"I am a Muslim and I am a fan of South Park. To make those terms mutually exclusive is polarizing and frankly, unproductive. Aasif Mandvi over at the Daily Show summarized my sentiment exactly when he said last night, 'Yes, it [the depiction] would make me uncomfortable and I can understand people being upset about it…but here's whats more upsetting. Someone, in the name of a faith that I believe in, threatening another person for doing it.'"—Kalsoom, at the Changing Up Pakistan blog (via Bassam Tariq).
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