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Scientology Probed South Park 's Stone, Parker

Mark Russell — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:59:56 CDT

South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker may gleefully skewer anyone and everyone with scatological abandon, but apparently the Church of Scientology is one target unwilling to take its licks. The church investigated Stone and Parker in retaliation for their 2005 South Park episode " Trapped in the Closet ," which...

Book of Mormon Sweeps Tonys

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:45:00 CDT

Broadway's gaspingly irreverent Book of Mormon took home nine Tony Awards last night, winning everything from Best Musical to Best Score to Best Direction to Best Actress in a musical (Nikki M. James). "You did it, Joseph! You got the Tony!" joked the co-creator of the musical, Trey Parker, referring...

Muslim Busted for South Park Threat

Rob Quinn — Tue, 31 May 2011 01:15:00 CDT

A New York man wanted for threatening the creators of South Park has been arrested in Morocco, according to the website he co-founded. Younus Mohammad is awaiting extradition to the US, the website says. A criminal complaint against Mohammad, a Muslim convert born Jesse Curtis Morton, was filed earlier this...

Muslim Who Threatened South Park Pleads Guilty

Rob Quinn — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:12:46 CDT

A Virginia man who threatened the creators of South Park for their depiction of Mohammed faces up to 30 years in jail after pleading guilty to issuing threats—and providing support for Somali terrorists. Zachary Chesser, 20, also admitted posting the personal contact information of people who joined the Facebook...

Fatwa Sends Seattle Cartoonist Into Hiding

Kevin Spak — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:45:22 CDT

A Seattle cartoonist has been forced to change her name and leave town over the “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” cartoon she drew this summer. “You may have noticed that Molly Norris’ comic is not in the paper this week,” the Seattle Weekly's editor wrote. “That’s because there is no more...

Top Mosque Critic's Motivation? South Park

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:41:00 CDT

Pamela Geller, who effectively founded the campaign against the Ground Zero mosque, discusses her reasoning with Talking Points Memo …and South Park has a lot to do with it. Her “most prominent examples” for why she has a problem with the Islamic faith were the death threats leveled at a...

'Terrorist' Who Threatened South Park Busted

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:41:00 CDT

A Virginia man who threatened South Park creators for mocking Mohammad has been busted and charged with supporting a terrorist organization. Zachary Chesser, 20, was nabbed as he was about to board a flight to Africa, where he planned to join the al-Qaeda-linked group al-Shabab, according to law enforcement authorities....

'Everybody Draw Mohammad' Cartoonist Makes Hit List

Jane Yager — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:41:00 CDT

Anwar al-Awlaki, the US-born jihadist linked to the Fort Hood shootings and the Times Square bomb plot, has drawn a target on Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris, for her "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" cartoon. Awlaki added her to the execution list, saying her "proper abode is hellfire." The FBI considers the...

Pakistan Blocks Facebook Over Mohammed Page

Wed, 19 May 2010 10:42:28 CDT

Pakistan ordered Internet service providers to block Facebook today after a court ruling banning a page inviting users to post images of Muhammad. The Facebook page at the center of the dispute—"Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!"—prompts users to post images of the prophet tomorrow to protest threats against the...