i disagree that 'OKP' as a whole or even a majority has a feeling on this issue. but if so i think if 'OKP' has more affinity for Muslims it's b/c they're the other, the underdog, the relatively disenfranchised.

i don't get the feeling that 'OKP' has a particularly nuanced or well-informed base of knowledge about Islam. i think the affinity is more about the treatment of Muslims here and in certain parts of Europe than it's about any particular feeling about Islam itself.