So the Norway terrorist confessed himself to be a Christian, and hates Muslims and adores Hindutva ideology? Well, he is doing some of the things a follower of Christ should never be doing. Terrorizing innocent people to achieve one's political or religious objective is never a Christian approach, and should never be. In fact, it's not just about being unchristian, but every human person or organisation or government should never use such approach.
Jesus does not teach his followers to hate anyone. Jesus hates sin, not the sinner. And the same attitude is expected of his followers too. Put it differently, is it a morally acceptable practice to hate Muslims? No. It's quite alright to think Muslims are wrong in their belief, as much as it would be right for them to think Christians are wrong in believing and worshiping Jesus as the divine Lord. And what do we do about it if we disagree with their belief? Kill them? No way. Tell them about Jesus Christ, and show love and respect to them. Had Anders Breivik understood his Bible, instead of engineering such massacre he would have shared about Jesus to Muslims, and given them the choice to accept or reject.
Did Anders know what Hindutva's attitude is towards the Christians, forget about its attitude towards Muslims? As much as Hindutva's attitude towards minorities like Christians and Muslims are harmful and bad for human flourishing, so much so would any of such attitude of Anders towards Muslims be harmful and bad for human flourishing. I don't know what Anders' ideology is, but if it is like that of Hindutva fringe group I am sure it is bad for any society. No wonder majority of Hindus do not share such ideology!
If religion is a way of life, as all Christians, Hindus and Muslims would claim then it is quite reasonable that people would have different set of beliefs about it. Utilitarians come up with an approach to life which is different from that of deontological way of thinking, and they compete with each other in public square in a free and fair way. And let such atmosphere prevail even among different religious adherents. You think you are right, share your way of life in free and fair way. No bombs; just words. Let truth win!
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