It didn't used to be. Arabs and Islamic countries used to be considered exotic and romantic by Westerners. The mention of Allah didn't bother anybody.
In the 1920s, women swooned over Rudolph Valentino's character in The Sheik.
In the 1950s and '60s, movies about Sinbad and Aladdin were popular.
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When it comes to claims of human rights, barbarism, imperialism or brutality over the past 1500 years, Islamic countries can't hold a candle to the West.
So why is Islam currently the most hated religion in the West?
It started with Western imperialism after WWI. The U. S. and European nations, particularly England and France, divided up the Ottoman Empire, drew arbitrary borders, and turned them into colonies. Later efforts by those countries to gain independence and exercise democracy were met by Western interference and even violence.
Even still, most Islamic countries were not oppressive. In fact, they became more and more progressive. In places like Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, and other countries, men and women wore western-style clothing, girls attended college, beach attire was like that in the West, and foreign tourism was welcome. Those places were safe for travelers.
Indigenous Muslims, Jews and Christians lived in harmony as neighbors and had their places of worship. Tourists from all over the world came to visit holy sites.
But Zionism rose its ugly head at the beginning of the 20th century with a plan to seize Palestine and create another European colony, this one for Jews only. They introduced terrorism to the region where there had been none before. They murdered men, women and children in cold blood and demolished entire villages in acts of pure terror, causing over 750,000 Palestinian civilians to flee their homes. That behavior continues to this day.
Even though the Zionists defied the original UN mandate and every subsequent UN resolution, the U. S. and West defended Israel. And the way to sell that to their citizens was to make it sound like Israel was defending itself against irrational aggression by Jew-hating Muslims. No one stops to wonder why Muslims in the region didn't hate Jews for 1500 years.
So people in the region resented the West's support for the rapacious Zionists. But there is more.
The U. S. engineered a coup against the first democratically elected president of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953 because he was a progressive and wanted his country to benefit from its own resources. The U. S. installed the Shah, a brutal dictator and western puppet. That became U. S. policy all over the world after WWII.
In 1980, Iranians deposed the Shah and created a theocratic state.
An Islamic revolution swept the region. It was a backlash against Western imperialism. Unfortunately, it was a radial, repressive, Saudi style of Islam that took over.
In the 1970s, the U. S. supported the mujahidin in Afghanistan in an effort to hurt the Soviet Union. The mujahidin became the Taliban. They plunged Afghanistan into a dystopian nightmare.
And of course there was 911 where, according to the official narrative, Islamic terrorists attacked New York and Arlington, VA. because they "hated our freedom". Of course, that does account for how demolition explosives were planted in three towers in order to make them collapse in their own footprints at near freefall speed. And who did the cruise missile that hit the Pentagon belong to?
But 911 was a great excuse to demonize Muslims and create a convenient war on "terror" that would justify perpetual aggression in the Middle East. And it sure benefited Israel. Netanyahu even said so.
There is so much more. But the bottom line is, media and government have deliberately created Islamophobia for cynical reasons. And, naturally, the dumbed down majority swallowed it hook, line and sinker.
Lastly, if people want to cherry pick parts of the Koran that seem to encourage brutality, try reading the Talmud. It will send chills down your spine. Parts of it even made their way into the Torah (Old Testament).
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What else would be? Christianity BUILT the West, Judaism played a big part too, Hinduism's overwhelmingly concentrated in a country we're relatively friendly with, Confucianism's barely a religion, Daoism can't even spell its own name correctly, Buddhism reserves it evil strictly for other Buddists, Sikhs don't seem to have any at all, the Mithraists and Manicheans are gone, Tengrists barely leave Asia, Zarathustrans are pretty much limited to India and Chicago, and few Westerners have even heard of Jains or the Druze.
Contrast that with decades of terrorism and slaughter. Government-sanctioned lynch mobs killing men for suspected homosexuality, blasphemy laws so severe that people are still trying to kill Salman Rushdie despite the fatwa being called off decades ago AND his book not actually saying the Qu'ran is fake, and let's not forget those attacks 22 and a half years ago that tried to destroy the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and White House, killing 3,000 innocent people in the process.
On a smaller, more local level (to those outside the US), there've been more killings of cartoonists than you can shake a stick at; nothing says "I am a rational person reasonably expressing my disagreement with, and anger at, your statements" than murdering the person who said them. How dare you say my religion makes me violent! In the name of my religion, I'll kill you for that!
The rank and file of ordinary Muslims who ARE rational people, just trying to live their lives, get caught in the middle.
But y'all say islam is the only true religion but there are so many mistakes in the quran
I like to read so i read many articles about the hindu and Muslim debates, and there were so many misconceptions in the quran which are scientifically wrong, and when I read the hindus concepts many of them were right. But they have many superstitions and so does Islam.
