Funiculus Umbil,
Congratulations, you have summarized the root of the problem:
"In my opinion, and I think many westerners, it is all about perception. Islam is now by far the most aggressive, conservative and socially controlling religion available. Their societies are largely under sharia, less developed and maybe, in the eyes of some a bit backwards in comparison to 'the west'. (please note that this is NOT an insult)".

It's a fact and what makes it even a greater problem is that this can't be discussed in an intelligent and rational matter as often it is stopped in the name of what people here who run out of arguments, like to pull the weapon of "religious bashing thread".

What is being discussed here is NOT a particular man who is cheating on his wife (life AbuAmerican seamed to confuse with), what is being discussed here is the trait behavior of a particular nationality and culture!
AbuAmerican,
Sorry man, but you can’t compete with FU, he backs up his arguments with universal logic while you are too and only Islamic biased.

PS. FU, again congrats with your objective and straight forward way of exposing your views, with no fear. Assertiveness is a rare feature in this forum!
Just a minor correction on your comment above, it should have been:
Religious hypocrisy:
“Preach A, judge an other for doing B, yet does B himself.”