New dialogue and understanding is beginning to take root between the Danes and Muslims a year after the blasphemous cartoon incident.

Danish Lars Refin, who was one of the twelve caricaturists to contribute to the drawings, has told Reuters: ""Danes have awoken and now see Muslims are as different from one another as Danes are, that they're not all fanatics."

Refin believes the crisis has changed the way average Danes view foreigners, an argument which many Muslims support.

Another comment has been made by Abu Hassan, an imam from Odense, Denmark: "We have had much positive dialogue with Danish people." He added that the cartoon crisis has motivated many Danish people to inquire about Islam and its Prophet.

Yildiz Akdogan, a spokesman for the Democratic Muslims, a group formed following the cartoon crisis, also noted that the Muslims and Danes talk about their problems better than ever: "The debate is broader and more pluralistic. More people and different kinds of people are active and the level is more sober and nuanced."

Since the crisis, Muslims from all over the world have been leading initiatives to introduce Prophet Muhammad to the world in a proper fashion and to remove the widel circulated stereotypes about Islam.

One of these attempts is the European Committee for Honoring the Prophet, a grouping of 27 organizations, established by the Danish Muslims to raise awareness about the characteristics of the Prophet.

Moreover, a group of Muslim scholars also formed an international organization and a fund for defending Prophet Muhammad against defamatory attacks in the West.