light humor to calm things down

http://www.theonion.com/onion3513/christ_islam.html

saw this.. found it sorta funny

The Onion is hilarious.

I wonder if the article was worded oppositely, say Mohammed coverting to Christianity and accepting the Holy Trinity, what kind of response The Onion would get?

Would Muslims see it as a parody (meant for comedy), or would they find it demeaning, and demand retribution?

Shoot, there I went, turning a light-hearted post into a significant one.

I've seen this before. What exactly is this about??