Religious Hot take : Criticism of Islam is not Islamophobia
Recently a lot of posts have been going on this subReddit about religion and Homophobia.
One thing that I have noticed in many of these discussions is that any criticism of Quran and Mohamed is met with the allegations of ISLAMOPHOBIA
This is so infuriating because any criticism can be and will be met with this allegation
My hot take is that it is okay to criticise and not like some teaching of Mohamed/Quran specifically the misogyny , Homophobia and death threats to ”Kafirs”. Especially seeing how religious minorities, women and homosexuals are treated in some Arab countries.
What is NOT OKAY : hating Muslims just because they are Muslims or assuming they are homophobic or misogynistic just because of their religion
These teachings of Islam should be ignored in the favour of better teaching of Islam (such as kindness and hospitality) because it is not necessary that Islam should remain perceived as an oppressive religion just because of some of its verses. But seeing the conditions of Middle East it might take around 500 years for this to become a reality