Mr Chirac said any subject matter that could hurt other people’s convictions should be avoided.
But Denmark’s prime minister told the BBC that it was not for the government to censor the media.
Another French publication printed the controversial cartoons on Wednesday, as protests continue in the Muslim world.
Four people were killed and up to 20 injured in a protest by about 400 people in the Afghan town of Qalat.
The deaths bring to 11 the number of people killed in Afghan protests over the cartoons in recent days.
Afghanistan’s top council of Muslim clerics has called for an end to several days of demonstrations.