In your example, the law took action - arresting those who infringed on the rights of others. That
is quite appropriate. Note also that the Catholics haven't killed anyone over the blasphemy.
A statement like, "Note also that the Catholics haven't killed anyone
over the blasphemy, " calls for no response.
You and Harry keep missing the word 'the'. Perhaps this will help you both:
DEFINITE ARTICLE
THE
Articles in English are invariable. That is, they do not change according to the gender or number of
the noun they refer to, e.g. the boy, the woman, the children
'The' is used:
1. to refer to something which has already been mentioned.
Example: An elephant and a mouse fell in love.
The mouse loved the elephant's long trunk,
and the elephant loved the mouse's tiny nose.