Islam, like Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism et al is founded on myth.. Mohammed was not a spokesman for any deity. He was a warlord con artist that founded a religion as a way to consolidate his personal power. When Islamic states move away from being Islamic states to secular states like countries in most of the rest of the world have done, they will see real improvement. For as long as they are trying to shoehorn reality to match religious myths they are shooting their own interests in the foot.