The group is not facing criminal charges. Parker accompanied the posting, according to Reuters. The text of the website stated that “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker “will probably wind up like” the filmmaker for their actions.Ī news article that listed the home addresses of Mr.
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Van Gogh, who had made a movie asserting that Islam condones violence against women. The physical depiction of any of the prophets – in a bear suit or well clothed – is considered blasphemous, a form of idolatry. In Islam, it is not merely the lampooning that is offensive.
Yet “South Park,” too, betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the most deeply held beliefs of devout Muslims. In that case, “it’s a waste of time” to get offended, says Bagby. In the case of “South Park,” the context is clear: It is a comedy show and is designed to satirize everybody and everything in its path. 11 society, being a Muslim-means having to endure satirical works that are often offensive. What is more difficult is coming to terms with the fact that, particularly in a post Sept.
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“What is clear is national Muslim organizations … reject the threat of violence against anybody voicing their free speech,” says Ihsan Bagby, general secretary of the Muslim Alliance in North America. But beyond the inexcusable behavior is an anger and frustration felt by many Muslim-Americans who struggle to reconcile the American freedoms they cherish with the often-callous ignorance of their faith here. To mainstream Muslims, insinuations such as the one on merely reinforce the worst stereotypes of Muslims as intolerant and prone to violence.
Cable channel Comedy Central delayed the release of “ South Park” episode 201 online Thursday as part of its cautious approach to the episode, which drew veiled threats of violence for its depiction of the Islamic Prophet Mohammed in a bear suit.Ībsurdity and insult are the stock in trade of “South Park.” But episode 201 was censored heavily after the website insinuated that the “South Park” creators might suffer the same fate as Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, who was assassinated for upsetting an Islamic group in 2004.
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