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And I've lived there for longer, and I speak the language and I continue to know people and travel there frequently. My points still hold.

> Please point me to a democratic, secular islamic nation.

Western style democracy and secularism are contradictory with Islam. To us, it is not a measure of success or prosperity. On a side note, there aren't really any fully Islamic states today - practically all of them have remnants (or more active engagement) of Western colonization and influence. I'm sure you're aware of how things have been after the fall of the Ottoman Caliphate.