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> Shouldn't Islamic countries at least do something? I am gonna make some sweeping generalization (how could you not when speaking about 1.5 billion people) bu
by joelbluminator 5y ago
> Shouldn't Islamic countries at least do something?
I am gonna make some sweeping generalization (how could you not when speaking about 1.5 billion people) but here goes:
Not really, the Islamic world didn't care much about ISIS and the Syrian civil war, both of which killed and displaced millions of people.
The only place where Muslims pay attention to regularly and express outrage is Palestine as far as I know. I mean yes some Arab newspaper may talk about Syria or ISIS now and then, even talk badly about it, but nothing that will make people go out to the streets like Israel/Palestine does.
Muslims are much more sensitive to killings of Muslims by the West than by other empires (e.g Russia or China) since the West is perceived as a threat to their way of life and other empires aren't. Israel is part of the West in their eyes.
I am quite confident that if it were Israel or the U.S running these camps we would've heard much more about it in the Muslim world.
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- notsureaboutpg 5y agoDo you live in the Muslim world? Xinjiang and Uighur Muslims are spoken up for in nearly every country by people on the ground. Govts are different. Many of the Arab govts now kiss up to Israel the same way they defend China, but the people are different. And yes, Uighur Muslims and their genocide does get people out in the streets. It's a newer event less people know about (Palestine has been being dealt with this way for decades) but it still has a huge sway on people proportionally.
- celticninja 5y agoSo when they claim to hate the abuse Muslims face in the west, really they mean they hate the west and the abuse Muslims face there is just a handy tool. They don't really care about Muslims they just care about being outraged. Just your common or garden religious zealots then.
- shadilay 5y agoI'm forgetting the specifics but I read a story about how little the muslim world cares about specific instances but universally they are outraged by mohammed cartoons. Everything else is political and doesn't unite them.