Religious sensibilities and artistic expression

German Muslims are not happy about the stage version of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses that his being presented in a theatre near Berlin. El País reports great controversy:

"We regret that the religious feelings of the Muslims are being treated in such a provocative way," said Ali Kizilkaya, President of the Council of Islam in Germany. "Nevertheless, we do not in any way want to try to prevent the performance," he added.

This reminds me of the film of The Last Temptation of Christ. I quote from Wikipedia:

Protests against the movie from religious communities began before the film had even finished production. The studio was expecting a backlash due to the controversies revolving around any media treatment of Christ (see dramatic portrayals of Jesus Christ), but the protests accompanying Last Temptation were unprecedented. Major religious leaders in the United States blasted the film in fiery sermons, and condemned its subject matter as pornographic.^{[citation needed]}

On October 22, 1988, a French Catholic fundamentalist group launched molotov cocktails inside the Parisian Saint Michel movie theater to protest against the film. This attack injured thirteen people, four of whom were severely burned.^[2]

In 1989, Albuquerque high school teacher, Joyce Briscoe, showed the film to gifted history students at La Cueva High School, raising a storm of controversy by parents and local Christian broadcaster KLYT.^[3]

In some countries, including Mexico and Chile, the film was not released for several years.[2]

I saw that film in Barcelona. There were armed guards outside the cinema.