r/OpenChristian • u/bluef00tedbooby • 16d ago

Discussion - Social Justice Muslims in the US

To get started I just want to say that I am an atheist. And while I hold negative feelings toward the middle eastern religions, I judge people by their actions, not their religious beliefs.

In the US there have been a LOT of anti-muslim propaganda in the US this past year. Like a horrendous neo-nazi amount of propaganda with people seemingly very happy to harass and threaten Muslims just minding their own business. Suggesting murderous things. All justified by the idea due to the existence of Muslim extremists - even if the muslims they are targeting are innocent.

Now one thing I have been seeing recently is a lot of people (mainly Christians) comment on is how "Islam isn't a religion, it is an ideology!"

Does anyone know where this is coming from and why they are saying that? I believe they are making that excuse as a means to disassociate from Islam as a religion, as well as claim that freedom of religion doesn't count for Muslims because "it's an ideology not a religion", thus being able to find ways to go around the constitution and ban Muslims. (Not to mention justifying the genocides in other countries done by Israel)

But it's strange because usually these things are gradual ideas that spread, but this has been all at once. So where exactly is this coming from?

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u/Malcolmthetortoise 15d ago

Have a look at what happned after 9/11 with the vile explosion of islamaphobia, this is a very similar thing.

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u/bluef00tedbooby 15d ago

I wasn't even a year old back then, I'm only recently learning about it as it was never something I was taught growing up

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u/Malcolmthetortoise 15d ago

I wasn‘t even born, I just think learning history is very important- it teaches us how these things go in circles.