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The creators of "South Park" better watch their backs.
That's what a radical Islamic group based in New York "warned"
on their Web site, RevolutionMuslim.com, using violent imagery to
express their unhappiness over the depiction of the Prophet Muhammed
in a bear suit on the 200th episode of the long-running Comedy Central
series.
The episode never actually depicts the Prophet Muhammed, but indicates
him as a character wearing a bear suit.
"We have to warn Matt [Stone] and Trey [Parker] that what they are
doing is stupid," a posting on the Web site stated on Tuesday,
according to reports.
"They will probably end up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show,"
it noted, referencing the Dutch filmmaker who was murdered in
2004 over a documentary he made that addressed violence against Muslim
women.
"This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will
likely happen to them," the statement reportedly concluded.
The suggestion that the message, accompanied by violent imagery, was not
meant as a "threat," was echoed by the author of Islamic
group's Web site post.
"It's not a threat," Abu Talhah al Amrikee told Fox
News, who noted that the show's use of the religious figure could
invite violence.
"They're going to be basically on a list in the back of the minds
of a large number of Muslims," he said. "It's just the
reality."
Despite claims that they did not seek to invite violence against Stone
and Parker, the site also reportedly revealed where the "South Park"
creators work, and included a sermon calling for punishments for
blasphemy against the Muslim religion.
The site no longer appears online, and a phone number associated with
the group has since been disconnected.
The Prophet Muhammed was featured in "South Park" in 2001. An episode in
2006 was to feature the Muslim figure again, but Comedy Central
censored the scene and it never aired.
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