see, and this is what you would expect - it's the same criticisms you hear from westerners rejecting christianity.

what i'm worried about is the possibility that the arab world's muslims may end up secularized before north america's do, because we're going out of our way to present ourselves as an escape from modernization.

in old age, am i going to have to move to iran in search of a more secular society?

https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/4898/the-rise-of-arab-atheism