What are the problems faced by Muslim countries?

Answer 1

Unfortunately , because many Muslims"but not all of them" around the world do not follow some of the commands,regulations & morals of Islam .

Muslims were a super power in the world when they were all true Muslims & did not abandon any small detail of what Islam says. Their civilization was full of achievements that offered many great services to the whole humanity & it ascended up to the mark of perfection without any exaggeration... this is not my speech , it's what history tells !!

As soon as all Muslims return to their religon ....all the problems they are facing today will be over..... for sure.

Allah says in the Holy Quran:

"....Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves (with their own souls)......"

( Ar-Ra'ad " Thunder": verse - 11 )

But we musn't deny that the Islamic community is still fine despite all the difficulities it has which we can't deny , also there are so many Muslims who are tenacious to everything in Islam. When all Muslims in the world become a copy of this group of Muslims, then I'm certain that our Golden Ages will be back.

Don't forget that the stereotypes about Muslims is also a problem of a great importance, however it's our responsibility now to show all the world our fact. Everyone has to start first with himself/herself & his/her sons ,as repairing a person after a person will eventually lead to repairing the whole society. And to those who believe in the policy of stereotyping Muslims ...please don't judge anything you ignore ...please don't judge Muslims through any Muslim you encounter ,they may make mistakes that we ,as Muslims, reject .....

So, please don't judge Islam before you know it.

Another thing ,You have to know & praise is only for Allah(God) that Islam is the most growing religon in the World according to statics from all over the world, maybe this is why it's sometimes being attacked & criticized fiercely ....Personally , I believe in the wisdom that says :"It's only the fruitful tree that is being thrown with stones !!"

Answer 2

There are an extensive myriad of problems in Muslim-majority countries, including but not limited to:

1) Corrupt Rulers and No Infrastructure: Many rulers of Muslim-majority countries are content to deprive their people of modern infrastructure and development. They prefer to hoard the money their people give them to build palaces and repressive armies to protect those palaces. As a result, many of the necessary infrastructural and developmental changes which should have happened never occurred. One of the main results of the corrupt governments has been the instability of many Muslim-majority countries.

2) Regional Disunity: Muslims have gone to war with each other at numerous times and in numerous places. Nearly every border in the Arab World has played host to a military engagement of some type. The Arab World has never had anything even close to the European Union or the Schengen Border Agreement (forget the Muslim World). (The Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Conference are much more like the United Nations and have no superstate components.) Although Muslims, as individuals, may feel connected across borders, like those between Morocco and Algeria or those between Syria and Lebanon or those between Egypt, Sudan, and Libya, their governments do not.

3) Anti-Educational: There is a strong and pervasive attitude in many Muslim-majority countries that a Western-style education, seeking a high degree of literacy and scientific knowledge is undesirable. Instead, there is a strong pull towards a religious education. This leads to minimal technological innovation in Muslim-majority countries today. While Muslims make up over 23% of the world population, they have less than 10 Noble Prizes in the Sciences and Maths.

4) Lack of Human Rights: Most Muslim-majority countries deny their citizens fundamental human rights such as equality before the law, freedom to express their opinions (even if they are unpopular), freedom of assembly, equality for women in education and marriage rights, freedom of movement, an end to the slave trade (in a minority of Muslim countries), and other infringements. Statistics have shown a high-level of correlation between the presence of human rights and economic and political affluence.

5) Foreign Policy Over Domestic Concerns: Many Muslims are concerned about irrelevant foreign policy issues among Muslims and Non-Muslims in other countries. The Cypriot situation and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict are wholly irrelevant to Pakistan and Morocco, but people in those countries spend an inordinate amount of time discussing those issues. That time comes out of discussions about what to do about serious problems in those countries such as women's education or the lack of infrastructure. If there is no clamor for these domestic improvements, they will not happen.

6) Failure to Compromise: Unlike Western Societies which see public debates and elections as a fair mechanism for deciding which opinions should get the Right of Way, many in the Middle East prefer to staunchly advocate their position by whatever means are necessary because they are assured of their correctness (either by God or personal conviction). This means that both domestic and international policy issues that produce gridlock have the potential to erupt in conflict and extreme measures as opposed to a general consensus that people can agree to even if they are not in love with it.

7) Failure to Permit Ethnic Autonomy: Many ethnic groups in the Muslim world, such as the Kurds, the Balochis, the Darfurians, the Acehnese, etc. find themselves in states run by other ethnicities that deny them the ability to have a strong say in their affairs. Instead of granting them autonomy, like European countries in similar positions have done, they choose to repress them. This has gone on to the point where the only recourse is full-scale revolt.

8) Tribal Conflicts: Especially in Arab States, there are numerous tribes that have long-standing feuds with one another and threaten to disturb the peace. Creating a national identity that can supersede this tribal identity is critical for making the state safe enough for domestic commerce as well as finding a method to arbitrate tribal disputes within a state mechanism to prevent revenge killings and further violence.

9) Lack of Foreign Investment: Due to the frequent instability and the strong Anti-Western sentiment in Muslim-majority countries, foreign companies are not willing to invest in production and infrastructure in Muslim-majority countries and will choose more stable and friendly nearby countries. Sri Lanka and Vietnam have seen much more investment than Pakistan or Egypt for exactly these reasons.

10) Women's Rights: This depends far more on a particular country's laws and predominant views of the clergy in that country than any basic Islamic issue. In some countries like Pakistan, women have been increasingly unable to get an education. In Saudi Arabia, women cannot drive. In Lebanon, proof of elementary education is required for women to vote but not for men and voting is compulsory for men but optional for women. Muslim-majority countries have typically been behind Western States in the proliferation of women's rights, but this is more typical third world countries in Africa and Asia than just the Islamic ones. As for the argument often raised that Western State have more rape, this statistic is based on how many rapes are reported. In many cases, women in Muslim countries are afraid to go to the police out of fear of being raped by the police as well, being honor-murdered by someone in her family, or being charged as criminally liable for getting raped. Since Western law protects rape victims against rapists, rape victims are more willing to seek government help.

Answer 3

The difficulties are wearing the Islamic clothes. Being teased or abused by some people. Last is being treated with disrespect.

Answer 4

No such problems. In fact they are more free from social problems as compared to the non Muslims countries such as the rates of rape are higher in no other than non Muslim nations etc.