Denmark has temporarily closed its embassy in Pakistan while Pakistan is recalling its ambassador from Denmark.

A Muslim cleric in Pakistan and a minister in India's state of Uttar Pradesh have offered rewards for whoever kills or beheads the cartoonist.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said the following in Pakistan:

"I strongly disagree with the creation and publication of cartoons that are considered blasphemous by the Muslims around the world," the AFP news agency quotes him as saying. "I thought it was a mistake."

Addendum:

Minutes after I posted this, the BBC flashed an alert that nine people died in a protest outside the Italian consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Apparently, the protesters were angry over an anti-immigrant cabinet minister's decision to wear a t-shirt bearing one of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons.