Talk:Equalists/@comment-98.244.184.207-20120602201056/@comment-176.42.103.40-20120603110634

It makes more sense than you think when you stop to consider the fact that there are many Muslim-majority countries, which (purely accidentally, of course!) happen to be illiberal dictatorships. Religious, ethnic, political, sexual minorities in these countries are subject to constant discrimination. Christians in Egypt and Syria, Yazidis in Iraq, etc. Homosexuality is illegal and women are considered second-class citizens (or worse) in virtually all of these countries. Even the Muslims in the West often espouse homophobic, misogynistic, anti-Semitic views (even though they are a minority themselves and often complain about being mistreated. Nice hypocrisy, that.) So the problem with Islam is not just terrorism, which is indeed something very few Muslims participate in, but the tribalistic hate average Muslims feel for those who are not "one of them." The majority of Muslims do not participate in terrorist acts but they give their passive support to it. Why? Because they consider them to be the defenders of the faith against infidels. The original analogy, therefore, is a bad one.