Comedy Central Censors South Park // canavarlar

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NEW YORK (AP) - Banned by Comedy Central from showing an image of the
Islamic prophet Muhammad, the creators of "South Park" skewered their
own network for hypocrisy in the cartoon's most recent episode.

The comedy - in an episode aired during Holy Week for Christians - instead
featured an image of Jesus Christ defecating on President Bush and the
American flag.

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In an elaborately constructed two-part episode of their Peabody Award-
winning cartoon, "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker
intended to comment on the controversy created by a Danish newspaper's
publishing of caricatures of Muhammad. Muslims consider any physical
representation of their prophet to be blasphemous.

When the cartoons were reprinted in newspapers worldwide in January
and February, it sparked a wave of protests primarily in Islamic countries.

Parker and Stone were angered when told by Comedy Central several
weeks ago that they could not run an image of Muhammad, according to a
person close to the show who didn't want to be identified because of the
issue's sensitivity.

The network's decision was made over concerns for public safety, the
person said.

Comedy Central said in a statement issued Thursday: "In light of recent
world events, we feel we made the right decision." Its executives would
not comment further.