Muslims on India train assaulted 'because they ate beef'

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Well, I live in a predominantly Christian country, but I still eat meat on Friday. But no-one's tried to kill me for that, because no-one around me is insane enough to kill me for my beliefs.

This has very little to do with this...

Originally Posted by Skybird

Rule of thumb: consider the land/place/country you are in, and its predominant population. Just reasonable.

..and everything to do with the rule of law in a country. Western nations tend to be far more tolerant and although religious prejudice exists it is not acted upon like it is in less tolerant states. India and Pakistan have a long and sad history of this and it is not likely to end anytime soon.

[ikalugin]

..and everything to do with the rule of law in a country. Western nations tend to be far more tolerant and although religious prejudice exists it is not acted upon like it is in less tolerant states. India and Pakistan have a long and sad history of this and it is not likely to end anytime soon.

I think it is about how western states are (with a single exception) secular and understand the idea of the rule of law, even though various elements within those states (ie leftists covering for illegal migrants out of moral/ideological reasons) are trying to undermine it.

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by u crank

This has very little to do with this...



..and everything to do with the rule of law in a country. Western nations tend to be far more tolerant and although religious prejudice exists it is not acted upon like it is in less tolerant states. India and Pakistan have a long and sad history of this and it is not likely to end anytime soon.

I agree that people in these countries are a lot less tolerant, (though I'm not sure what Pakistan has to do with this? Everything I can find suggests that the Muslims were Indian) but the fact is that the mob was still breaking the law of the country. Vigilante justice is illegal in India. Especially when the vigilantes take a crime with a maximum sentence of 15 years and apply the death penalty.

But here's the thing that we've all missed...

They weren't attacked because of the beef.

"The fight started over seats. We are looking into the matter and we have arrested one of the accused who is a 35-year-old old man from (northern state of) Haryana," Ajay Kumar, a government railway police official told AFP.

http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/india/...sted-1.2048483

So, it seems that some idiot/s decided to use religious tensions to get themselves a better seat