'South Park' warned by radical Muslims

The creators of South Park have received a warning from a radical Islamic website.

CNN reports that revolutionmuslim.com, based in New York, criticised the 200th episode of the cartoon for including a satirical discussion on whether an image of the Prophet Mohammed could be shown. He was later shown disguised in a bear suit.

A posting on the website has now warned Trey Parker and Matt Stone that they could be the subject of violence.

"We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably end up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show," the message read, referring to a Dutch filmmaker who was murdered after making a film about violence against women in some Islamic societies. "This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them."

The post lists the addresses for Comedy Central's New York offices and the headquarters in Los Angeles of Parker and Stone's production company.

A sermon by Anwar Al-Awlaki, who is on a list of al-Qaeda leaders, plays over images of Parker and Stone and the clip ends with the words: "The Dust Will Never Settle Down."

However, the post's author Abu Talhah al Amrikee told CNN that he only listed the addresses so that the website's users could protest, insisting that it was not intended as a threat.

He added that he included the sermon to remind Muslims that insulting the prophet is a severe offence and claimed that he is considering holding protests about the show.

Comedy Central has not yet commented on the reports.