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because Christianity is resident in more tolerant secular societies
the tolerance, though represented in certain strands of Christian values, mainly was
the product of social evolution in the direction of secular consensus values.
the diversity of the various Christian sects provides a distribution in levels of acceptance
of that evolution.
^This. There was a time church ruled supreme over people's lives, not unlike islamic mullahs or sheikhs or whatever. Only after this was toned down considerably, was progress made possible.
Besides, in Islam, drawings of the Prophet is considered forbidden and unacceptable (not just Mohammad, any prophet, as they claim Jesus and Moses were also regular humans and messengers of God). This was to prevent their depictions to become idols and worshipped. Times have changed, but this persistent idea is one of the reasons Muslims are instantly triggered by stuff like that.
"Only after this was toned down considerably, was progress made possible."
Not really. Progress was possible due to 17th century Enlightenment era thinkers and the new Age of Reason they spawned that came to value empiricism over faith. The church was still the prevailing force in people's lives, it was just less centralized and dominated by a Catholic pope due to the great Schism and Protestant Reformation.