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kermode
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Sorry but this is the noble savage argument.
I agree that Muslims don't blanket hate the West, and that they also have reason to feel aggrieved at the past actions of Western Imperialism, but this is massivley over the top.
The Islamic nations and states have just as strong, and a longer, history of imperialism and conquest as the West, replete with slavery and all the other miserable aspects of empire. Nor is there is nothing to suggest, in reality, that muslim socities value people any more than we do. They might hate the West for this, but if they do then it is hypocritcal.
He is right though. The west, now, are perceived as raping the muslim world for its resources etc. Rightly so tbf. We supply the arms to their dictators etc. We remove dictators who get in the way of our access to resources but prop up the ones who give us a cushy deal. Neo-colonialism man.