The demolition of Islamic terrorism and the liberalization of Islam in the modern age.

The way things are going, we can expect Islam outside of Africa to become as liberal as Christianity is today outside of Africa. There have been many unprecedented changes, invasions, and a divide between the elite and the common populace of states that has resulted in the decline in the conservative values of Islamic states. Today, we look at what these changes are, when they occurred, and the path that they lead to.

1 ) Saudi Arabia:

Saudi Arabia had been funding and supporting Wahhabi Islam ( One of the more radical sects of Islam ) since the 1980s. It was one of the few Islamic countries where the monarchy did not see eye to eye with the religious elite of the country, but none the less had to participate in conservative Islam to placate the masses. As Saudi Arabia continued to develop and the influence of the monarchy continued to grow within the state, by 2017 the Saudi Arabian Monarchy has turned its back on Wahhabi Islam and shifted away from a focus on placating the religious sects in any special manner. Instead, under the leadership of Mohammad Bin Salman, the country has continued to further liberalize over the past seven years. The country has gone on to make peace with the existence of Jews in the middle east and has continued to provide ever increasing rights to women in the region.

Saudi Arabia has continued to further liberalize and align with the western world in terms of geopolitical alliances and in the long run is expected to become as liberal as Algeria or Morocco before the end of the century.

2 ) Indonesia :

Unknown to many people in the west, Indonesia is the country with the highest population of Muslims in the world. Today, it has a population of 242 million followers of Islam and is outright moderate compared to the Islam practiced in the middle east or Africa. Indonesia has been a democracy since 1998 and is part of the larger ASEAN group, ensuring that they as a state have to interact with different cultures to keep growing. Indonesia also has a healthy economy. With the lack of conflict around Indonesia their people have had the opportunity to be peaceful in ways similar to the middle income economies around the world.

In the long term we can expect even the most extreme versions of practiced Islam around the world to be as conservative as the one in Indonesia as worst.

3. Pakistan :

Pakistan is another example of a country where the elite/ those running the government are far more liberal than the common man in Pakistan. The heads of state would rather prefer for the country to become more educated and to liberalize further so as to stop it from collapsing but it is the people themselves who wish for the country to remain highly conservative. Unlike Saudi Arabia, the Pakistan elite do not have the same level of power or control over the common populace to go above their heads to fix the country. Pakistan is also completely dependent on loans from international organizations to keep itself afloat and in the long run is as likely to collapse as not.

Pakistan would continue to be a failed Islamic nation which would not give up on its Islamic identity but also never rise up to become a decent economy. It is an example of a failed state equivalent with no influence over the rest of the world.

4 ) India :

India has the third largest population of Muslims in the world. Here the Muslim population is kept down and for the most part exist in separate communities from the rest of the Hindu population of the country. The Muslim population while having common beliefs of goals at times, have no common voice powerful enough to overcome or bypass the laws passed by the state and under leadership such as the BJP, pleasing the Islamic sects of the country becomes ever more irrelevant. It is in this manner that Islam possesses no true power in India even though it has the third biggest population of Muslims in the world in it.

In the long run Indian Islam has no other option but to liberalize as any non-liberal version of Indian Islam would never be permitted to thrive.

India would always remain as liberal as the Hindu's in India are liberal.

5 ) Bangladesh:

Similar story to Pakistan. Unable to work with Non-muslims. Set themselves up for long term failed state status.

6 ) Nigeria :

The biggest population country in Africa with a population of 97 million Muslims. The country suffers from high levels of poverty, a population growth rate that eats up all economic growth, and is unlikely to be the future of Africa even with its population numbers. It has limited influence even in Africa and in the long term will not be relevant to world events any time soon.

7 ) Uyghur Muslims:

Uyghur Muslims have at times participated in terrorist actions against the state of China. China has responded by completely destroying Islam within the country, to the point where the west considers there to be a Uyghur genocide to be taking place in China. China has gone on to actively Sinicize their Muslim populations and over the years and continues on with watering religious groups down over time. Islam is completely gone from East Asia over time.

8 ) Islamic State :

Islamic state was one of the biggest threats of the 2010s. Now it is limited to Africa after its cities were captured and all of its soldiers killed in the middle east. One of the more extreme groups of Islam was completely destroyed in the middle east in the past decade.

9 ) The Muslim Brotherhood:

Another radical Islamic outfit that had participated in terrorist attacks in Egypt in the past. Completely hated by the state across the Muslim world. The Islamic nations actively work to destroy this organization root and stem over time.

10 ) HAMAS :

Another Islamic terrorist organization. Kept talking about destroying Israel but over time has been getting completely obliterated by Israel. People on the sidelines argue that the destruction of HAMAS will result in another generation of terrorists but the more likely truth is that the last aggressive generation of HAMAS terrorists is being destroyed, with blows so severe that the organization would never be able to recover again.

The death of HAMAS means the death of another radical sect of Islam.

11 ) Hezbollah :

Will survive a bit longer than HAMAS. Being completely destroyed by Israel. Iran, the country that funds them has completely failed to protect them or move ahead with a war to defend them in this conflict. The collapse of Hezbollah would result in further liberalization of the middle east.

Long term analysis:

Islamic terrorist organizations are being destroyed across the world. With the death of Islamic terrorist organizations comes the death of radical Islam. As radical Islam dies out only the states remain. The state will over time always push for that which makes more money, and in the end, aligning with western values or more moderate values makes more money, as it makes it easier to set up business and working relations with the rest of the world. In the long run, even places such as Iran and Pakistan may find themselves forced to liberalize as all of their neighbors and other Islamic states liberalize and keep growing over time without issue.

Conclusion:

Islam is liberalizing over the decades. Islamic terrorism outside of Africa is coming to an end. Right now it is only the Islamic common population from certain countries that is fighting for bringing back Sharia law but even the heads of Islamic countries do not agree with these people. It is the last death cry of a dying ideology.

The downside:

After all the Islamic states are liberalized over time, the west is going to come after the Indians as the most backwards people in the world.