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Originally Posted by Yankees
It's the same in the States. All my desi family friends are Democrats, even though that's the party pro LGBT, secular party. My theory is that in the west, we are minorities. So we champion other minority's rights like the right for gays to marry. Because the same people fighting for their rights will also fight for a Muslim to practice their religion. But back in Bangladesh, the same people are not minorities but make up the majority of the society, and so want a society that suit their belief best. It is hypocritical, and in that sense western countries are so much better simply because they are much more inclusive.
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Exactly.
As DinRaat wrote
"If the
Arabs had the choice between two states, secular and religious, they would vote for the religious and flee to the secular." ~Ali Al-Wardi (Iraqi sociologist)
I would only change "Arab" with "Conservative people of all faith"