The right-wing Freedom Party of Austria has termed the situation as “displacement, not immigration.” Hannes Amesbauer of the Freedom Party said, “Austrians will soon be strangers in their own country.”
Assad was close to Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah, both Shia allies. This further cemented the perception that Alawites were aligned with Shiite interests in a Sunni-majority country.
After Rajiv Gandhi govt banned the import of The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie written an open letter to the PM condemning the order calling it violation of free society principles
Tensions erupted in Hyderabad Rein Bazaar as a Islamists mob protested over blasphemy allegations against a youth, leading to unrest and frustration over police inaction.