"And pp are right when they say this author (or any other) wouldn't dare stage a play depicting Mohammed as transsexual"
How do you know? Salman Rushdie and his publishers 'dared' to write a book that was deemed offensive by some Muslims, the publishers of Charlie hebdo published again the week after by he attacks and have continued to so so. I have seen a play at the National Theatre that challenges the 'no go zone' that (some) Muslims have tried to create around discussion and depiction, and a play at a fringe theatre in which gay sexuality was explored in the context of the mosque and the character envisioning himself in love with Mohammed. A fictional scenario, you understand, by a gay male muslim writer.....
How do we know Jo Clifford is remotely interested in writing a play about Islam? You might more reasonably assume that to do so was more likely to be a deliberate act of provocation or mockery. However many writers tend to plumb the material that shaped their own lives and the tension for young people growing up in the Christian church has often been between their own identity as gay, or trans or whatever, and the doctrine and heavy moral pressure put upon them. I have seen many works about this - most about Catholicism because of the emphasis on sin and confession. So if this writer had a profound sense of conflict between her upbringing, church, feelings and self image, I would expect that play to be abut Christianity, not Islam.
I ask again - do you WANT a situation in which people are silenced out of fear of violence from writing about Christianity? Is it a triumph for Muslims and Islam if murdering bastards put a gag on free expression?
Jo Clifford said of earlier protests: "I wanted to point out that this does not have any foundation in the Bible. The people who angered Jesus were the scribes, Pharisees and hypocrites – the people who were deeply prejudiced those who passed judgment on people they did not know.”
"And pp are right when they say this author (or any other) wouldn't dare stage a play depicting Mohammed as transsexual" - Faberge - I don't think it is rigt to make assumptions about what other people would or would not do. You do not like it when people make assumptions about your articular brand of Christianity, so don't presume to second guess what other people may or may not do.
If born Yussuf Clifford she may well have written a similar play for all we know.