Terror Attack: 130 Dead in Paris

[Gilrandir]

Technically Buddhism isn't a religion in stricto sensus

Evidently, your "sensus" is at variance with the mainstream opinion.

http://www.everystudent.com/features/connecting.html

Buddhism and its beliefs

Buddhists do not worship any gods or God. People outside of Buddhism often think that Buddhists worship the Buddha. However, the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) never claimed to be divine, but rather he is viewed by Buddhists as having attained what they are also striving to attain, which is spiritual enlightenment and, with it, freedom from the continuous cycle of life and death. Most Buddhists believe a person has countless rebirths, which inevitably include suffering. A Buddhist seeks to end these rebirths. Buddhists believe it is a person's cravings, aversion and delusion that cause these rebirths. Therefore, the goal of a Buddhist is to purify one's heart and to let go of all yearnings toward sensual desires and the attachment to oneself.

Buddhists follow a list of religious principles and very dedicated meditation. When a Buddhist meditates it is not the same as praying or focusing on a god, it is more of a self-discipline. Through practiced meditation a person may reach Nirvana -- "the blowing out" of the flame of desire.

Buddhism provides something that is true of most major religions: disciplines, values and directives that a person may want to live by.

And what was not mentioned in the article - Buddhists have temples.
Thus, all prerequisites to be considered a religion.

unfortunately, no human ideology is free of violence.

As far as Buddhism is concerned, you confuse ideology with practical application of it. The violence described in the article has no bearing on the ideology itself. Or can you quote some tenet of buddhism that encourahes violence?