Islamicity Indices: The Seed for Change

Abstract

As to be expected, Western countries dominate the overall Islamicity ranking with the Netherlands (1), Sweden (2), Switzerland (3), New Zealand (4), Denmark (5), Finland (6), Norway (7), Luxembourg (8), Australia (9), and Canada (10) rated at the top. Qatar (39) is the highest–rankling Muslim country, followed by the UAE (40), Malaysia (43), and Kuwait (46), with Muslim countries having a median ranking of 115 out of 153 countries ranked. These Western countries have adopted more of the rules that recommended in Islam: efficient institutions including the rule of law, respect for human rights and freedom, representative governments, better education systems and opportunities to develop the self, more prosperous economies with higher employment, and less poverty. Muslims have not taken charge of their own religion; their rulers are not rule compliant and have used religion as a vehicle to control. But none of the adverse results is due to Islam.