There is no more Molly

[futurebeachbum]

This article in the Seattleweekly, "On the Advice of the FBI, Cartoonist Molly Norris Disappears From View'

You may have noticed that Molly Norris' comic is not in the paper this week. That's because there is no more Molly.

The gifted artist is alive and well, thankfully. But on the insistence of top security specialists at the FBI, she is, as they put it, "going ghost": moving, changing her name, and essentially wiping away her identity.
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It's all because of the appalling fatwa issued against her this summer, following her infamous "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" cartoon.
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If you also read 'Cartoonist in Hiding After Death Threats' in the NYT, you find out:

In July, Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical Yemeni-American cleric who is accused of ties to Al Qaeda, said in a document published on the Internet that Ms. Norris ?should be taken as a prime target of assassination,? according to the NEFA Foundation, a private group that monitors extremist Web sites, which translated the document.

Mr. Awlaki stated that Ms. Norris and other unnamed people in the United States and Europe ?are expressing their hatred of the Messenger of Islam through ridicule.? In a controversial step, the Obama administration this year authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to kill Mr. Awlaki, who is in hiding.

Mr Awlaki is the same person who's father is suing the US government to prevent him from being assassinated.

I think I'm beginning to change my position in this case and support the Administration.

Its a shame though, that the Administration doesn't feel like coming out in support of Ms. Norris and condemning the intolerance and violence of the Muslim reactionaries. They certainly had no problem condemning the folks proposing to burn a few Korans.

 

[scooterbug44]

They've publicly put a CIA hit on the guy responsible - how much stronger a message of support do you need?