[Red in Blue PA]

I have been to Nepal 4 times and they seem to be the most tolerant people you would ever want to meet. But I do know in some parts of India there are extremists(as is the case with nearly any religion- Buddhists the exception of course until I see proof otherwise).

[jabbermog]

We rent an apartment in Catholic Goa, and have been into neighbouring Karnataka and several occasions. Although the people are generally decent and friendly, there is a small but nasty element, some of who are members of the RSS. These induviduals want no foreigners in India, a Theocracy where the Saddhus make the laws, the ancient Sanskrit language and calendar, and the banning of all modern technology. You get the picture. I have to stress they are treated with contempt by mainstream people, and I never had any mither from them, but visitors to India should take care when travelling of the tourist spots into, isolated villages.

[VOA]

But I do know in some parts of India there are extremists(as is
the case with nearly any religion- Buddhists the exception of
course until I see proof otherwise).

A few years back I read a review in The Los Angeles Times on a new
book on Pol Pot.
The author proposed that the intersection of Pol Pot's Communistic
fervor with his Buddhism (sort of accepting that whatever happens
just happens) allowed him to turn into a monster.

I don't know if that was a fair comment on Buddhism. But I was
shocked to see a writer to lay even partial blame for mass murder
to any religion other than Christianity.
And that such a premise was allowed to appear in The Los Angeles Times.