Am I being too intolerant for not tolerating that asshole?

This is what happened today. <br><br>Today was the last day of my school and I was sitting with 4 of my classmates (3 Hindus and 1 Muslim) and I decided to do a normal survey that is, <br><br>"How many of you have ever cheated in the exam?" (It was a very normal question, believe me and not of religious kind and didn't ask only to that Muslim friend). <br><br>And he was the only one to raise his hand and I just smiled and asked him that "Brother you are a bad boy". <br><br>My Muslim friend said that "He wants to join the army and we have to work hard". <br><br>I said, "You can work hard but cheating is not okay". <br><br>Then he started saying that "You are a Hindu and you want to oppress Muslims". <br><br>I asked, "How come I am oppressing you when I am just talking about not cheating?" <br><br>And then he replied that "You are intolerant towards us and you don't tolerate us".<br><br>What? <br><br>It was not even about religion. <br><br>He had gone too far. <br><br>Was it wrong to just ask him about not cheating?<br><br>Was it my mistake that I was just discussing a normal schoolboy's mistake?<br><br>Was that intolerance? <br><br>Or was that my intolerance towards his hypocrisy?<br><br>I don't even know. <br><br>Even my Hindu friends were in agreement with me that I wasn't wrong but that asshole was still blaming me for being intolerant. <br><br>I don't know what the hell is going on and why that Muslim friend is getting so triggered and trying to make it about religion?<br><br>Why are they so salted and triggered and do not even give us a chance to speak? <br><br>Edit: Thank you friends for the gold and kindness.