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.

  • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]
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    8 hours ago

    If we are to believe that gender and sexuality are socially situated within a specific cultural and time dependent context, then why do we assume that terms derived from such contexts like “homophobia” and “misogyny” are universally applicable and can be compared across different regions and areas of the globe?

    because eurochristians exported that bullshit and imposed it upon most of the world?

    implying muslim cultures aren't predominantly heteropatriarchal is probably some kind of orientalism

    • afters [none/use name]
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      1 hour ago

      implying muslim cultures aren't predominantly heteropatriarchal is probably some kind of orientalism

      what the fuck am I reading