"When you come from a totalitarian society that is very tribal and that tribalism is expressed through the glue of religion, a free secular society like that in the West is viewed quite differently.
That is especially so when the prescripts of that religion deny many of the basic human rights that we in the West take for granted."

The guy was born and raised in England, w What "totalitarian society" are you referring to that he came from?

Despite what you may believe, the precepts of "that religion" do NOT deny many (if any) of the basic human rights we take for granted. Countries like Saudi Arabia DO NOT represent what Islam teaches. An analogy would be like the KKK taking over the Vatican.