Actually, these Danish cartoons were brought to the attention of the Muslim world by Danish Immams.
In the Christian religion, we have 'thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain'. The fact that we do quite often, is scandalous to a muslim. However, take the recent case in Afganistan; the possible death sentence for a muslim man converting to Islam; this highlights another dichotomy.

If a religious faith permits acts, which are abhorrent or unacceptable to people from another religion, should this really affect the laws we live under in a country? Why should religions be allowed to object to practices of individuals in other countries and religions in the first place? Is this not making divisions wider between cultures?

Individually, we do not have to accept and feel sympathetic to the practices of other cultures if it is alien to our own.
We need to remove religion and subjective opinion away from politics and law, not bring them closer together.