Well I lived over there in Islamic coutries>(Saudi Arabia ) for a few years. And I know a bit about how oppressive the places are. I Read that there is the rub to this this is was planned by the Saudi's. Saudi Arabia was suffereing a lot of bad press in the Muslim world because of the recent deaths during the Hadj pilgrimage. To divert attention away from their own shortcommings they told the Muslim world about these cartoons that were already yeasterdays news when they said it. They got what they asked for.

The wit of a misplaced ex-patriot.
I cheated on my metaphysics exam by looking into the soul of the person next to me.