The recent Mohammed Cartoon riots worldwide were an expression of Muslim rage at a perceived insult to their religion, and at the time the Pope of all people came out and agreed with them and requested the press not to print them.  Many were upset at this gesture because it was entirely one sided and seemed to be nothing more than craven appeasement to Muslims.  Thankfully the Pope is smarter than that and has now asserted the demand for equal respect from Muslims in their own lands to Christians, which is far from the case now.  Here is a quote from the Vatican :

"If we tell our people they have no right to offend, we have to tell the others they have no right to destroy us," Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican’s Secretary of State (prime minister), told journalists in Rome.

"We must always stress our demand for reciprocity in political contacts with authorities in Islamic countries and, even more, in cultural contacts," Foreign Minister Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo told the daily Corriere della Sera.

Reciprocity — allowing Christian minorities the same rights as Muslims generally have in Western countries, such as building houses of worship or practicing religion freely — is at the heart of Vatican diplomacy toward Muslim states.

Vatican diplomats argue that limits on Christians in some Islamic countries are far harsher than restrictions in the West that Muslims decry, such as France’s ban on headscarves in state schools.

This is an obvious and eminently fair request.  If Muslims want respect for their religion in the Christian lands, then Christians want respect for their religion in Muslim lands.  Simple reciprocity.  The answer from the Muslim world will say much, and determine much.