Let me first clarify that I am a Pantheist, and have respect for and generally sympathize with all religions and beliefs as long as they do not diverge from basic moralities inherent to good human nature.

I will not retell the the uproar and world-scale reactions to the publication of controversial cartoons of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, in the Danish daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten and in other European print media, nor I will mention the cultural facets of concerns arised.

I have two questions to both of the involved parties.
To the the leaders of Arab and Islamic countries and the Islamic world that has reacted with unpaired anger, the closing of the embassies of their countries in Denmark and by launching consumer boycotts against Danish goods: Where were you when US army personnel flushed copies of the Quran in the toilets of the Guantánamo Bay prison camp?
To Western politicians and media personnel, the ardent defenders of democracy and fervent proponents of freedom of speech who strived to depict the Islamic outrage to the cartoons as unnecessary reaction driven by fanaticism: Why would you condemn the statements of any politician or media worker who expresses an opinion that may not comply with the Holocaust?