Because of local custom. From what I've heard it has little to do with the actual religion. I have Muslim friends, who have explained the basis of their beliefs, and it's an extreme far cry from the extremist philosophy. Defining Islam with extremists is like defining Christianity with the Westboro Baptist Church. It doesn't work.bman784
The Qur'an clearly states that women are inferior to men. It also says it's ok to give your wife "light" beatings among other disgusting things that secularism has gotten rid of in the West.
Just like the Bible the Qur'an gives women slave status, the difference is that most Middle-Eastern Muslims are fundamentalists (and they elect fundamentalists as can be plainly seen) and some of them go as far as believing the Earth is flat because the Qur'an says it.
Islamophobia would be an irrational fear of Islam (the Runnymede definition is preposterous and exactly the type of bulls*** I'm talking about, so I'll just take the literal interpretation of the word) and if you're disgusted by Islamic nations' misogyny, homophobia or their extremely harsh penalties then that's not irrational because Islam is misogynistic, homophobic and has ridiculous punishments for the slightest offenses.
Here's a little picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Protesters2006.jpg.
Doesn't prove anything, but this is the general sentiment in fundamentalist Islam I have found.
To summarize my point I'll just say that raising a legitimate criticism is not the same as being prejudiced, you need to see the difference, because Western politicians seem to be extremely eager to get down on their knees for Islam's erection.
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