"Religious minorities are often portrayed as inferior or second-class citizens who have been granted limited rights and privileges by generous Pakistani Muslims, for which they should be grateful." In other words, they are dhimmis, at the mercy of the whims of their overlords. Wherever a society designates second-class citizens, they are automatically and unfairly burdened with more responsibility to keep the peace with the ruling class by "knowing their place." Provocations are in the eye of the ruling beholder, whose pride and sense of entitlement are paramount even at the expense of the dignity of others. The consequences are visible all over Pakistan, in story after dismal story of abuse, often on the flimsiest of pretexts (see also: Asia Bibi). "Pakistan schools teach Hindu hatred: US commission," from the Associated Press, November 9 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...hatred-US-commission/articleshow/10663967.cms