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Critics point out that the silence from mainstream media and liberal political circles is driven by complex narratives. There is a tendency to frame conflicts in simplistic terms: oppressed versus oppressors. In many African conflicts, Muslims are the perpetrators and Christians the victims. This reversal of what many Western narratives consider "the norm"—where Christians are often cast as oppressors—poses a challenge for left-leaning narratives, which tend to sympathize with oppressed groups.