Islam is the new Sacred Cow (now let's hope I don't get scolded for making a Hindu reference. Whatever. It's a useful metaphor.)

I think that it stems from an uncomfortable realization that, while there are plenty of things to hate about Islam, it's a very fine line between anti-Islam and anti-foreign-people-who-aren't-like-us.

@AmyTheBruce That is something I cannot understand. People pretending to be secular. In India, an actress, swara Bhaskar vehemently opposed anti-woman ideas in Hinduism but never spoke a word about the oppression of women in Islam, saying that it is their culture. When the government banned the triple talaq, She opposed the government's move. Sadly, a great number of feminists are hypocrites saying things just for publicity.