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Updated May 19, 2010
“’Everybody Draw Mohammed Day’ Unleashes Facebook Fracas”
By Joshua Rhett Miller - FOXNews.com

SNIPPET: “What started out as a cartoonist’s call to action against censorship — an open invitation to submit caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad — has led to death threats, a court order and a call for a boycott of Facebook.”

SNIPPET: “Matthew Quigley, a member of the “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day” group, said he joined the cause after Comedy Central censored “South Park,” which happened after a message on RevolutionMuslim.com warned that the cartoon’s creators “will probably end up” like Theo van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker who was murdered after releasing a film critical of Islam.

“It is a line drawn in the sand,” Quigley wrote FoxNews.com. “On one side are those who are unwilling to allow the threat of violence to blunt the edge of Free Speech. It is a vocal and organized and headless movement to deny extremism the power of control.””

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ROAD TO RADICALISM: The Man Behind the ‘South Park’ Threats
FOX NEWS.com ^ | Updated April 23, 2010 | By Joshua Rhett Miller - FOXNews.com
Posted on April 24, 2010 1:33:35 AM PDT by Cindy

SNIPPET: “He now likes to be called Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee, and his primary interest in this world appears to be Islamic radicalism.

Last week, Chesser, 20, posted a warning on the website RevolutionMuslim.com following the 200th episode of “South Park,” which included a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad disguised in a bear suit.”

SNIPPET: “In a separate post on RevolutionMuslim.blogspot.com, which now serves as the group’s main website since RevolutionMuslim.com has been shuttered, Chesser quoted Usama bin Laden when referencing why reactions are required when anyone insults or belittles the Prophet Muhammad.

“As Usama bin Laden said with regard to the cartoons of Denmark,” Chesser wrote, “’If there is no check in the freedom of your words, then let your hearts be open to the freedom of our actions.’””

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