Outside of the US, there is undoubtedly at least a latent dislike of “Western” values, generally interpreted to mean only the part that involves hedonism and oppression even though to a Western person the range is more complex than that and varies by nation. Nonetheless, the negative impression of Western cultures outside of the US (chiefly in Asia) draws from colonial experience in Muslim nations, and the historical memory lingers even if the context is no longer relevant in the current age. I understand that a lot of the South Asian religious opinions should really be understood by assuming a time and place where Muslims are living under coercive and missionary colonial oppression, and may not fit a world where this context is absent.

The negative view of America is probably more recently born than the one for “Westerners” in general. Insofar as the two interlink because America is of the “Western” cultural group, they may often merge and the one group may assume empathy for the other, but the two have different roots. So it’s better to be clear on whether you mean anti-American, or anti-Western.

Although in the big picture, I rather think the distinction grows less and less meaningful in today’s world, given that there are Muslims living and growing up in any and all of these hemispheres, and there are converts joining the ummah from any and all of them, who then teach each other, travel to and from each other, etc. It may better serve everyone if we stop passing on the baggage from the last century to this century’s generations, while passing on the awareness that *other people* may still be carrying theirs.

You cant judge Muslims by what you see in the media. Less than 1% of all terror attacks in Europe, 6% in usa were by Muslims according to europol and fbi data. The west isn’t concerned with Buddhist and Hindus because the west will support anyone who isn’t Muslim. What about the atrocities in Burma against rohingya to name just one instance? Or the organizational murder of Muslims buy the police in India villages? Open your eyes and your mind and seek the truth, not what coporate media feeds you.

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