"Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" Cartoonist goes into Hiding

Islam means submission, and Islamists are here to destroy our way of life as we know it. That is what the List of things that offend Muslims is all about. Whether it's a cartoonist in Seattle or a filmmaker in the Netherlands, the Islamists are not interested in engaging in civil dialogue and will continue to silence any opposing voice by any means necessary. So add Molly Morris to the List who, like Salman Rushdie is forced into hiding for simply having an opinion.

So much for freedom of speech.

At the urging of the FBI, Molly Norris, the Seattle-based illustrator and cartoonist whose satirical drawing marking "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" resulted in death threats, global protests and impassioned debate about religion and censorship, has been forced to change her name and abandon her former life as a result of her controversial cartoon.

The news that Morris had, out of concerns for her safety, decided to go into hiding was first reported in the Seattle Weekly today, a paper where Norris' cartoons had regularly appeared:

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. She will no longer be publishing cartoons in our paper or in City Arts magazine, where she has been a regular contributor. She is, in effect, being put into a witness-protection program -- except, as she notes, without the government picking up the tab.

Norris originally posted her tongue-in-cheek cartoon announcing May 20 as "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" on her website, which no longer seems to be operating. It was dedicated to the creators of the Comedy Central animated television series "South Park" after one of their episodes was censored for its portrayal of the Islamic prophet. 

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In June, despite her renunciation of the event spawned by her cartoon, Norris was placed on a hit list by Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an al-Qaida-linked figure who has been tied to the Fort Hood, Texas, massacre as well as the failed bombing in Times Square, the New York Daily News reported. Shortly thereafter, the FBI contacted Norris.

"We're hoping the religious bigots go into full and immediate remission," the Seattle Weekly said about Norris' need to go into hiding, "and we wish her the best."