Allah explains the reason for this in the Koran
Quran 2:20
Never will the Jews or Christians be pleased with you, until you follow their faith. Say, “Allah’s guidance is the only ˹true˺ guidance.” And if you were to follow their desires after ˹all˺ the knowledge that has come to you, there would be none to protect or help you against Allah.
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It has been a very military aggressive religion.
Lets put it this way. Approx 711 AD after invading Spain they set about invading France until Martel the Hammer defeated them (732 AD). It wasn't till 1400's they were pushed out of Spain in the Reconquista.
Over on the East the Levant, Egypt were European/Christian culture more or less. Constantinople (now Istanbul) fell to Islam in 1422. From there they conquered substantial amounts of Europe but failed to get past Vienna.
It wasn't till 1920 that Islamic powers were pushed out of all Europe.
So about 1209 years of unprovoked Islamic aggression against the West is your answer I'd suggest. And we have only had an 80 break from 1920 till it started over again recently.Islam has created and done a lot of shit the West frowns upon.
Think about this shit though... it's not just the west. Fuck, Islamic people like to fight even amongst themselves in big ways. I mean shit like honor killings or beheading their own wife sort of just doesn't make sense to most humans. All that rape shit too, not just the violence stuff... WTF is up with that? They're people who tend to call me their friend while they're trying to rip me off. I don't want to deal with that shit.
Historically, Islam (but more specifically, many Islamic countries) has been an enemy of the West, and the West has been an enemy to them. Some reasons for hating one another is legit, some reasons are not. The problem though, on either side, is more about the zealots and not so much about your average day-to-day person. I think most people just want to get along. Practicing your faith and beliefs in your home is fine. Street preaching is fine. Finding common ground regarding law and order is fine. Engaging each other and learning about each other is fine. But when you start to force yourself onto the other people, there tends to be push back. You don't make many friends when you're encroaching on them and their beliefs in some way. Attempting to enact Sharia Law in (predominately) Christian countries will probably get you in trouble. Trying to influence and Westernize a Muslim country will probably get you in trouble. Etc.
I've known and lived around a lot of Muslims. What people understandably don't like is the totalitarianism (Muslim supremacy) and hatred of Jews that are characteristic of most Muslims (it's not unique to them- far left types are also totalitarians that hate Jews). Normal Westerners living in the West are not going to want to be told that the penalty for criticizing Islam even when you are in a Western country is death and they're not going to want to allow honor killings because things like that are anathema to Western values.
Muslims hate islam too. They are just polyanna cowards. They cannot deny that islam is terrorism.
Islam is the most ugly religion like hindu barbarians. I hate dirty people. Muslims are Hoggish, barnarian pedophilic biggots. They are low creatures. They just say allah, mohamed and think they are protected. But even allah doesn't like them cuz muslims are low creatures.
Also allah is a dellusional big dicked arabic old man. Cuz muslims have lack of authority. They are only scared of hallucinative big and old fat ass arabic man with white beard.. muslims are mistakes of the universe such as old skinny hindu men like this they are garbage.It isn't.
It's actually the fastest growing religion in the West. That's what scares the Islamophobes, and dements them.
Just like antisemites craw on about "Jews run everything" and use it to justify their hate as a form of "democratic protest". So do the insular fools hate on Islam and Muslims as they can never like or respect their faith or history half as much.
in recent generation the muslim emphasized "death to america" loudly, so americans respond with criticism... but that is NOT "hate".
similarly loud congress tlaib and omar say things that draw legitimate criticism, but again not hate.
you just rely on anonymous to "pretend to be a victim" instead of the real victims of hezbolla hamas, islamic jihad, victims of actual physical harm.
Because it has many stuff that is not liked in the west, and here a list of that stuff.
They've killed, tortured and terrorized a lot of people not just Americas but people around the world. And I am talking about the terrorist groups specifically not the vast majority of Muslims.
Because media puts the terrorists in the spotlight and people like to generalize.
You do not see members of too many other religions fly airliners into skyscrapers and watch the footage later and cheer.
Go check out TheReligionofPeace website ''a non-political, fact-based site which examines the ideological threat that Islam poses to human dignity and freedom.''
The Muslim opinion polls are eye opening...
Because Islam has actively worked to destroy the West.
The Christians think it's them. Why do you think it's Islam? They seem what's to me except that the Islamic nations are about five hundred years behind the West.
Because their members make up the vast majority of terrorists in the world, commit mass atrocities, try to change the culture and laws of any country they go to, sexism, inability to accept and respect other religions etc.
Some people have read the Quran. There a lot of crazy shit in there that conflicts with Christian values.
Because that what the media teaches. They tell only half truths.
9/11
blasphemy laws
apostacy laws
burkas
suicide bombersI don't know but I sure do notice a lot of war and terrorism in the name of religions period. I wonder what the common ground is?
We can't mind our own faith. That is the issue.
It’s because of how pernicious a belief system it is. The misogyny and general bigotry it embodies clashes with western democratic values.
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