Check this out! How islamic are islamic countries? The U.S. - TopicsExpress

Check this out! How islamic are islamic countries? The U.S. is 25 out of 208! Theres an interesting study in the Global Economy Journal by two scholars from George Washington University. Its called How islamic are islamic countries? Theres a whole lot of indicators taken into account, from economic opportunities to human rights to international relations. Basically, which countries are the best in terms of applying islamic values, regardless of whether theyre actually muslim. Heres the list (for the actual study, click ahmad-juhaidi/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/how-islamic-islamic-countries.pdf: OVERALL ISLAMICITY INDEX RANK (Muslim countries are highlighted) New Zealand 1 Luxembourg 2 Ireland 3 Iceland 4 Finland 5 Denmark 6 Canada 7 U.K. 8 Australia 9 Netherlands 9 Austria 11 Norway 12 Switzerland 13 Belgium 14 Sweden 15 Portugal 16 Germany 17 Bahamas 18 France 18 Czech Rep 20 Estonia 21 Costa Rica 22 Spain 23 Barbados 24 U. S. 25 Slovenia 26 Hong Kong, China 27 Latvia 28 Japan 29 Malta 30 Hungary 31 Slovak Republic 31 Italy 33 Chile 34 Lithuania 35 Cyprus 36 Singapore 37 Malaysia 38 Panama 39 Trinidad and Tobago 40 Poland 41 Mauritius 42 Croatia 43 St. Vincent and the Gren 44 Namibia 45 Greece 46 Jamaica 47 Kuwait 48 Uruguay 48 South Africa 50 Botswana 51 St. Lucia 52 Ghana 53 Argentina 54 Brazil 55 Mexico 55 Bulgaria 57 El Salvador 58 Philippines 59 Dominica 60 Israel 61 Monaco 62 Lesotho 63 Bahrain 64 Brunei 65 Romania 66 United Arab Emirates 66 Belize 68 Andorra 69 Cayman Islands 70 Seychelles 71 Fiji 72 Uganda 73 Tanzania 74 Antigua and Barbuda 75 Gabon 75 Jordan 77 Thailand 78 Grenada 79 San Marino 79 China 81 Nicaragua 81 Cape Verde 83 Macao, China 83 Tunisia 83 Colombia 86 Dominican Republic 87 Peru 88 India 89 Aruba 90 Russian Federation 91 Honduras 92 Greenland 93 Guyana 94 Netherlands Antilles 95 Mozambique 96 Mongolia 97 Macedonia, FYR 98 Oman 99 Suriname 100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 101 Ukraine 102 Turkey 103 Maldives 104 Liechtenstein 105 Korea, Rep. 106 Kazakhstan 107 Timor‐Leste 107 Senegal 109 Albania 110 Moldova 110 Qatar 112 Puerto Rico 113 Armenia 114 Kiribati 115 Sri Lanka 116 Georgia 117 St. Kitts and Nevis 117 Morocco 119 Northern Mariana Islands 119 Papua New Guinea 119 Zambia 119 Bolivia 123 Gambia, The 124 Azerbaijan 125 Ecuador 125 Guatemala 127 Belarus 128 Malawi 129 Mali 130 Saudi Arabia 131 Burkina Faso 132 Vanuatu 133 Vietnam 134 Rwanda 135 Paraguay 136 Kyrgyz Republic 137 Korea, Dem. Rep. 138 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 139 Indonesia 140 Venezuela, RB 141 Madagascar 142 Palau 143 Kenya 144 Guinea 145 Samoa 146 Benin 147 Pakistan 147 Cuba 149 New Caledonia 150 Nepal 151 Bangladesh 152 Egypt, Arab Rep. 153 Cambodia 154 Tonga 155 Burundi 156 Swaziland 156 Lebanon 158 Zimbabwe 159 Algeria 160 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 161 Cameroon 162 Iran, Islamic Rep. 163 Myanmar 164 Central African Republic 165 Bermuda 166 Bhutan 167 Sierra Leone 168 Afghanistan 169 Guam 170 Congo, Dem. Rep. 171 Togo 172 Turkmenistan 173 Nigeria 174 Uzbekistan 174 Haiti 176 Tajikistan 176 American Samoa 178 Cote dIvoire 179 Ethiopia 180 French Polynesia 181 Congo, Rep. 182 Equatorial Guinea 183 Lao PDR 183 Serbia and Montenegro 185 Syrian Arab Republic 186 Marshall Islands 187 Faeroe Islands 188 Niger 189 Guinea‐Bissau 190 Solomon Islands 190 Sao Tome and Principe 192 Djibouti 193 Liberia 194 Mauritania 195 Libya 196 Chad 197 Yemen, Rep. 198 Angola 199 Comoros 200 Iraq 201 Channel Islands 202 Sudan 202 Eritrea 204 Isle of Man 205 Somalia 206 West Bank and Gaza 207 Mayotte 208 Of course, this has to be taken with a pinch of salt. But its a good indicator of the pitiful state of islamic countries