FYI, as a person who lived in that region for many many years. I can ensure you it has nothing to do with “Infidels” or non-Muslim in general. People live their door to door with the Christians.

It’s a more complicated situation than that. This is mostly political not religious.

The only problem is the language used in the region is a racist and lump sums the government and people and all who live their under one term.