Offence to religion

OxBlog has some comments on why the various things that the west considers awful (blowing up wedding parties, prison abuse, and so forth) don't tend to raise more than a few complaints in the Muslim world, but things we see all the time (newspaper cartoons offensive to, making fun of, or just plain depicting religion or religious figures) cause calls for beheading on the streets of London and a 500-kg of gold reward for anyone who will kill the man who drew this. 

Then again, it's not only Muslims who think pictures are a good reason for suing someone or trying to kill him...