>>Has anyone heard of this controversy? In Islam, it is forbidden to create a depiction of Muhammad because it may lead to idol worship.
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons
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>>Why would they be offended if non-Muslims depicted Muhammad? In Judaism, the word God isn't written because it is considered disrespectful, but (as far as I can tell) they don't object to other people from writing the word God. BTW, you will see Jewish texts use G-d.
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>As I understand it, the protests against these cartoons are not just because Muhammad was "depicted", but because he was depicted as a terrorist.

You're right it is both reasons. Depiction and the disrespectful depiction. In my mind, both seem as equally as trivial.

The aspect that I object to is that this could have been motivated by racism or intolerance.