I am curious about something....

[Minionman]

I disagree with you.  If you grow up as a secularist, as non religious, you will miss out on how important religious rules and laws are to people in cultures where Islam is imbedded in both the secular and spiritual life of the community.  Many Muslims do not advocate, nor even comprehend the utility of, separation of church and state.  Among other things, it is contrary to the teachings in the Koran, and it is a Western idea to start with.  (At least, in current form.)

It has everything to do with religion in a country.  It is as much a part of everyday life as traffic lights are a part of the city where you live.

Occhi
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It has more to do with how people use what the religion says. Other religions have split, some people will ignore or not bother with different parts of a religion, etc. , so even if the laws say one thing groups of people will interperet them differently. Even if it is against the Quran to do some things, cultural groups may or may not follow it based on their traditions, who is in power, who can speak well, etc. If these areas continue to have problems because of these traditions, it seems evewntually people will start ignoring those rules if the rules aren't helping them in any way. The non religious societies now did seem to come from more religious ones in soem way. (this will probably take a long time, but the point is stuill there.)