Anti-conversion violence targets Catholics who do not actively proselytize.

Evidence

What is debatable, however, is whether any of these missionaries resort to bribery when trying to convert people to their denominations. Indeed, in many areas, most converts to new denominations used to be Catholics. This fact has not prevented Buddhist extremists, however, from attacking Catholic churches. In some instances, Catholic churches that have existed for decades have been attacked even though Catholic clergy do not proselytize openly and are circumspect about converting Buddhists and Hindus. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 254

Categorization

• XREF: Evidence that the professed justification (bribery/proselytizing) is not what drives the violence - the threat is to group boundaries, not actual behavior, matching the reading purpose about manufactured enemies. — connects to: Anti-conversion violence targets even non-proselytizing Catholic churches — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 254; Anti-Christian church attacks stem from nationalist ideology, not missionary activity — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 268; Criminals act from criminality, not from their religion — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 623 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-conversion violence targets even non-proselytizing Catholic churches #corroborates (0.95) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 254
• Anti-Christian church attacks stem from nationalist ideology, not missionary activity #qualifies (0.78) — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 268
• Criminals act from criminality, not from their religion #corroborates (0.75) — Hamid Dabashi, Brown Skin, White Masks, 623
• Religious disputation could itself be framed as defensive aggression #corroborates (0.72) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 673