The flap over the cartoon of Mohammed with a missile in his turban was set off by what appears to be a Danish anti-immigrant anti-Islam newspaper. It then appears that extreme Islamist leaders spread the images to inflame their followers and set off the current demonstrations and riots. Then Condaleeza Rice lied when she blamed Syria and Iran for instigating the demonstrations. For the details go read Juan Cole.
Those are apparently the basic mechanics for starting all this, but it is no false anger in the Muslim nations. There are demonstrations that range from Indonesia all across Muslim Asia and across Muslm Africa. The cartoons struck a really sensitive nerve, as Juan Cole explains.
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