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In reply to the discussion: You Won’t Believe What These Muslims Are Protesting About [View all]SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Given that Islam is practiced by every race in just about every country, what constitutes "Islamic culture"? The religion itself? That implies every time someone criticizes a religion, they are criticizing a "culture" and per the OP, bigots.
I don't think MellowDem missed an important point. I did not read MellowDem's reply as suggesting people are irrational to value their cultures. It was not a criticism of culture, it was a criticism of religion. Even if religion and culture become one and the same (per your Catholic "community of the Church" example), that still does not suddenly make any criticism of the religion bigotry.
Just because there are good parts/practices to a religion does not put that religion beyond criticism. Criticism of an aspect of a religion does not imply criticism of all aspects of that religion. And it certainly does not amount of bigotry.