From all accounts, Molly Norris was a politically left-leaning cartoonist in Seattle who thought people just needed to lighten up a bit, and be able to freely express themselves, no matter what the topic.
In 2010 Norris suggested an “Everybody Draw Mohammad Day.” A few days later she received her first death threat from a Muslim.
The FBI told her she was in danger after Anwar al Awlaki told the Islamic world Norris was fair game for killing because she insulted Islam’s prophet Mohammad.
Anwar al Awlaki was the former leader of the Dar al Hijra Islamic Center (mosque) in Falls Church, Virginia and former leader of Al Qaeda in Yemen until the U.S. dropped a missile on him and killed him in September 2011. He was the guy who gave talks in the U.S. Capitol, defended by the likes of NPR who said Awlaki was the new face of “moderate” Islam – before he wasn’t.
From Understanding the Threat.com
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