Similarities between Joseph Smith and Muhammad:
Both were visited by an angel. Joseph Smith was visited by the angel "Moroni" and Muhammad by Gabriel.
Both were given visions.
Both were told that no true religion existed on the earth. In the published account of his life, Joseph Smith related
Both were to restore the long lost faith as the one true religion.
Both wrote a book inspired by God.
Both claimed to be illiterate or uneducated and used this as proof the book was inspired. "How could an illiterate man write the Koran or the Book of Mormon?"
Both claimed the Bible was lost, altered, corrupted and unreliable.
Both claimed their holy book was the most correct and perfect book on earth.
Both claimed that their new "Bible" was based upon a record stored in heaven. With Islam, it is the "mother book" that resides in heaven with God. With Mormonism, it is the golden Nephi plates that the angel Moroni took back to heaven.
Both claim that the version we have in our hands today are identical to what the prophet revealed and that parts are not lost, altered and corrupted. Of course the proof that these claims are invalid is found in two books. The Mormon claim is proven false by a book called "3913 Changes to Book of Mormon" by Sandra Tanner. The Islamic claim is proven false by a book (In Arabic language) called, "Making Easy the Readings of What Has Been Sent Down" by Muhammad Fahd Khaaruun. Both books show that the copy of the book of Mormon and the Koran used today is different from what was originally used when each religion was started.
I do intend on replying. However it will be next week. I am going out of town for the weekend.
Rushdie still lives in hiding in England with a Fatwah on his head.
As far as the comparison to Joseph Smith and Mohammed, whatever. You have posted this before and several of us have answered.