Prominent atheists and internet skeptics have been attacking Christianity and only Christianity for years, decades and centuries over the premise that people should not believe any "God", which in their case, only the Abrahamic God, building their careers in it, raking money as they go and gaining notoriety for solely attacking Christians. I don't care if some of them are dead, or bed ridden, they contributed to this mess.
Was it for "promoting" logic or reason? Was it really about teaching people to have an "open mind"? I now beg to differ. Seems like atheism have been a gateway into this global Marxist pandemic we're having, considering that Marxists have been for the burning of ancient scriptures, the destruction of holy landmarks that are related to Christianity.
I'd say it was less about targeting west in specific and more with the fact that other 2 Abrahamic religions would have you either declared Islamophobic or Anti-Semitic.
Yet most atheists' rarely ever attack anything outside of Christianity. Something about being beheaded or called a Nazi seems to put them off calling out Islam and Judaism openly.....Think Hitchens and Rushdie were the only big name with the balls to pick on Islam specifically at times.
Dawkins, Harris , and Hirsi Ali also were vocal in their specific criticisms of Islam.