BoM is parody in its finest form. The Mormon Church has made itself a target for satire because they have become so politically active in recent years. The Christian Church knows this well, having been the butt of many a joke/parody/cartoon/satire for ages because of their high-profile stances.

Honestly, Parker and Stone have mocked/parodied/satirized many institutions and beliefs I hold dear-- but they do it with such an even hand and with no (IMO) "meanness" that I laugh just as hard at their deconstructions of my world as I do with any of their targets.

The IoM film is an Evil Thing. I just smile at the Fatwa and the sudden, frightened backpeddling of the people behind the "movie". I feel awful for the actors and anyone who innocently was involved. All of those people work hard at their dream of working on movies (you think applying for jobs is depressing...try auditioning a hundred or more times a year and not getting cast). They took on this work in good faith-- they believed they were acting in a low-budget film. None had any idea that their dialogue would be re-recorded by the filmmakers and turned into a piece intentionally designed to insult Muslims and inflame tensions in the Middle East.