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Originally Posted by blankall
Are these nations more Western now? Look at places like Iran, Egypt, Afghanistan, etc from the 60s. They look very progressive and Western.
The problem was at some point a group of radicals began to associate Islam with this ultra conservative culture and selectively use passages from the Koran to justify this. For example the Koran pushes female education, but the ultra conservative political forces have taken the place of that teaching in many places.
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from the 60s? it's different now, internet, sex, music, fashion, tattoos everything.
1960 Western culture was pretty conservative. Elvis was the devil!