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[CW: mentions of Islamophobia] Is Islam as homophobic and sexist as westerners claim? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm guessing it's like Christianity where there are leftist Christians who follow Jesus' more progressive messages such as giving to the less fortunate and healing the sick, and then there are the scary Christian evangelicals that want A Handmaids Tale and conversion therapy. Logically, Islam probably isn't a monolith in a similar way other religions aren't.

However, I have never heard about what those of the Islamic faith actually believe outside of the hysterical post 9/11 Islamophobia I've been indoctrinated with as a child.

I want to know what the truth is and hear the other sides story. To me it's obvious that Islamophobia is wrong, however when Islamophobes make wild claims about it, I can't really refute them confidently because I'm simply ignorant of the facts. Please educate my dumb, white ass.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Fuck the people disparaging the religious, but it should be noted that atheism IS an extreme religious minority and a large percent of western socialists are LGBT+ people that have been abused by organized religion. So a little respect from both sides should be given, and maybe don't say lol fairy tales or lol fedora (cus again atheism is a minority everywhere, you probably wouldn't speak about any other religious minority that way).

And no Islam isn't inherently more sexist than any other abrahamic religion, afaik it's actually better (but this varies wildly like any religion)