South Park are now available to stream on HBO Max – except for five episodes that depict Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.According to Deadline, the the decision to not include the missing episodes on the streaming service was agreed upon in advance.The controversial episodes go against a widespread Islamic belief that forbids depictions of Muhammad or any of the other prophets of Islam, as they encourage the worship of idols.
This goes for images, drawings, statues and cartoons.The episodes removed from HBO Max include season five’s ‘Super Best Friends’ and season 14’s ‘200’ and ‘201’, which had previously been removed from a streaming deal with Hulu and were also axed on the official South Park website.It’s not the first time that South Park has.
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