The formal position is that Judaism executes Jews convicted of idolatry and blasphemy while the Koran only reproves such tendencies as lapses and does not even mention blasphemy as a crime.
All idolatry is blasphemy, of course, since blasphemy is what would offend God if He exists. Technically, blasphemy is words said and deeds done other than bowing before idols.
In my view, the prohibition against idolatry and blasphemy is for our own protection rather than to protect God's feelings against offence.
The only religions acceptable to God would be Judaism and Islam. The rest is idolatry.
The harm of idolatry is the opportunity cost of practising idolatry rather than being rightly-guided by God's laws. But this is really a case of a sin being its own punishment when you think of how much Christians suffered because of their religion of compulsory idolatry and blasphemy and also when you think of how much Post Christians Westerners are suffering now because they have abandoned belief in the Abrahamic God altogether and are even now absurdly thinking of returning to the primitivism of the failed deities of their ancient ancestors, God forbid!
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