I don’t think the left “wants” or “likes” Islam, per se -
they just side with them because they seek the same destruction of the Christian influence.
It’s “nice”, to them, that a Islamic country persecutes and kills Christians, because that’s what they want to do.
Ever see a leftist actually express outrage over a Muslim country persecuting Christians?
Islam is a cheap anti-christian “enforcer” for the left. And the left doesn’t realize they have done a deal with the literal devil...