28 23:33
It's a shame that Matt and Trey are threatened. They make super good episodes.
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Hiccup wrote on 2010-04-28 23:33
Muslims lol such a bad name for the decent ones around....somewhere
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EndlessDreams wrote on 2010-04-28 23:45
Yea, Islamic extremist do make Islam look bad, but there are quite a few of them as well. The non-extremist Islamic people don't exactly actively decry and stop these people either to the point people can hear. They think it isn't their business, and go on with their everyday lives.
Although, compared to any other religion law used for countries, (Strict interpretation of) Islamic Law is the most common law in the world.
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Osayidan wrote on 2010-04-28 23:50
Just one of many reasons why organized religion as a whole completely sickens me.
That episode was freaking awesome by the way, was 2 parts.
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Laconicus wrote on 2010-04-28 23:56
South Park makes fun of EVERYTHING. You're not particularly special if you get made fun of in an episode of it. There's no reason to be mad >_>"
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Arsik wrote on 2010-04-28 23:58
They should have known it was coming. I mean, they had the whole anti-Family Guy two part episode where they pretty much did the same thing, except for it was Family Guy's cast that made fun of Muhammad, unlike this latest incident where South Park did it themselves.
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Cucurbita wrote on 2010-04-29 00:06
The zerg swarm cannot be stopped.
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Chockeh wrote on 2010-04-29 00:06
Ironic, I got a friend who's a Muslim, he always talks about shows like the Clevelands, Family Guy, South Park, Futurama, etc.
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Time wrote on 2010-04-29 00:11
...I hate people who cant take a joke...I mean really, that episode itself also made fun of countless celebrities, Jesus, The Justice League, and several other religious figures who I cant remember but I know did something in the episode....
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Osayidan wrote on 2010-04-29 00:15
Quote from Timexpo;21854:
...I hate people who cant take a joke...I mean really, that episode itself also made fun of countless celebrities, Jesus, The Justice League, and several other religious figures who I cant remember but I know did something in the episode....
In that same episode Buddha was sniffing crack. I don't see any Buddhists chasing after south park with death threats.
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Time wrote on 2010-04-29 00:15
Quote from Osayidan;21860:
In that same episode Buddha was sniffing crack. I don't see any Buddhists chasing after south park with death threats.
Yeah, thats exactly what I mean, I just couldnt remember who did what....
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Time wrote on 2010-04-29 00:16
Quote from Osayidan;21860:
In that same episode Buddha was sniffing crack. I don't see any Buddhists chasing after south park with death threats.
yeah thats exactly what I mean.
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Magenera wrote on 2010-04-29 00:49
For those that are not extremist, cause most are not, needs to get there head out of their ass. Those in power gonna judge the Islam as an iconic evil, and word it to a cult instead of a religion.
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Lan wrote on 2010-04-29 00:50
Quote from Magenera;21915:
For those that are not extremist, cause most are not, needs to get there head out of their ass. Those in power gonna judge the Islam as an iconic evil, and word it to a cult instead of a religion.
Over a billion...