Context:The recent Islamist terror attack in France has highlighted the crisis in global Islam.
Five reasons for the crisis in global Islam
The politicization of Islam: Few countries are democratic where Muslims are in the majority, and secularism is generally considered a bad word or a Western concept in the Muslim world.
Unresolved tensions between the Muslim population and nations: between nationalism and pan-nationalism.
Many wars are fought between Muslims and Muslim states than with others: For, E.g. Iran-Iraq war, and except Jordan, no other Islamic nation come to the aid of Pakistan in its wars against India
Pan-Islamism working with multi-national terror groups: Pan-Islamic organizations want a Caliphate subsuming international boundaries and enforcing the common Shariat.
Al Qaeda and ISIS are truly pan-Islamic organizations which mostly target settled Islamic states
Domination of Pan-Islamism over Nationalism: unlikecountries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh where nationalism trumps pan-Islamism.
Sharp inequalities in wealth: Wealthy Arab nations resist sharing their wealth to the bulk of the Muslim population who lives in Asia and Africa with poor economies
What matters for wealthy Muslim countries are political power, royal privileges, and global stature and its relations with the West.
Democratic deficit: People cannot protest or express their resentment against the regime, and has moved out for e.g. in Europe to convey their hatred – leading to the globalization of revenge.