You could say the same thing about Northern Ireland (and the media regularly framed it that way), when "Catholics" retaliated against "Protestants" for some action, or the reverse.
The Troubles in Northern Ireland were never about religion. They were about power, territory and self-governance - it just happened that the two main "sides" in the conflict were also traditionally of different Christian sects - and the easiest way to spoon feed it to the uninvolved masses was under the guise of religious/sectarian animosity because it made it slightly irrational, rather than motivated by oppression.
The Troubles in Northern Ireland were never about religion. They were about power, territory and self-governance - it just happened that the two main "sides" in the conflict were also traditionally of different Christian sects - and the easiest way to spoon feed it to the uninvolved masses was under the guise of religious/sectarian animosity because it made it slightly irrational, rather than motivated by oppression.