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South Park creators face severe threats from Muslim Extremists

As a die hard South Park fan, I was overjoyed to see the new 200th and 201st episodes of the series. These episodes rotate around Muhammad, the prophet of the Muslim faith, and that fact that he is immune to all comedic remarks (due to violent response from extremists). As Trey Parker and Matt Stone have said on countless occasions:

"It's all, or nothing."

This simple quote clearly depicts the vision the creators have of their animated show. If its not alright to laugh about something, then its not okay to laugh about anything. Lest we forget the parting of the character "Chef" (played by Isaac Hayes) form the show due to the mocking of Scientology in the episode "Trapped in the Closet". Hayes threatened to leave the show if they aired the episode, seeing as he is a devout Scientologist), but due to Parker and Stone's strong ideals, the show aired and Hayes left.

Muhammad has been portrayed in South Park before, in the episode entitled the "The Super Best Friends", and it seemed fine with everyone in general. It has only recently arose controversy seeing as Danish filmographer Theo Van Gogh.

South Park creators Parker and Stone have both received death threats from Muslim extremist groups, however they successfully mock Muhammad in their latest episode.

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