“South Park” HBO bans episodes depicting the Islamic Prophet Muhammad

Five episodes South Park have been banned from HBO Max for depicting Islamic prophet Muhammad, reminding fans that virtually every other religion is considered fair game for making fun of — except for Islam.

South ParkFive episodes of ‘The Simpsons’ depict Muhammad, and the series began in 1997. “Super Best Friends,” “Cartoon Wars Part I & II,” “200,” And “201,” All of these are missing from HBO Max’s lineup. notes Screen Rant.

In addition to being banned from the streaming service, the episodes are also missing on the South Park Studios website, with each episode hit with a “currently unavailable” notice.

In the episode “Super Best Friends” — which originally aired on July 4, 2001 — the cartoon character Stan calls upon a team of superheroes to counter magician David Blaine’s suicidal cult known as “Blainetology,” Scientology is very clear in this.

The team of superheroes consists of the heads of the world’s most popular religions: Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Krishna, Joseph Smith, Laozi, and Muhammad.

The episodes also feature Muhammad “Cartoon Wars Part I & II,” which was originally broadcast in 2006. The episodes are inspired by the controversy surrounding the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which published a cartoon of Muhammad with a bomb as his turban in 2005.

In this episode, South Park panics after the show. Family Guy It announces that it will show Muhammad in its series. Cartman argues that Muhammad’s depiction is offensive to Muslims. Kyle, however, argues that it will. Family Guy episode should be aired as an expression of free speech.

These episodes were first aired in 2006. South Park creators were reportedly in a feud with Comedy Central over depicting Muhammad. Comedy Central ended airing the episodes with a dark title card, rather than the Muhammad.

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