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

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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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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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm curious how he'd explain countries like China being so anti-religion, in practice if not in rhetoric?

China is not remotely anti-religion in practice.

[–] TerribleHands@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Religion in China has been entirely neutered and completely divorced from any political power. Churches are firmly under the thumb of the state and house churches trying to avoid these restrictions are illegal. You literally can't be even a low-level public servant and openly religious beyond vague spiritual folk practices on holidays.

China's absolutely tolerant of religious people existing, and are tolerant of religion as a personal concept, but in my mind they're absolutely anti-religion in an organised form.