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Originally posted by moe.ron
Saudi Arabia. I don't know much about the Arab world, so I'm not going to comment. However, you've asked about the generality of the raise of radical Islam. I've used SEA because it has the highest concetration of Muslim anywhere in the world. Another evidence we can use is the voting behaviour of the region.
In both Malaysia and indonesia, the conservatiove Muslim parties has not gained any grounds and even lost seats. In Malaysia, PAS has lot badly because they ran the Islamic state platform. They have even lost the province that they held due to the same reasons.
Indonesia saw many of the right wing Islamic parties loosing support with the exception of PKS. PKS, however, did not run with an islamic platform. Instead, they ran under the anti-corruption platform.
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In South East Asia: I don't know enough about the 2 countries, but wasn't there just a bit of ethnic strife between Muslims and non-Muslims?
And, has Islam itself expanded much in those countries or has it grown just a tad while radical Islam in the west boomed?
In Arab countries and Europe: Now going back to Saudi Arabia. They are the largest sponsor of Islamic research and education and have often cut funding from those that don't believe in the version of Islam they believe. Islamic institutions throughout the world have changed because of the influx of capital from them.
Now you might not know about Arab countries, and I might know less about South East Asian Muslims, but the West is somewhere we both can find middle ground in terms of knowledge I'm sure. Has radical Islam increased in the West?
-Rudey