billding68 wrote: But Mapplethorpe could put a crucifix in a jar of piss and call it "art"
Not Mapplethorpe. Andreas Serrano.
As for the rest of your points, a minority do not represent the whole of Islam. Which I think you mean. Plenty of loopy christians have issued death threats to Andreas Serrano, and Mapplethorpe for other things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ Piss Christ has been attacked a number of times too. Bad example really.
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