How much religious restrictions are in oil-rich Arabic countries? (Iran, middle east, Baghdad)
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If an Infidel falls in love with a Muslim, the Infidel has to change to Islam.
Blood money (diyya) for an Infidel is lower to that of a Muslim.
Infidels are by law banned from positions of power.
Infidels can't criticize anything about their country on social issues, because it can be seen as an attack on Islam.
Inheritance laws favor Muslims.
Which goes to show: It's never the individual Muslim that is the problem. Individual Muslims, like an individual Mormon, an individual Republican, etc. can be wonderful people. They are your doctors. Shop keepers. Neighbor. But with a certain ideology or prevailing religion (or no religion) comes a certain society and culture.
And I think it is the society that inevitably develops once Islam becomes the prevailing religious/political ideology that is the problem. "Islamophobia" is about eventual outcomes. And honestly, secular and progressive people SHOULD be wary of it.
Never, ever forget the lesson of Lebanon. When the demographics flipped from majority Christian to majority Muslim.... well..... we all know what happened then, don't we? Same people. Same race. Same ethnicity. Different political/religious ideology influencing government and policy and cultural norms. The Paris of the Middle East quickly turned into the Baghdad of the Middle East.
Never, ever forget the lesson of Lebanon. When the demographics flipped from majority Christian to majority Muslim.... well..... we all know what happened then, don't we? Same people. Same race. Same ethnicity. Different political/religious ideology influencing government and policy and cultural norms. The Paris of the Middle East quickly turned into the Baghdad of the Middle East.
Lebanon is unique.
It remains about 40% Christian.
5% identify as Druze and not Muslim.
The Muslim population is split , Sunni vs Shiite and do not consider the other true Muslim
Which goes to show: It's never the individual Muslim that is the problem. Individual Muslims, like an individual Mormon, an individual Republican, etc. can be wonderful people. They are your doctors. Shop keepers. Neighbor. But with a certain ideology or prevailing religion (or no religion) comes a certain society and culture.
And I think it is the society that inevitably develops once Islam becomes the prevailing religious/political ideology that is the problem. "Islamophobia" is about eventual outcomes. And honestly, secular and progressive people SHOULD be wary of it.
Never, ever forget the lesson of Lebanon. When the demographics flipped from majority Christian to majority Muslim.... well..... we all know what happened then, don't we? Same people. Same race. Same ethnicity. Different political/religious ideology influencing government and policy and cultural norms. The Paris of the Middle East quickly turned into the Baghdad of the Middle East.
It's really just an issue of secularism though.
I have no problem with Christians, as an example, but when insane conservative Christians want to tell us what America is really about, I tell them, quite politely, to **** off. Because their opinions are garbage when it comes to policy.
Same with Islam. The trick is, I don't so much care what they believe in their personal life. If they want to discuss, I will be honest about my thought on it, but aside from that, I don't care. Nor do I think they shouldn't be allowed to think those things because it's their life. It's when they try to make it mine that I have a problem.
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