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Security Brief: Radical Islamic Web site takes on 'South Park'

"South Park" showed the Prophet Mohammed disguised in a bear suit.
The radical Islamic Web site Revolutionmuslim.com is going after the creators of the TV cartoon series "South Park" after an episode last week included an image of the Prophet Mohammed in disguise.

Revolutionmuslim.com, based in New York, was the subject of a CNN investigation last year for its radical rhetoric supporting “jihad” against the West and praising al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Its organizers insist they act within the law and seek to protect Islam.

On Sunday, Revolutionmuslim.com posted an entry that included a warning to South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone that they risk violent retribution – after the 200th episode last week included a satirical discussion about whether an image of the prophet could be shown. In the end, he is portrayed disguised in a bear suit.

The posting on Revolutionmuslim.com says: “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 of what will likely happen to them.”

Theo van Gogh was a Dutch filmmaker who was murdered by an Islamic extremist in 2004 after making a short documentary on violence against women in some Islamic societies. The posting on Revolutionmuslim.com features a graphic photograph of Van Gogh with his throat cut and a dagger in his chest.

The entry on Revolutionmuslim.com goes on to advise readers:

“You can contact them [the makers of South Park], or pay Comedy Central or their own company a visit at these addresses …” before listing Comedy Central’s New York address, and the Los Angeles, California, address of Parker and Sloane’s production company.

Contacted by CNN, the author of the post, Abu Talhah al Amrikee, said that providing the addresses was not intended as a threat to the creators of South Park but to give people the opportunity to protest.

Over still photographs of Parker, Stone, van Gogh and others, the Web site runs audio of a sermon by the radical U.S.-born preacher Anwar al-Awlaki, who is now in hiding in Yemen. The sermon, recorded some time ago, talks about assassinating those who have “defamed” the Prophet Mohammed – citing one religious authority as saying “Harming Allah and his messenger is a reason to encourage Muslims to kill whoever does that.” U.S. officials say al-Awlaki is on a list of al Qaeda leaders targeted for capture or assassination.

The clip ends with a warning on a graphic directed at Parker and Stone, saying “The Dust Will Never Settle Down.”

Al Amrikee said the purpose of including the al-Awlaki sermon in his posting was to remind Muslims that insulting the prophet is a severe offense for which the punishment in Islam is death. He said RevolutionMuslim may hold protests about the show.

Calls to Comedy Central were not returned.

DarkJackal wrote:Makes me think of little kids whining and crying for insulting something they like.

I dunno anything about muslims though, why do they think they need to kill anyone insulting their religion and stuff lol, I mean isn't killing, ya know, bad to them, too?

Besides, this isn't even the first ep he's been in, do they not realize it's the 3rd at least, and the first one back in Season 5 he wasn't even censored lol.

Blackdragon6 wrote:It'd be nice if they made an Episode based on these threats. Idc if he says it's not a threat. It's the intent that makes it so.

VforVendetta wrote:They need to get the sand out of their vaginas and take it like men and stop believing in faery tales. They made fun of possibly everything in the world yet no one takes offense to it, normal people just switch the channel. Dont care if I upset anyone but religions are truely the bane of the modern world and society and they need to go away for our race to make any form of progress.

ninshad wrote:Islam: The Religion of Peace

Toshiharu wrote:

ninshad wrote:Islam: The Religion of Peace

I lol'd so hard at this. Check up on history.

Corevalue wrote:Hey, they're muslims, what can you expect?

only_me wrote:muslims are pissed off coz they :
1.live in sand
2.can't have sex
3.can't jerk off

izmeister wrote:

Toshiharu wrote:

ninshad wrote:[sarcasm]Islam: The Religion of Peace[/sarcasm]

I lol'd so hard at this. Check up on history.

There are very little religions that can make a claim of a peaceful history.