Having completely hijacked koriwhore's original thread to the point where it was closed, I hereby apologize for having done so and repost his OP:



When over 50 people died and over 695 people were injured in response to a YouTube video, The Innocence of Muslims,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_Innocence_of_Muslims

It's not unreasonable to expect that a lot more people would die if "The Koran on Broadway" were staged, along the same lines of "The Book of Mormon on Broadway".

Why do we tolerate a world where one religion gets to dictate what the rest of us say, or the content of our art through threats of violence?

You and I will never see, "The Koran On Broadway" because of the predictably violent outcomes.

Islam is the one religion that would elicit that kind of a response to a perceived insult.

Mormons take out a 2 page, "You've seen the Play...Now Read the Book" ad in the center of every playbill.

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865561906/LDS-Church-buys-ad-space-in-Book-of-Mormon-musical-playbill.html

Why the difference?

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