While fewer people took to the streets to denounce last week's comments by the pope seen as critical to Islam, the pontiff continued to come under fire from various quarters in the Arab world.
In Egypt, no protests were reported but the secretary general of President Hosni Mubarak's ruling National Democratic Party, Safwat el-Sherif, condemned the pope's comments.
"The majority party expresses the position of the Egyptian people, which rejects this misguided vision of Islam and regrets the views presented by the pope," he said at the National Democratic Party's annual conference.
In Libya, the son of leader Moamer Kadhafi called on the pope to convert to Islam and dismissed an apology he made on Sunday for comments seen as linking Islam and violence.
"If this person were really someone reasonable, he would not agree to remain at his post one minute but would convert to Islam immediately," Mohammed Kadhafi said.
Foreign theology students staged a rally on Tuesday in the holy Iranian city of Qom chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" and urging the pope to apologise for his comments.
"This time the pope was deceived by the Zionists and the occupants of the White House, who aim to heat up differences between religious people," said rally organiser Mohammad Arafi, as quoted by the official IRNA news agency.
Only a few dozen people turned up for a rally in Tehran on Monday, but angry protests were held from Indonesia to Iraq and the pope's comments were notably denounced by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck a more conciliatory tone towards the Vatican than that taken by Ayatollah Khamenei, who accused the pope of involvement in a "conspiracy of the Crusaders."
Speaking in Caracas, Mr Ahmadinejad expressed respect for the pope and noted the pontiff had "modified" his remarks.
"We respect the pope and all those interested in peace and justice," Mr Ahmadinejad said. "I understand that he has modified the remarks he made."
The relative calm on Tuesday came as the Vatican launched a diplomatic offensive and the pope appealed for mutual respect between religions.
On Sunday, the pope said he was "deeply sorry" for the reaction to a speech he made last week in which he quoted an obscure medieval text that criticised some teachings of the Prophet Mohammed as "evil and inhuman."
Despite a general acceptance of the pope’s apology, there were calls for renewed anti-pope protests on Friday, the last day of collective prayer before the start of the holy month of Ramadan.
Egyptian-born Islamic scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a Sunni Muslim, was among the Islamic leaders who rejected the apology, calling on followers to hold a day of "peaceful anger" on Friday.
Sunni Islam's leading religious body said Pope Benedict must apologise properly for his remarks on Islam after its leader met with a Vactican envoy.