30 Sept: Danish paper publishes cartoons
20 Oct: Muslim ambassadors complain to Danish PM
10 Jan: Norwegian publication reprints cartoons
26 Jan: Saudi Arabia recalls its ambassador
30 Jan: Gunmen raid EU's Gaza office demanding apology
31 Jan: Danish paper apologises
1 Feb: Papers in France, Germany, Italy and Spain reprint cartoons
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Iraq's top Shia Muslim cleric Ayatollah Ali Sistani condemned the publication, but said militant Islamists were partly to blame for distorting the image of Islam

Palestinians protested in Ramallah on the West Bank, shouting: "The assault on the Prophet is an assault on Islam"

Afghan President Hamid Karzai called for Muslims to be forgiving, saying the cartoons should not cause a dispute between cultures

The Pakistani upper house of parliament unanimously passed a resolution condemning the cartoons

French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said the Muslim protests were "unacceptable" but also criticises the cartoons
Vatican cardinal Achille Silvestrini condemned the cartoons, saying Western culture had to know its limits.

source bbcnews.

west is calling it a matter of "freedom of speech" .....