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The problem arises when any sort of criticism of a religious system or philosophy results in accusations of bigotry.

Reminds me of Christopher Hitchens's eerily prophetic view of the spreading of the word "Islamophobia" [0].

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EYg8Tgrh0o

This would only be an appropriate and accurate response if indeed Islam promoted corruption in its teachings.

It does not. It only takes a bigot to assume it does, however.

It seems much more appropriate to write "Islam doesn't teach people to be corrupt. Corruption is a function of poverty, not religion. For example countries of religion X aren't islamic but report similar signs of corruption." Calling people bigots seems less appropriate and counter productive.

Someone who makes even a rude assumption about a people isn't necessarily a bigot. They could just be wrong and you could correct them without insulting them in the same you would hope people would correct you if you said something inaccurate.

I think its very clear that the auto-hatred of Islam is driven by bigotry and fear. Anyone who does even a cursory examination of the subject can see it does not, in fact, promote corruption.

You might be pantywaiste about calling out bigotry online, but I'm not.

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