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http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=313170

Seattle cartoonist launches “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day”

After Comedy Central cut a portion of a South Park episode following a death threat from a radical Muslim group, Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris wanted to counter the fear. She has declared May 20th “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.”
Norris told KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross that cartoonists are meant to challenge the lines of political correctness. “That’s a cartoonist’s job, to be non-PC.”

Producers of South Park said Thursday that Comedy Central removed a speech about intimidation and fear from their show after a radical Muslim group warned that they could be killed for insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
The group said it wasn’t threatening South Park producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone, but it included a gruesome picture of Theo Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker killed by a Muslim extremist in 2004, and said the producers could meet the same fate. The website posted the addresses of Comedy Central’s New York office and the California production studio where South Park is made.
“As a cartoonist I just felt so much passion about what had happened I wanted to kind of counter Comedy Central’s message they sent about feeling afraid,” Norris said.
Norris has asked other artists to submit drawings of any religious figure to be posted as part of Citizens Against Citizens Against Humor (CACAH) on May 20th.
On her website Norris explains this is not meant to disrespect any religion, but rather meant to protect people’s right to express themselves.

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I don't understand why drawing a fake picture is so taboo.
if no one knows what Mohammad looks like then what's the big deal.

I do understand that its against Islam to idealize and draw pictures of the Prophet but to force someone not to do something is not the right way either, instead educating them for the reasons why they shouldn't should be the approach.

people don't like threat's, same as Muslims

*mods: please don't move it to religion section, please, *

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hindu troll
your signature says it all.

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The revolutionmuslim.com site that "threatened" South park is run by some ex-Jews now turned extremists, Allah knows best what they want.

But when you say "what's wrong in drawing" and at the same time you say "it's wrong"...??? Which is it?

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you know me so well, thank you for your input.

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Since south park is on a global level they need to recognize what is wrong and what is right. While i was watching that Epi, I was hoping to God they weren't going to actually show him. And making a joke out of it is does not make it a lighter issue. I was truly on the edge. I didn't want to be bothered by it, but I was!

However, death threats? This is why we're looked at as some radical religion.

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Death threat is illegal and must be discouraged by all means. However, the article does not suggest that either. Those people must be found and be treated accordingly.

One should not make fun of a religion on media like this and hurt a larger number of religious people because of some loony people threatening and those who do not even represent larger followers.

I think the incitement on purpose is the issue here.

Someone does not like his mother to be called with bad name. Other person says: Your mother is a hore.

What is wrong with this picture?

Lets face it, not everyone is insensitive to religious figures being disgraced by any means.

Acccept it and respect it. World will be a better place.

Freedom of expression comes with some responsibility and caring for others.

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Even if the image isn't accurate, it's still attempting to make the sacred, profane. People don't like threats, but other people don't like having their sacred images deliberatly trampled upon, in the name of defeinding a so-called enlightened principle.

Though, I must admit it seems silly to expect Kafir's to abide by our notion of what is sacred...

A famous Zen riddle asks, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" I think certain Americans are out in droves to troll for an answer.

What fascinates me about this round of Muslim-bashing in the name of free speech is that it is a reaction induced by a media hysteria over some obscure group of (as far as I can tell) one, and in fact a reaction-to-the-reaction of the Cartooon network (hardly a bastion of Islamic aggression against the West). So, who gets the brunt of it? Muslims. Strange.

I notice no discernable Muslim reaction yet, no calls for boycott of America, and so on. This isn't, yet, a revisit of the cartoon controversy, itself grossly over-stated (as it turns out, many of the deaths that occurred during that period were a result of poor crowed control, opportunistic hooliganism, and even police violence - a fact which doesn't fit into the Western narrative of free-speech under threat).

Yet, here these morons lie, rallying the forces and circling the wagons. Us "engines" are-a commin!

I think at this point, as casual and calm observers (and I hope we remain as such), we need to ask ourselves: at what point does the exercise of free speech become cheapened by the speech it protects, to the point that we can consider it ideological dead weight?

I mean, with Rusidie...fine...we can excuse the crusaders of free speech on that account as the novel is a recognized medium of high expression. But prophets fighting Satan in a boxing match, or wearing bear suits...or people urinating on pictures of a prophet, or our noble women being rendered in elephant dung?

Yup, if this is what free speech advocates are reduced to defending then I think we can safely say free speech has run it's course, and sensible human discourse has exhausted itself. It's perhaps best to treat this as an internal issue between the nouveau retarded, and just recognize that from time to time we'll get caught up in it....but remember...sabar...we're dealing with mentally deficient people here.

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The rabble-rouser Islamaphobes who do these things want us to do something stupid so that they can reinforce the idea that we are a menace to society, they want to further alienate us from society, don't play into their hands.

