South Park creators warned over Muhammad depiction

Muslim group issues ‘warning’ to ‘South Park’ show

By ALEX DOBUZINSKIS - Apr 22, 2010

LOS ANGELES: A US Muslim group has issued a dire Internet "warning" to creators of the satirical animated TV show "South Park" over a depiction of the Prophet Mohammad in a bear outfit.

"We have to warn Matt (Stone) and Trey (Parker) that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show," said a posting on website RevolutionMuslim.com.

The website posted a graphic photo of slain Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, who was killed in 2004 by an Islamic militant over a movie he made that accused Islam of condoning violence against women.

It also posted link to a news article with details of a mansion in Colorado that Parker and Stone apparently own, suggesting the Web posters know where to find the South Park creators.

The episode in question aired last week on cable channel Comedy Central of the 200th episode of "South Park,” in which the Prophet Mohammad was depicted in a bear outfit.

"South Park" has a history of aiming biting satire at politicians, celebrities and the media, and its episodes have often drawn criticism.

The website of Revolution Muslim was down on Wednesday because of what a leader of the group called a traffic overload.

Most Muslims consider any depiction of the founder of Islam as offensive.

The head of Revolution Muslim, Younus Abdullah Muhammad, 30, defended the posting.

"How is that a threat?" he told Reuters. "Showing a case study right there of what happened to another individual who conducted himself in a very similar manner? It's just evidence." According to US law enforcement officials, the federal government rarely prosecutes threat cases. The First Amendment of the US Constitution gives broad protections to free speech, and what constitutes a threat is often subject to interpretation.

In Ireland, police last month arrested seven people in connection with a suspected plot, involving the Internet, to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. Vilks' 2007 sketch of the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog drew anger from Muslims.

Younus said his group "didn't tell anyone to go to their houses and conduct violence" and he added he is not worried the Web post would lead to violence against Parker or Stone.

He described his group as an alternative media outlet with about 20 active posters to the website. Members also engage in demonstrations and lectures at mosques, he said.

"Why would anybody that is plotting or planning to commit a violent act in retaliation, why would they need a post on RevolutionMuslim.com?" he said.

Comedy Central, a unit of Viacom Inc that airs "South Park," declined to comment.

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The 2nd episode which was the newest actually had it where they censored the prophet's name, where as the first one didn't. So either the message got through to them, or they were just mocking the Muslim group. Within these episodes, they also have prophet Isa and prophet Musa (pbut) who was depicted as a computer or something... They also had a bunch of other guys including Buddha who was snorting crack in all the scenes he was in. These guys are twisted.

Imagine a non-muslim killing a muslim that depicted the pope? Then a non-muslim website shows a picture of the dead muslim and then warns muslim producers that it could be repeated if they did anything of the sort again. What would you think? Idiots...!

You guys do realize that threats like this only makes people like the makers of SouthPark (and myself) want to stand up to such bully threats and do the opposite of what is demanded, right? The whole cartoon issue that depicted Mohammed, for example, had been forgotten and would have not been seen by many people except that some crazy islamists resurrected the story and drew world media attention to it. As a result, lots of us people who otherwise would not have cared, wanted to see these cartoons and wanted them to be published again and again. Sometimes these islamists are their own worst enemies.

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format_quote Originally Posted by Blackpool

Imagine a non-muslim killing a muslim that depicted the pope? Then a non-muslim website shows a picture of the dead muslim and then warns muslim producers that it could be repeated if they did anything of the sort again. What would you think? Idiots...!

well, if it was a tiny group, as in this case, 1 guy who posted the article with the threat, then like a rational sande minded human being, i would conclude, that this lone man is quite crazy, and leave at that.

what i wouldnt do is start to generalize on the enitre community, which is what were seeing here, and furthermore, i wouldnt blow it out of proportion, which again, is what were seeing, all because of one man, who decided to post an article threatning someone.

but something tells me you never knew that did you? i bet you didnt know that this tiny group is made up of no more than 5-10 members, and it was only one member, the head guy, who posted the threat. offcourse you didnt know these details, because the media you put your trust in, is filled with emotional propaganda to make you think that this is a major issue and that there is this huge Islamic group threatning the producers of south park, when in reality it is only one, yes, i repeat, just ONE man.

the biggest irony is that the media has made such a huge deal of this, that now, a whole load of jihadis are going to learn about this incident, when at the start, it is was just 1 extremist. imagine that, the media propaganda has created more trouble for the south park producers, trouble that was never there. if they didnt give their attention to this 1 man, no one would know anything, well, now everyone knows, including a whole load of extremists.

so if you really cared, you would condemn and speak against the propaganda filled media for actually putting the creators of south park in danger, just so they (the media) could sell some stories and get good ratings, and continue their campaing of poison against the Muslim community.

format_quote Originally Posted by Blackpool

Imagine a non-muslim killing a muslim that depicted the pope? Then a non-muslim website shows a picture of the dead muslim and then warns muslim producers that it could be repeated if they did anything of the sort again. What would you think? Idiots...!

I seriously doubt your attempt at logical thinking.

1. Has any catholic made it blasphemy to depict pope? In any case, they would be so proud and invite the muslims to the vatican to have dinner with the Pope. Have you actually met any catholic at all? or understood the tenets of their theology? They even made their god in painted rubber complete with blinking lights and singing angels. You can buy them in your nearest mart especially in the run up to the holidays.

2. Muslims are not allowed to create images out of living being, with even much stricter ban on the depiction of prophets pbut, one of the purposes is to avoid and prevent idolatry, so I doubt any muslim would depict pope just out of amusement. Muslims would not do such thing, and ask for the same respect in return.

format_quote Originally Posted by naidamar

2. Muslims are not allowed to create images out of living being, with even much stricter ban on the depiction of prophets pbut, one of the purposes is to avoid and prevent idolatry, so I doubt any muslim would depict pope just out of amusement. Muslims would not do such thing, and ask for the same respect in return.

I agree, We muslims do not write books disrespecting other faiths we do not draw cartoons mocking the religious figures of other faiths we do not spend even a fraction of the time that these people do demeaning Islam disrespecting other faiths. These people have far too much time on their hands. It's pathetic.
Salam

format_quote Originally Posted by Ummu Sufyaan

everyone else is allowed to complain if they dont like something or feel offended if something they dont like appears on a show/newspaper/magazine.

There is just a 'slight' difference between 'complaining' and death threats.

If you want to avoid 'offence', don't watch South Park - and that applies to far more people than muslims.

format_quote Originally Posted by Lisa0

I agree, We muslims do not write books disrespecting other faiths ...

You've obviously not read Harun Yayha.