# Bias in moderation is getting out of hand

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In regards to my statement

> Islamic nations have worse human rights than non-muslim nation

This is also factually true. There is a discussion in this thread.

> [@Isn't Islam a wonderful religion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-islam-a-wonderful-religion/1027240/65):
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> The universal declaration of human rights is a good starter on the traits of a liberal democracy. Here is info about how freedom house measures countries Is the US free? Yes. We currently score an 83/100. However, our score has been declining. We were at 94/100 in the year 2010. Then the GOP won congress, did a bunch of gerrymandering, Trump and MAGA came about, and we’ve dropped from 94 to 83. Our score will likely be even lower when the 2025 report comes out due to Trump’s weaponizati…

From the thread:

> Supposedly among muslim nations there are
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> 1 free  
> 15 partly free  
> 33 not free
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> By comparison, for the entire world it is:  
> 84 free  
> 58 partly free  
> 53 not free
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> So about 62% of ‘not free’ nations are muslim majority nations, despite muslim majority nations only making up about 25% of the world’s countries.
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> There are only 20 nations on earth that are both ‘not free’ and not muslim majority (Belarus, Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, etc etc)

As I mentioned in the thread itself, ingrained misogyny may be a major factor.

> **[The True Clash of Civilizations](https://archive.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/cultural/2003/0304clash.htm)**
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> Global Policy Forum is a policy watchdog that follows the work of the United Nations. We promote accountability and citizen participation in decisions on peace and security, social justice and international law.

> This gap in values mirrors the widening economic divide between the West and the Muslim world. Commenting on the disenfranchisement of women throughout the Middle East, the United Nations Development Programme observed last summer that “no society can achieve the desired state of well-being and human development, or compete in a globalizing world, if half its people remain marginalized and disempowered.” But this “sexual clash of civilizations” taps into far deeper issues than how Muslim countries treat women. A society’s commitment to gender equality and sexual liberalization proves time and again to be the most reliable indicator of how strongly that society supports principles of tolerance and egalitarianism. Thus, the people of the Muslim world overwhelmingly want democracy, but democracy may not be sustainable in their societies.

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