Why do atheists and liberals like Islam?

[Thumpalumpacus]

No I wasn't making an assumption, it was a question.

I stand corrected, then; my apologies.

 

Laws and governments are formed by people.  In the case of Islamic countries they're formed by Muslims.  If their laws push Islam then if you break those laws I imagine you will be arrested by a Muslim, sentenced by Muslims, and that the law was originally put in place Muslims.

That is correct in the sense that you are describing the faith of the people operating the system. That doesn't mean that the laws are necessarily based on Sharia, nor does it mean that the government is focused on enforcing religious dicta. Some countries have laws which "push" Islam, others don't, and while you're correct in saying that the officials operating the system will likely be Muslim in most Muslim countries, that doesn't mean that they are enforcing Muslim law. In Iran, where my father once got arrested for playing loud music late at night, his experience was entirely secular. There were no religious police there as there were in SA. Point being that simply having Muslims write and apply law is not necessarily pushing Islam on anyone. In SA, that is definitely the result. In Imperial Iran, it most certainly was not.

 

Also I'm not generalizing all Muslims, but there is something that exists in Islam called dawah and it involves proselytizing. There's a difference between generalizing Muslims and pointing out they are doing the same thing Christians do.

My apologies, I should have made that passage in my reply clearer. I wasn't intending to accuse you of generalizing, but explain why I speak up when I see broad generalizations here and in real life as well.

I'm aware of dawah, but thankfully, Muslims are equally adept at cherry-picking as Christians.