>>23412370 (OP)
the middle eastern setting is just shallow aesthetic salad dressing at best and not something considered seriously by the writers, could've been an African or South American setting instead and not much would change
same as all the religious stuff in it, the show just does your standard "there'd be no war if everyone just 'understood' each other, man!" thing but dressed up in stuff to make it seem more current and relevant than it is