He said members of the minority community admitted that they had objected to the recording, which talked about this being a country of Hindus. ‘The recording was apparently in the form of a song and not a recorded speech of anybody. We are examining the issue,’ Prasad said. Angered by the recording, minority community members allegedly pelted stones at the procession.

A huge mob soon gathered, and started attacking and burning shops and vehicles. More than a dozen small shops along the roadside and a few near a mosque were targeted. ‘Also, the mob set afire two-wheelers and some four-wheelers. Besides, they also burnt vehicles lying for repair outside a couple of garages,’ said Prasad.” Notice that while the Hindus are identified, the “minority community members,” who are undoubtedly Muslims, are not.

And the focus is on the “objectionable” audio recording, not on the Muslim mob that becomes violent when angered: the implication is always that it is the non-Muslims’ fault when Muslim become violent, and the non-Muslims’ responsibility to curtail their activities accordingly.

We experienced this after the jihad attack on our free speech event in Garland, Texas last May: numerous people who should have known better declared that it was our fault that the jihadis attacked us, and that we should have known better than to exhibit drawings of Muhammad. The idea that Muslims shouldn’t grow violent in the fact of behavior they find offensive didn’t seem to enter anyone’s mind. “Ram Navami violence spreads in Jharkhand, curfew in Hazaribagh,” by Prashant Pandey, Indian Express, April 18, 2016: