In that case, America isnt a free nation either. The Bible belt states would lynch a hindu priest if they found him prosletyzing with a Gita in hand. In that way India is 100 times more welcoming and tolerant. The Jewish people, the Zoraster people all were welcomed into India.
That is completely ridiculous. Do you actually believe such nonsense or are you just arguing hyperbolically? The American south (or anywhere else here) is nothing like that, you've been watching too many movies. I doubt such a lynching has ever happened, at least in the last several generations, maybe a freak incident or two that can happen anywhere. And if it did, it would be prosecuted as a crime, and virtually all 'Bible Belters' evangelicals would be in favor of the prosecution against perps of such violence. There is a huge difference between disapproving of proselytizing (verbally trying to persuade someone to join their religion) and turning to violence. LOL, no one has beat up Tom Cruise, not even his young wife's parents.
And even the violence against Christians in India isn't primarily what is provoking such outrage, because we all realize that it is an emotional issue and sometimes people get out of hand. It is the outlawing of free religious speech that is the main issue. No one is arguing in favor of fraud or coercion through implied violence, but rather letting religious speech that uses persuasion and logic be allowed.
Here in the 'Bible Belt' some might express disapproval or mock proselytizers of other faiths, but we don't create laws against such speech.