#i’m just so tired of people pretending that Islamization wasn’t destructive
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i need leftists to cope with their post 9/11 + Iraq/Afghan wars Islamophobia guilt in a way that doesn’t involve erasing the fact that, like it or not, Islam is a proselytizing religion that has fueled centuries of colonization, genocide, and imperialism. idealizing Islam as a purer, better alternative to Christianity is in itself Islamophobic, and it also ignores the many communities who have suffered at the hands of Islamic imperialism. it is possible to not be Islamophobic while acknowledging that.
#tonight on posts i might get cancelled for#i’m just so tired of people pretending that Islamization wasn’t destructive#and that Jews living under Muslim rule didn’t suffer#part of my family is Turkish#lived there during Ottoman rule#it wasn’t a good time!#and then there’s the Spanish Inquisition which. i simply cannot get started on rn#point is framing Islam as an uwu peace and love religion with no history of violence and conquest is wrong and orientalist!
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