“In an odd way the Eastern religions are no more tolerant than the Abrahamic ones. They absolutely reject the claims of the Abrahamic religions to exclusive truth.”
With that definition of tolerance, it can be argued that the victims of terrorism are no better than the murderous terrorists because we do not accept their point of view which they believe is the only true one and by not agreeing to be killed by them are showing the same kind of intolerance that you suggest the eastern religions are guilty of.
Nope. If my neighbor believes something different from me, even that I'm doomed to eternal damnation, it affects me not in the least. Unless of course when I die he turns out to be right.
I can just ignore him and believe something different.
It's kind of difficult to ignore someone who is sawing your head off.
It's the difference between belief and action.
Tolerance actually, by definition, requires disagreement. If you believe that all religions are equally true, than you can't truly be tolerant.
This claim that tolerance requires acceptance and even celebration is of course exactly what is done by varioius liberal interest groups, notably the gay lobby. It's not enough to allow them to live their own lives. They insist that others not be allowed to believe otherwise or at least express their disagreement. That's hate speech, you know. Which is how "tolerance," carried to an extreme becomes utterly intolerant.
Tolerance occurs when one disagrees and equally recognizes the right of someone else to believe otherwise.
This is perhaps best expressed by Voltaire, who is reputed to have said, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."