Muslim extremists threaten South Park creators

[Coito ergo sum]

"South Park" airs censored episode after threat
By Alex Dobuzinskis
Wed Apr 21, 10:30 PM PDT
Satirical animated TV show "South Park" beeped out the words Prophet Muhammad and plastered its Wednesday episode with the word "CENSORED" after being issued a grim warning by a U.S. Muslim group.
The irreverent comedy show on Comedy Central also substituted a controversial image seen last week of the Prophet Muhammad in a bear outfit with one of Santa Claus in the same costume.
It was not immediately clear if the move was a bid to tread carefully following the warning against the "South Park" creators, or if they were poking fun at the fuss.
The little-known group RevolutionMuslim.com posted a message on its website earlier this week warning creators 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."
The website posted a graphic photo of Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker who was killed in 2004 by an Islamic militant over a movie he had made that accused Islam of condoning violence against women. It also posted a link to a news article with details of a mansion in Colorado that Parker and Stone apparently own.
Most Muslims consider any depiction of the founder of Islam as offensive.
The website warning followed the first in a two-part episode of "South Park" a week ago in which Prophet Mohammad was depicted in a bear outfit.
"South Park" has a history of biting satire against politicians, celebrities and the media. The two Colorado filmmakers are known to often work on "South Park" until just before they air, enabling them to react to current events.
In Wednesday's new episode, Jesus Christ was depicted watching pornography and Buddha was portrayed snorting cocaine.
The head of Revolution Muslim, Younus Abdullah Muhammad, 30, defended the Web posting by his group.
"How is that a threat?," he told Reuters earlier on Wednesday. "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 U.S. law enforcement officials, the federal government rarely prosecutes threat cases. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives broad protections to free speech, and what constitutes a threat is often subject to interpretation.
Muhammad described his group as an alternative media outlet with about 20 active posters to the website. He said the group "didn't tell anyone to go to their houses and conduct violence" against Parker or Stone.
Comedy Central, a unit of Viacom Inc, has declined to comment on the controversy.

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This one is in New York City - I wonder why it hasn't been bombed yet?

[Animavore]

Just watched the episode. It was alright. The article above says it's not known if the show was actually censored or if Parker and Stone were poking fun. I'm going with the latter.

[Coito ergo sum]

Just watched the episode. It was alright. The article above says it's not known if the show was actually censored or if Parker and Stone were poking fun. I'm going with the latter.

That's my thought too.

They have typically used a black box over any Muhammad character. This whole situation is pretty funny, since, as I recall, Muhammad was never actually depicted in the show.

[Animavore]

Just watched the episode. It was alright. The article above says it's not known if the show was actually censored or if Parker and Stone were poking fun. I'm going with the latter.

That's my thought too.

They have typically used a black box over any Muhammad character. This whole situation is pretty funny, since, as I recall, Muhammad was never actually depicted in the show.

He was depicted in the original Super Best Friends episode without incident.

[Coito ergo sum]

Just watched the episode. It was alright. The article above says it's not known if the show was actually censored or if Parker and Stone were poking fun. I'm going with the latter.

That's my thought too.

They have typically used a black box over any Muhammad character. This whole situation is pretty funny, since, as I recall, Muhammad was never actually depicted in the show.

He was depicted in the original Super Best Friends episode without incident.

Yes, but not this new episode which generated the apparent threat. They talked about him being in a bear costume, but never showed him. Apparently, you can't even joke about depicting the Great Mo.

[Coito ergo sum]

APRIL 22, 2010
'Muhammad' now a dirty word on 'South Park'
Now "South Park" can't even say the words "Prophet Muhammad."

After last week's episode of the Comedy Central series sparked a threat (and yes, it was certainly a threat) from a radical Islamic website, the network has cracked-down-for-their-own-good on creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone during last night's continuation of the show's storyline.

For those who missed the drama, the show's 200th episode last week mocked the one "celebrity" that the series has been largely unable to depict, the Prophet Muhammad, who was hidden from view in a bear costume. A U.S.-based website RevolutionMuslim.com then warned Parker and Stone they could end up like Theo Van Gogh (the Dutch filmmaker who was murdered by Muslim extremists after depicting Muhammad on his show) and even posted the address of the show's production office. The site has since been shut down.

Last night, "South Park" continued the controversial Muhammad storyline, but with a key difference: every instance of the words "Prophet Muhammad" was bleeped out, making the episode practically incomprehensible, especially to anybody who missed the previous week.

The character of Muhammad was once again also hidden from view, covered by a large block labeled "censored."

A Comedy Central spokesperson confirmed it was the network's decision to bleep the words.

The Muhammad content is also not available on the South Park Studios website.

A message on the site states: "We do not have network approval to stream our original version of the show. We will bring you a version of [episode] 201 as soon as we can."

Ironically, "South Park" apparently shows an image of the Prophet Muhammad briefly in its opening credits that has gone largely unnoticed.

UPDATE: Parker and Stone comment on "South Park" censorship:

In the 14 years we've been doing South Park we have never done a show that we couldn't stand behind. We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central and they made a determination to alter the episode. It wasn't some meta-joke on our part. Comedy Central added the bleeps. In fact, Kyle's customary final speech was about intimidation and fear. It didn't mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped too. We'll be back next week with a whole new show about something completely different and we'll see what happens to it.

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[Coito ergo sum]

'South Park' Muhammad episode airs despite uproar
Apr 22 12:32 PM US/Eastern
By DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer
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NEW YORK (AP) - Comedy Central's "South Park" included a representation of the Prophet Muhammad as a character this week despite a radical Muslim group's warning that its producers could be killed.
Muhammad appeared on Wednesday night's episode of the cartoon with his face obscured by a black box, since Muslims consider a physical representation of their prophet to be blasphemous. Last week, the character was briefly disguised in a bear costume. When that same costume was removed this week, Santa Claus appeared.

The bear costume had angered the New York-based group Revolution Muslim, which posted a message on its website saying that producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone had insulted their prophet.

The message included a gruesome picture of Theo Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker murdered by a Muslim extremist in 2004 after making a movie about a woman who rejected Muhammad's teachings. The message said the "South Park" producers would "probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh" for airing the show.

The posting included Comedy Central's New York address, as well as the address for Parker and Stone's California production studio.

Parker and Stone are known for waiting until the last minute before turning in fresh episodes. This week's episode contained no direct reference to the warning, although one inside joke could be interpreted as one.

During one scene, a mechanized Barbara Streisand robot is seen stomping through the town on a path of destruction. One voice is heard to say, "they've destroyed La Casa Bonita!"

"La Casa Bonita" is the name of Parker and Stone's production facility.

Comedy Central also censored 35 seconds worth of a conversation towards the end of the show between the characters Stan, Jesus Christ and Santa Claus. The network wouldn't say Thursday whether this contained any reference to the events.

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I hope they come out with an extremely offensive to Muslims episode.

[Coito ergo sum]

[Coito ergo sum]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8636455.stm


Queue muslims...

Seen this, they're kicking off already I think they should have made it a Pedobear costume, after all -In for a penny in for a pound!

[Cunt]

Well, they are going to do a part 2, aren't they? Maybe the reaction from Islam is part of their little story...

[leo-rcc]

The Muslim website wasn't (I hear it is offline now) that's for sure.

[Chinaski]

Operation Islamichan strikes!

http://www.revolutionislam.com/

[Animavore]

WTF?!

[Chinaski]

WTF?!

Anonymous and the whole of /b/ decided to take Islam off the internet.