Why the double standard?

Why is it that when a western nation/news agency/private or public person makes a comment, publishes an article, or expresses an opinion on Islam that paints Islam in anything other than the nicest terms there is a public outcry from the Muslim world but not if a Muslim does the same about any other religion? I direct your attention to this recent article http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3625106.html.
Why do the Danes or anyone else for that matter have to apoligize to anyone for expressing an opinion? Do the muslim extremeists or their middle eastern backers do the same? Definitly not. I for one am sick and tired of having to mind my political correctness while they (Muslims) burn our flags, denounce our religion as heathen and tout the jihadi principles of a world under Islamic domination. I am tired of "comforting" those in the muslim world that are hurt by an opinion or fact that they fail to realize more often than not is closer to the truth that what they espouse themselves. Muslim persecution of Christians and other religions has been going on for 1300 years with no end in sight. Maybe its time that the West as well as some of the Far east start to make a stand against this baseless Islamic propaganda.