Molly Norris in hiding

The cartoonist who created the idea of a "Draw Mohammed Day" (and then retracted it after receiving many death threats) has had to drop out of sight because of continued threats to her life.

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. It's all because of the appalling fatwa issued against her this summer, following her infamous "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" cartoon.

Come on, Islam. Targeting defenseless cartoonists is your latest adventure in bravery? That's pathetic. It's bad enough to be the religion of hate, but to be the religion of cowardice ought to leave you feeling ashamed.

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