Why do atheists and liberals like Islam?

[Thumpalumpacus]

Curious for your answer. It will determine if you are at all to be taken seriously on any level.

Sure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Shah#...the_clergy

I'm just responding to Mister Agenda's "maybe". It is debatable whether Iran was on a secular course or if the same thing would have happened anyway.

No, Iran had been on a course of secularization for decades before the revolution. The unrest which led to the revolution was not a result of Islamic offense over rising secularism. It was a result of personal offense being taken by followers of a religious leader, according to your own source.

Either way, guess what's in the way? Islam.

Yes, because it's monolithic -- a hive mentality.