On Broadway, the creators of the “South Park” TV show have put together an irreverent musical called “The Book of Mormon.” The show depicts clueless missionaries trying to spread their faith in Africa, along with interludes depicting Mormon prophet Joseph Smith as a con man.

The LDS church didn’t boycott or denounce the show, and the press reported on reported on faithful Mormons who traveled far to see it. Muslims would react very differently to a satirical Broadway show called “The Koran.” A tiny gesture of disrespect in Florida led Islamic mobs to murder UN workers in Afghanistan. The contrast between Mormon and Islamic responses to provocation shows the difference between people who are secure and confident in their faith, and those who treat even the slightest disrespect as potentially lethal to an ancient but troubled religion.