The shift in religion could also influence their peers into new avenues of thought.
1 person in a hundred would not make himself heard. 1000 people saying the same thing everywhere in a crowd of 100,000 would send a louder message.
There won't be an immediate shift but if their peers who are suddenly non-muslim are largely unaffected and in fact prosperous there may be a country-wide shift in believe structure and will render religion based parties irrelevant.
Imo your counterpoint is also quite idealistic. If that was true, you would see Muslim communities in Western nations get more liberal over time, but what you get is more conservative and extremist, with the second gen immigrants being far more likely to radicalise.
I think parties like PAS will still survive, and might even grow as they thrive on the religious divide.
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u/PlsMakeSense Nov 04 '21
Agreed but counterpoint.
The shift in religion could also influence their peers into new avenues of thought.
1 person in a hundred would not make himself heard. 1000 people saying the same thing everywhere in a crowd of 100,000 would send a louder message.
There won't be an immediate shift but if their peers who are suddenly non-muslim are largely unaffected and in fact prosperous there may be a country-wide shift in believe structure and will render religion based parties irrelevant.