Andrew, yes people hide behind religion in "some instances".. However in the end the problem is the person not the religion.

when the egyptians were drowned when the red sea opened for passage for the israelites? this is genocide.

the crusades? killing millions of "heretics" because they did not acknowledge religion.

aborigines in the pacific, when conquered, became slaves..

so these are just "some instances"..
and there's a big difference between a car related to a person,.. and a religion to a person..