Re: Not a Current Event, but anti-Christian sentiment pops up in our political arena quite frequently
I am not aware of any "bloody" period, or agressive forcible conversions in Buddhism.
Most of the aboriginal people of the americas were also cannibalistic. The Aztecs used captives from battle as a source of sacrificial victims. In addition to removing the still beating hearts from the victims, the warrior responsible for the victims capture got to take the headless body home to both skin out and serve up to his family.
Not much of religious connection other than the animistic appeal to have a good harvest.