Rise on Extremism in Muslim Majority Countries

This paper will discuss the factors that have led to the increased acts of violence in the Muslim-majority countries as identified by Maajid Nawaz in his lecture on ‘A global culture to fight extremism’. A major factor that contributes to the radicalisation and extremism is the complacency by the democratic government. This is the idea of giving everyone and anyone a chance to voice in their thoughts in a democratic society but never acting on them. The lack of youth led grass root social movements that advocates for democratic culture across Muslim- majority countries is an example of complacency in the side of governments. This has greatly led to the breeding of violent extremism. Politics have a direct influence to economic development of a country.