Original sentence: Hindus were barely tolerated and some ancient Buddhist monuments, like the Buddhas of Bamiyan, were destroyed as idolatrous.In Sudan, there was and extensive use of the rhetoric of religious war by both parties in the decades-long battle between the Muslim North and the largely non-Muslim South (see Second Sudanese Civil War.In practice, the situation of non-Muslim minorities depends not only on the law, but on local practice, which may ameliorate somewhat harsh laws or make their situations hard despite liberal laws.Some predominantly Muslim countries have become somewhat intolerant of non-Muslims.The now-overthrown Taliban regime in Afghanistan was considered intolerant.This can be attributed to conflicting global policies by different nations with Muslim nations
Edited sentence: In Sudan, the government extensively used the rhetoric of religious war in the decades-long battle between it and the largely non-Muslim South (see Second Sudanese Civil War.In practice, the situation of non-Muslim minorities depends not only on the law, but on local practice, which may ameliorate harsh laws or make their situations hard despite liberal laws.Shi'a Muslims were massacred as heretics, Hindus were barely tolerated, and even ancient Buddhist monuments, like the Buddhas of Bamiyan, were destroyed as idolatrous.Some Islamist movements, like Al Qaeda, would like to see these policies enacted everywhere.Some predominantly Muslim countries have become intolerant of non-Muslims.The now-overthrown Taliban regime in Afghanistan was extremely intolerant