Beware of pseudo-Muslim religious clerics who tell you to do stupid things, there are a lot of wolves in sheeps clothing out there, especially on the net, not everyone who can speak Arabic and spew Fataawa is really a Muslim.

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the extremist Muslim websites are run by pseudo-Muslims pretending to be Muslim just to defame Islam.

There is a lobby out there who have political differences with Muslims and they will stop at nothing to alienate and marginalise Muslims from mainstream society because they don't want Muslims to grow in number and power because they're scared that Muslims will influence foreign policy in the future and that they will expose their crimes against humanity...

...This lobby is pumping billions to demonise Islam and Muslims all because of their political differences, they have even gone as far as posing as Muslim clerics and preaching an ugly and deformed version of Islam which misintreprets and takes out of context Quranic Ayaat and Ahadeeth to make their twisted views appear Islamic.

Trust nothing on the net, don't trust ignorant lay-men who follow nothing but these websites thinking they are doing Islam a favour when in fact they are doing it a disfavour by thinking with their hearts rather than their brains.

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We all love the Prophet PBUH but we need to take a peaceful approach in condeming this and not fall into the hands of the Islamaphobes who want demonise us.

I agree that freedom of expression should have some limits to maintain mutual respect and harmony in society.

We all need to be a bit more sensitive of each others religious beliefs.

Blasphemy is wrong whether it's against Muhammed PBUH, Jesus Christ, Moses or Krishna, Ram etc.

Muslims are more sensitive and serious about their religion than many other people and the rabble-rouser Islamaphobes are taking adavantage of this, these people do these things purposely because they want Muslims to do something stupid and be further alienated from society so that they can make us out as some sort of menace to society so be wary.

Disgareeing with the Prophet PBUH and not believing in him is fine and acceptable, the Non-Muslims who lived under the Prophet PBUH's goverment with autonomy also didn't believe in the Prophet PBUH but the Prophet PBUH tolerated them...

The Christian priests who debated with the Prophet PBUH in the second most holiest Mosque of Islam also didn't believe in him...

...We don't want to enforce our religion on anyone, you are free to reject it but there is no need to hurt our religious sensibilities.

The same people who get their underwear in a twist when Muslim women wear their own piece of silk on their own head or face, or when Muslims build a turret on their Mosques with their own money or when Muslims protest against a war, start ranting about freedom of expression when it comes to insulting the religious figures of Muslims. Why the double standards?

A few months ago a group of protestors were arrested and fined for referring to some British soldiers as "baby-killers" yet insulting the Prophet PBUH is legal because it is freedom of expression! I'm not defending that group of protestors but rather pointing out the hypocrisy and double-standards.

Blasphemy against the Prophet PBUH is wrong, just as calling someones mother a hoe is wrong, anti-semiticism is wrong etc.

Freedom of expression should not be absoloute, it should not inciting, hateful, hurtful or racist.

Your freedom to swing your fist ends where my nose begins.

It is this kind of freedom which widens the rift between communities, leads to extremism, marginalisation and hinders integration and assimilation.

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Its pity that in all western countries using "N" words for BLACKS is prohibited and you can get dragged to court because it "hurts black people". You speak against holocaust in Europe and you can be jailed in many countries. (even if you are only questioning the number of deaths)

Western Media follow these guidelines STRICTLY but two face media give a damn to the hurting a feelings of 1.5 billion Muslims on the name of "free speech". While these narrow minded media people fail to understand why Muslims get so furious on these cartoons, I fail to understand what is SO URGENT need to draw these cartoons when you know you are going to hurt 1.5 billion humans?

I wonder what these "Free speech" champions/cartoonists are saying against the Canadian Govt banning British MP (George Galloway) from entering and giving speeches in Canada? Just because he supports Palestine cause, all of the "freedom of speech" vanishes in seconds...

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Its so dumb to try to put off a fire with fire . Means come on really which school they go to . Its common sense that its just adding fuel to fire and it won't solve any problem . If she wants to prove a point then she can go talk to that organization and can ask them to respect artists and artists will respect the religion . A joint press conference could have been more effective then threats to each other .

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I agree. :k:

Freedom of speech is not absolute anywhere anyway and is subject to limitations…

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:k:

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Brilliant points.

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Some more on “freedom of expression”.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/youtube-pulls-mias-born-free-clip-due-to-excessive-violence-towards-ginger-citizens/story-e6frfro0-1225858910063

It got banned just because people who got killed in the video were ginger.

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Still some sanity left…phew…

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i was hoping that people would resist the urge to give this BS publicity.

its like they were searching for someone to react to the cartoon. So now this group of 5-10 people gets to be used as basis for more baiting.

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exactly my philosophy. That stupid novel 'Satanic Versus' became the number 1 best seller not because it was a well written fiction (it was actually the crappiest novel I ever read) but because of the publicity all the Muslims did for free.

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^
Well, this time around it seems like Muslims didn't really have to do anything to keep the so-called issue alive...