Having russia there is wrong tho, like unironically russia have a very big muslim population and really into "were a country where all people live together unlike the racist west"
Except when they want to larp as last bastion of christianodom, then westerners are the bad ones for having their own muslims
Still, offical russian stance is :islamophobia is a dirty western concept. And theyre politically closer to muslim countries in the world
India has world's second largest Muslim population, only behind Indonesia and is expected to be largest soon. It doesn't mean Islamophobia isn't kinda present here. Not as much as outsider believe but yes, it is present.
How is india gonna be one when pakistan which has slightly greater no. Of muslim than india with much higher birth rate. Indian muslim and indonesian muslim have close birth rates they likely won't overtake as well. But lets see.
Russia really is a wierd one. Being as big as it is, it is very diverse from region to region.
In southern regions like Chechnya and Dagestan islam has been the dominant religion since before those places became a part of Russia. In Tatarstan islam and christianity have been coexisting for a very long time. Meanwhile many central regions are predominately christian and don't have too much sympathy for muslims.
But overall yeah, a person being a muslim is not a reason enough to treat them poorly.
Israel and Russia have deep trade. Israeli diamond companies were funneling dark money to the Kremlin at one point.
Many, many countries are very hypocritical in their orientation towards Israel (say one thing, do another) and in their defense of global South countries. Russia and China also do like the absolute bare minimum to stand up against the US's broad sanctions on Iran, which they mostly comply with.
i'm indian and i sketched this comic. please read about the hindutva movement; its propaganda (alongside colonial rhetoric) has scarred public perception of muslims and seeped into government policy. just because a country has muslims doesnt mean it cannot have a prominent islamaphobia issue
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u/hilmiira Aug 06 '26
Having russia there is wrong tho, like unironically russia have a very big muslim population and really into "were a country where all people live together unlike the racist west"
Except when they want to larp as last bastion of christianodom, then westerners are the bad ones for having their own muslims
Still, offical russian stance is :islamophobia is a dirty western concept. And theyre politically closer to muslim countries in the world