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Islamist Website Threatens "South Park" Creators Over Muhammad Episode

By Howard M. Friedman

CNN reports that the radical Islamic website Revolutionmuslim.com on Sunday posted an entry that can be seen as a physical threat to the creators of the television cartoon series South Park . The posting was triggered by an episode of the program that included a satirical discussion of whether the image of the Prophet Muhammad could be shown. In the end, he was portrayed in a bear costume. The website warned that program creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone "will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh," the Dutch filmmaker who was murdered by an Islamic extremist. The website also runs audio of a sermon by radical U.S.-born Muslim preacher Anwar al-Awlaki which justifies assassinating anyone who defames the Prophet Muhammad.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on April 21, 2010 (boomark / email).