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'South Park' cartoon angers Bosnian Muslim leaders
2006-08-02
Bosnian Islamic leaders voiced anger after a local television station aired an episode of the popular US cartoon "South Park" depicting the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. "The broadcast (of the cartoon) is unacceptable and we condemn it and consider it to be a kind of provocation," Enes Ljevakovic, head of a Bosnian Islamic council, said Monday.

“The broadcast (of the cartoon) is unacceptable and we condemn it and consider it to be a kind of provocation...”
The South Park episode portraying the Muslim prophet, Jesus Christ, Krishna and Buddha as friends who fight against evil was shown on the private Sarajevo-based OBN network early on Saturday morning. "According to Islamic tradition, the presentation of Prophet Mohammed or any other prophet is unacceptable ... even if their presentation is not sarcastic but in positive light," Ljevakovic said. "The cartoon was even censored in the United States ... and that is what the local Bosnian television station should have done as well," he added.

OBN defended its decision to air the show, saying the cartoon presented prophets in a positive light that could be considered as a lesson in morality.
Posted by:Fred

#16  Yeah, Robert, forgot about the "al-Qaeda cartoon" they showed at the end. My bad!
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-08-02 18:45  

#15  I'll say it again:

Skinless people in a sandpaper world. And world-class whiners, at that.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-08-02 17:59  

#14  LOL Any! Thats Great!
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-08-02 15:23  

#13  Great ! :-}
Pig farts, why do they hate us ?
Posted by: wxjames   2006-08-02 15:12  

#12  
Posted by: anymouse   2006-08-02 14:56  

#11  Yep, the great, peaceful and tolerant mooslimb religion - don't question it, don't even think about it.

The descendants of mohammad (& so-called descendants) have been laughing their way to the bank ever since. Never underestimate the stupidity of those who do not want to think for themselves or take responsiblity for their actions. So let's all sing it together - "Allan hates you this I know because the koran tells me so."
Posted by: Broadhead6   2006-08-02 10:03  

#10   I wanna see a cartoon where a camel eats the koran and craps it back out into mohammed's mouth.

I'd wager that the only reason you've not seen this on South Park yet is that Parker & Stone haven't thought of it.
Posted by: AzCat   2006-08-02 09:48  

#9  Oh my! I seem to have posted a picture of Mo (back, left):
Posted by: DMFD   2006-08-02 09:46  

#8  No internationally choreographed seething likely as Iran has the Hezbolla stomping to act as a distraction from any UNSC schenanagins this time..
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-08-02 08:03  

#7  Uyp, the article linked in comment above pretty well sums it up.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-08-02 06:23  

#6  The episode was shown with a black screen saying Comedy Central wouldn't let them depict Mo, along with clips of OBL and Zawahiri (?spelling) getting their noses out of joint about it.

You left out the part about showing Christ crapping on the American flag. While not subtle, Parker and Stone sure as hell showed who you can offend and who you can't.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2006-08-02 06:21  

#5  He's got his episodes mixed up.

The "Superfriends" one was never banned, but apparently a later one that was going to feature old Mo in an episode of "Family Guy" that Cartman was trying to keep from being broadcast kinda/sorta was censored by Comedy Central (at least, that's what they said during the episode, anyway.)

The episode was shown with a black screen saying Comedy Central wouldn't let them depict Mo, along with clips of OBL and Zawahiri (?spelling) getting their noses out of joint about it.
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-08-02 04:26  

#4  Nope, cf Destro comment; Lancasters over Dresden had this covered in his blog, too lazy to search for the link... wait... I think I'm mustering the will at this very moment... here it is.

As far as I know, the "Superfirends" ep never was censored in any western country, it even aired in France, though I didn't see that one (it was on a paying channel). Remember, it was BEFORE the muslim brotherhood so successfully blackmailed the West with its fabricated "cartoons controversy". Now, I don't think it would be aired without an afterthought, or even aired at all, depending on the PC climate.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-08-02 03:13  

#3   "The cartoon was even censored in the United States ... " Any proof of that?
Posted by: imoyaro   2006-08-02 03:03  

#2  I wanna see a cartoon where a camel eats the koran and craps it back out into mohammed's mouth.
Posted by: Iblis   2006-08-02 02:20  

#1  That particular episode has never been censored in the US. Ljevakovic must be mistaking this episode with the more recent "Cartoon Wars" episode that Viacom censored.
Posted by: Destro in Indiana   2006-08-02 00:56  

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