Religions and “genetic” violence
Reuters quotes a few people claiming that Islam is not unique in this kind of violence and quotes a couple of examples about buddhism and hinduism which seems to be completely irrelevant.
Of course, there will be criminals and fanatics in every religion. But that comes no where near the political islam in the current context.
If they quoted Babri Masjid, that’d have been a lot more relevant, although it’s also more political than religious.
It seems to me that these things have more to do with colonialism (a lot of Hindus feel that they got colonialized twice - once by muslims and again by christians) than with religion.
The cartoon row seems to be as much political as it is religious. Islam is unique in the sense that it brings together so many nations which are geographically and racially diverse. So it’s hard to compare it to other religions which have a much smaller and localized political component.