Having spent quite a lot of time there, and comparing it to other Muslim countries as well as India, I would say that we're really talking big differences here.
I just wanted to make sure where your impressions are coming from, account taken of the fact that the Islamic world is not monolithic, tipping hat to Edward Said. "C'est un scandale !"
It's not Islam which is the problem here, I should point out, though it does perhaps exacerbate the problem. "C'est un scandale !"
