I don't really understand why it's never really brought up in the west. It probably has a lot to do with the speed to which many jump to accusations of Islamophobia. Even the word Islam or Muslim when uttered by a non-believer seems to have the ability to put everyone on edge. Feminism, for all its good points and all the progress it's made seems afraid to challenge the plight of women in countries such as Iran or Saudi Arabia. Instead they'd much rather focus on things that annoy them such as men sitting with their legs too far apart on a bus.
People seem afraid to call out Islam especially. I'm sure we all remember the magazine that published the drawings of Mohammed. When covering the story, CNN news admitted to pixelating the cartoons because they were fearful of retaliation. It seems to be the only religion where you should fear for your life if you speak against it. Penn and Teller said the reason they didn't do an episode on Islam during their Bullshit series but did do one on Christianity was because of the same thing. It's a widely held belief in Islam that if you mock Mohammed then you get what's coming to you. That's a very dangerous opinion to have, and I think it shuts down a lot of discussion about the problems that come from such a religion.
