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Silver Surfer #1, 'The Origin of the Silver Surfer' (August 1968)

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mj4/22/2010 6:46:25 am PDT

More threats of violence:

‘South Park’ Episode Is Altered After Muslim Group’s Warning

“An episode of “South Park” that continued a story line involving the Prophet Muhammad was shown Wednesday night on Comedy Central with audio bleeps and image blocks reading “CENSORED” after a Muslim group warned the show’s creators they could face violence for depicting that holy Islamic prophet. Revolution Muslim, a group based in New York, wrote on its Web site that the “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker “will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh” for an episode shown last week in which a character said to be the Prophet Muhammad was seen wearing a bear costume..”

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