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As an LGBT person, I am very scared of any religion that has as part of their religious laws that people like me should be put to death. I am scared of Christianity, I am scared of Islam, all of it scares me. Perhaps that makes me Islamaphobic. Mamdani is a good person and he supports diversity and genuinely cares about people. He is not homophobic, he supports LGBT people, and if every Muslim were like him, I would not be scared of Islam at all.
Accepting Muslims can lead to negative impacts on women's rights and LGBT rights. This is not speculation. One example is Canada: Canada had a very relaxed and liberal policy towards bringing in Muslim immigrants. Eventually, some of these Muslims started protesting, along with other religious conservatives, against Trans people. Here is an article about this if you don't believe me:
https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-muslims-to-stage-million-person-march-to-protest-against-trudeau-liberals-push-for-lgbtq-indoctrination-in-schools
So, I don't think it's Islamaphobic to believe that more acceptance of Muslims can lead to political movements by Muslims that are more conservative. The most conservative Muslim movement would be Sharia law, in which women can't read or learn math or do anything and in which someone like me would be stoned to death. To say it's irrational to be concerned about conservative Muslim movements taking root in areas that make Muslims comfortable, when Canada brought in many many Muslims who then protested against LGBT people, is ignoring reality.
You can blame the USA for promoting and paying for wahabism and then you smear all Muslims based on western manipution. For thousands of years the Muslim world was the center of human rights, education and culture and will be again. It is absolutely Islamophobic to claim that just being Muslim makes people conservative. There are queer Muslims too like any other culture, Wazina Zondon comes to mind maybe take a look at what they have to say about it instead of me speaking for them.
Some of your historical points are beyond my historical knowledge. I don't think being Muslim makes people conservative. There are liberal Muslims, and LGBT Muslims. However, my understanding of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is that ALL three religions say in their religious books that LGBT people should be killed. As a result, anything that could make conservative or radical religious people more comfortable with asserting their views scares me because it could involve death to me. The fact that so many Muslims in Canada protested against Trans people after arriving in Canada (which had very liberal views towards Trans people) underscores that my fears aren't completely irrational. The fact that some Muslim countries do not allow women to learn math and no other countries do this is a factual reality and it is something I find concerning.
I also am not trying to smear all Muslims. Mamdani seems like a great person, I am optimistic he'll be a great mayor. I do not think it is inherently racist or Islamophobic to be aware of radicalism and the dangers of it, even if it's offensive, and I am not trying to say that it's certain that somehow Mamdani will cause radical people to become comfortable in the area. That is not my view, I am interpreting an insensitive and offensive Twitter post and trying to explain that person's possible perspective and saying I don't think it's irrational or Islamophobic just to discuss it.
I'm sorry if my views are hurtful or offensive. I am not trying to be some conservative who enjoys hurting people's feelings and I realize this is an inherently sensitive topic and that the twitter post, which I didn't post, was hurtful. To a large extent, almost everyone in New York is very liberal and accepting and Mandami probably won't change that or lead to an increase in radicalism; probably the only thing that will happen is it will be easier for poor people to ride the bus and life will improve for people who live there. I was just trying to explain my take on a conservative's perspective, and sort of wish I hadn't, because it is a distraction from the main thing, which is that a really nice liberal person won and is going to make life better for the poorest and most vulnerable in the area. I am really not looking to be a person making liberal Muslims feel bad, especially when Mandami winning is a great thing for everyone.