I'm not sure Albania is a great example. It has a unique history, and while most of the country identifies as muslim it's much more like calling the US a Chris

I'm not sure Albania is a great example. It has a unique history, and while most of the country identifies as muslim it's much more like calling the US a Christian country - sure it's true, but the vast majority are very non-practicing. As far as I'm aware this is rather unique for Muslim-majority countries, but I can't say I'm an expert on the subject. This unfortunately is a reversing trend that has concerned my Albanian friends. Due to economic hardship after the fall of communism extremist groups (e.g. saudi-funded mosques) were able to take hold, and some very hardcore wahhabi-style fundamental islamists were established using largely the youth preying on that poverty. This is mostly in the Northern part of the country, which is far more religious than the capital Tirana and the Southern part. My take as a westerner traveling there and talking extensively about it with multiple people is that they had no problem with extremism until external forces were allowed to take hold in the late 90's. And this is seen as a currently growing problem, that has a lot of moderate and non-religious Albanians concerned but not certainly not hopeless. Unfortunately it's still a very poor country - so things can turn on a dime. An ill-timed recession or other major economic hardship during a critical time of development may be all it takes to turn from the path of liberal democracy to something more like Turkey.