There's an interesting study in the Global Economy Journal by two scholars from George Washington University. It's called "How islamic are islamic countries?"
There's a whole lot of indicators taken into account, from economic opportunities to political rights to international relations. Basically, which countries are the best in terms of applying islamic values, regardless of whether they're actually muslim.
Here's the list (for the actual study, click http://www.bepress.com/gej/vol10/iss2/2/):
OVERALL ISLAMICITY INDEX RANK
Countries Overall Islamicity Index Rank
{208} (OIC 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 d'Ivoire 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'
And a typical malaysian would say "wow, we're highest at 38!"
-.-
if Malaysia Boleh, then we should be top-ranked in terms of islamic values.
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