OTOH, the Indian ban on criticism of religion that started with the Satanic Verses case was intended to protect the minorities so they don’t get upset and riot. (And it’s not like those ultra-tolerant Hindus are any better when they’re in power, viz Shiv Sena. And occasionally even Buddhists, who are even more tolerant than Hindus, have occasionally been violently oppressive, such as the current violence against Rohingya Muslims in Thailand, or the Sri Lankan ethnic conflicts.) It’s not like Western religious fundamentalists are the only obnoxious ones around, especially when religion is being used as a tag to identify “us” vs. “them” in an ethnic or economic conflict.
