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In reply to the discussion: How the liberal left loses the argument. Ceding criticism of Islam to the Right. [View all]YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)Because even many solidly middle-class Muslims (as we have seen) are being made to feel unwelcome in liberal Western societies. You know, the tolerant ones.
This isn't even touching issues of cultural imperialism from the West, or inequality and unemployment in the Middle East, or the lack of political participation for the masses in many Muslim countries (and how that's tied to the US government and its allies supporting repressive, brutal dictatorships in many countries-especially the House of Saud and its Gulf country allies-all for realpolitik strategic military and economic purposes).
Not saying there aren't very real, legitimate issues within Islamic societies and countries. There are. But let's not pretend that the West has clean hands in this. That's the kind of self-righteous chauvinism and hypocrisy that many people outside the West see right through, and it angers them.