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Image from Molly Norris' blog (MyNorthwest.com file)

Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris going into hiding

September 15, 2010 @ 7:27 am (Updated: 1:53 pm - 3/28/11 )

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By JAMIE GRISWOLD
@jamiegriswold
MyNorthwest.com

Seattle Weekly reports Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris will be going into hiding at the suggestion of the FBI after threats on her life.

Norris was targeted for execution by a radical Islamic cleric in July.

The FBI warned Norris they considered the threat by Anwar al-Awlaki, who has ties to the failed Times Square bombing attempt, serious.

Norris gained international attention with a cartoon she drew in April in response to Comedy Central's cutting of a portion of a South Park episode following a death threat from a radical Muslim group.

The cartoon showed various objects: a teacup, a cherry, a spool of thread, all claiming to be the real likeness of Mohammed, and declared May 20th "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day."

Norris appeared on KIRO Radio's Dave Ross show to discuss her intentions in drawing the cartoon in April.

Listen to Molly Norris' April appearance on Dave Ross

The cartoon quickly sparked a heated controversy, and others took up the campaign as Norris tried to distance herself from the event, posting this message on her website after the cartoon went viral.

I make cartoons about current, cultural events. I made a cartoon of a 'poster' entitled "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" with a nonexistent group's name - Citizens Against Citizens Against Humor - drawn on the cartoon also. I did not intend for my cartoon to go viral. I did not intend to be the focus of any 'group'. I practice the first amendment by drawing what I wish. This particular cartoon of a 'poster' seems to have struck a gigantic nerve, something I was totally unprepared for. I am going back to the drawing table now!

Norris appeared once more on the Dave Ross Show to talk about how the campaign had run out of control, saying she no longer wanted any part in it.

"I'm against my own concept becoming a reality," said cartoonist Molly Norris in a May appearance on The Dave Ross Show.

Listen: Molly Norris' May Dave Ross appearance

Seattle Weekly says Norris will be moving and changing her name.

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  • JadeFrog wrote...
    Hilarious
    September 15, 2010 2:04 pm
    Few things funnier than seeing an open-minded uber tolerant leftist get a taste of what the radical muslims have in store for the left should they take over the world.
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  • Nervoso wrote...
    Um
    September 15, 2010 2:35 pm
    you did notice that the radical Christians are the ones trying to take over the world, right?
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  • rational wrote...
    Nervoso
    September 15, 2010 2:36 pm
    Typical leftist moral equivelence...so tell me, is it the Amish or muslims that threatened this woman's life driving her into hiding?
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  • len98531 wrote...
    troll-child doesnt care about the truth when lying will suit his needs just as well
    September 15, 2010 2:44 pm
    As long as lawn can play his games, he doesnt have to do the laundry.
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  • len98531 wrote...
    While this cartoonist is in hiding
    September 15, 2010 2:46 pm
    she should use facebook and such to draw a 'mohammud a day'
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  • NW-Original wrote...
    Christian vs. Islam
    September 15, 2010 3:02 pm
    Those of you who think Christians are just as violent as Muslims do not come off as being very bright. Rick or Nervoso: Name 5 instances where someone killed in the name of Jesus over the past 20 years and whose actions were supported by the Christian community. BTW: Contrary to popular belief by the left, Timothy McVey was not a Christian. He was a white supremacist and an anti-government activist who denounced being a Christian.
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  • still-right wrote...
    How far we have fallen...
    September 15, 2010 3:28 pm
    That an American citizen must cower in fear and lose her identity for exercising the very right we claim to cherish as our first freedom. And the Rosie O'Donnells of the world continue to spew their ignorance. Will our country go down in a mire of suicidal ignorance and self hatred? This is so sad. Destroyed not by the primitive animals from without, but the ignorant and useful idiots that constitute the enemy within.
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  • Had enough yet, Libs? wrote...
    You believe Islam or Christianity are religions of peace.
    September 15, 2010 3:31 pm
    I do not hear of any Christians calling for the death of anyone who disagrees with our religion and our God.

    As for the rest of your post, it makes no sence.

    Better throw out the race card, eh!

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  • Had enough yet, Libs? wrote...
    You believe Islam or Christianity are religions of peace.
    September 15, 2010 3:32 pm
    I do not hear of any Christians calling for the death of anyone who disagrees with our religion and our God.

    As for the rest of your post, it makes no sence.

    Better throw out the race card, eh!

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  • Had enough yet, Libs? wrote...
    We Americans fear making comments about Mohammed in our nation and our own homes?
    September 15, 2010 3:42 pm
    Something is seriously wrong here. And it's up to us Americans to stand tall and proud and spit in the eye of all who would bully us into submission.

    We cannot rely on this regime for help since the regime encourages the out of contry intimidation of our citizens.

    We did not have this problem during the Bush administration. So this Islamo facist loving Obama regime has got to be voted out in Nov 2012!

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