You're right in that the oppression is not as systematic. I made the comparison to something universally recognised, but it was exaggerated. I am not arguing a

You're right in that the oppression is not as systematic. I made the comparison to something universally recognised, but it was exaggerated. I am not arguing against freedom of speech, but I am arguing for not buying magazines that promote such damaging stereotypes (just like I recognise that far-right parties can exist , but will never donate a cent to them). The issue for me, is that as a society we trumpet freedom of religion, but to me it seems like this is only accepted so long as your skin is white to go along with it. The attacks on islam do translate to attacks on people from the Middle East. Most people assume that if you're from Turkey you're probably muslim (even if in name only). The firebombed kebab shop the day after that attack: nobody knows whether the guy was actually muslim, but it doesn't matter to the attackers because this is really a race problem, and not a religion problem.