In a discussion about South Park to celebrate its 20th season back in 2016, Doug Herzog, the Comedy Central executive who originally greenlit the show, explained that the decision to censor the episodes when they originally aired was to protect the team. Related: SEGA Removes вЂRising SunвЂ™ Sonic the Hedgehog Hoodie From Online Store After Causing Offense to Korean Fans They then added, вЂњWeвЂ™ll be back next week with a whole new show about something completely different, and weвЂ™ll see what happens to it.вЂќ Parker and Stone wrote, вЂњIt didnвЂ™t mention Muhammad at all but it got bleeped too.вЂќ The statement also detailed there would be a speech at the end of the episode вЂњabout intimidation and fearвЂќ but it was also censored. We delivered our version of the show to Comedy Central, and they made a determination to alter the episode.вЂќ Related: Jenny Slate Quits NetflixвЂ™s Big Mouth Citing Animated CharacterвЂ™s RaceДЇollowing the censorship, Stone and Parker issued a statement picked up by The New York Times that read, вЂњIn the 14 years weвЂ™ve been doing вЂSouth ParkвЂ™ we have never done a show that we couldnвЂ™t stand behind. They also directed individuals to Comedy CentralвЂ™s New York headquarters writing, вЂњYou can pay them a visit at these addresses.вЂќ Van Gogh was assassinated in 2004 after he directed вЂњSubmission: Part 1вЂќ that documented the abuse women faced in Muslim countries. The Guardian explains that the website hosted a picture of Van Gogh with his throat cut and knife in his chest. They specifically detailed it came from a website titled Revolution Muslim and that they threatened that Matt Stone and Trey Parker вЂњwill probably wind up like Theo van Gogh.вЂќ They blacked out the character and bleeped his name.ДЄccording to The Guardian, the original censorship in 2010 came after Comedy Central received вЂњa warning from a New York-based group of extremist Muslim converts that could be construed as a death threat.вЂќ Related: Bob Greenblatt Explains Decision To Remove вЂњGone With the WindвЂќ From HBO MaxД®pisodes вЂњ200вЂќ and вЂњ201вЂќ were censored by Comedy Central when they aired. вЂњCartoon Wars Part 1вЂќ and вЂњCartoon Wars Part 2вЂќ are still available to stream on the South Park website. They were also not available to stream on the official South Park website.

вЂњSuper Best Friends,вЂќ вЂњ200,вЂќ and вЂњ201вЂќ had previously been banned from Comedy CentralвЂ™s deal with Hulu where South Park had been available for streaming.

Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)ДЄ new report details that HBO Max has banned five episodes of Comedy CentralвЂ™s South Park because they depict the Prophet Muhammad.Дeadline reports that HBO Max refused to host five episodes of South Park because they depict IslamвЂ™s Prophet Muhammad.ДЄccording to the report the shows not shown are Season 5вЂ™s вЂњSuper Best Friends,вЂќ Season 14вЂ™s вЂњ200вЂќ and вЂњ201,вЂќ and Season 10вЂ™s Cartoon Wars Part 1 and Cartoon Wars Part 2.

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