Englishman Wrote:The total prison population is 40% Muslim, yes that's a tiny minority.
and is every single one of those prisoners there because of a religiously motivated crime ? or is religion obsolete in some cases ?
the fact that there are religious extremists and religious people who happen to commit a crime are different things .
it is perfectly possible (and likely) that some of these muslim prisoners are there for crimes that have nothing to do with their religion at all .
a person's religion / ethnicity / etc does not necessarily dictate every aspect of a person's life . for example , if a japanese man murdered someone for whatever reason , the news would not be full of "JAPANESE HATRED" headlines , because the man's status as a japanese person is not connected to his crime . likewise in many , many cases of muslim people being imprisoned , their religion is not related to what they have done .