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In reply to the discussion: German Imam blames Cologne rape victims; 'they wore perfume' [View all]guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)as meaning that you truly have no concern for history? If so, I understand why you are so confused as to why people are doing things in places that may be far from you. But your ignorance of history is a reason why you do not understand exactly what is happening.
The terrible events of 13 November in Paris are the work of a tiny fraction of the Muslim community. But those events, terrible as they were, pale in comparison to what the French have done, and are currently doing, in the Middle East and Africa. And when people do not understand the history, and worse, do not care about the history, those same people tend to understand violence by a few Muslims as being the entire story. As if there were no history of French colonial terror, no past and current slaughter of Africans and Middle Easterners by French troops.
Finally, are you aware that ever since the original partition, there actually has been continued friction and violence in India? Violence that comes from both sides?