What are causes of degeneration of Muslim society?

Answer 1

Straying from belief in Jesus Christ as God (the second person of the Trinity) is a departure from God's plan, no matter how you name God the Father. Anything outside of the will of God is a backsliding, which is another term for apostasy or degeneration.

There are at least two perspectives from which we can consider this question. If you are a pious and orthodox Muslim, you may believe that Muslim society has degenerated by becoming westernized. From my perspective as a non-Muslim I would say that the increasing levels of violence in Muslim society are the problem, not westernization. But both of these can be explained. Western civilization offers many attractions - indeed, if you had no interest in the attractions of western civilization, you would not be posting this question on this web site, since computers are also a part of western civilization and are not part of traditional Muslim society. Modern civilization offers many conveniences, many entertainments, many opportunities, and indeed, Muslim societies all over the world engage in commerce with the West, without which they would not have functional economies. Saudi Arabia, the spiritual heartland of Islam and home of Mecca, could not even feed its population without importing food from the West. So it is difficult under those circumstances for Muslim society to turn its back on the West.

And as for the increasing levels of violence, historically this can be traced to the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WW I, which left the Muslim world in a chaotic state, prey to European colonialism and disunited. Even now, with the civil war raging in Syria, these problems have not been solved. Of course, the religious conflict between Sunni Islam and Shiite Islam makes everything much worse.

These are the causes of degeneration of Muslim society.