Aligned Nations

The most Islam aligned nations

Every nation fighting a major war today, in order of how closely it holds to the principles of our policy reforms — justice, protection of life, no riba, circulation of wealth, common resources held in trust, accountable and consulted rule, kept covenants, independence and human dignity — with the wars it fights.

How each nation is scored — the ten principles of our policy reforms
  1. Justice (adl). No one's land, life, rights or wealth taken unjustly; justice upheld for everyone, even enemies, and what was wrongly taken given back. Economic, Financial, Political and National Policy Reform
  2. Protection of life (hifz al-nafs). Life is sacred: non-combatants never targeted, war only against real aggression, and no help given to another's aggression. Political Policy Reform; the objectives of the sharia (maqasid)
  3. Prohibition of usury and speculation (riba, gharar). Public and private finance built on shared risk and real assets, not interest-bearing debt or speculative bets. Economic, Financial, Political and National Policy Reform
  4. Circulation of wealth and zakat (tadawul al-mal). Wealth must not circulate only among the rich; zakat, endowments and fair wages meet every person's basic needs. Economic, Financial, Political and National Policy Reform
  5. Trust over common resources (amana). Water, energy, minerals and public assets belong to the whole community — not privatised, monopolised or signed away for private or foreign gain. Economic and Financial Policy Reform
  6. Accountability and truthfulness (muhasaba, sidq). Rulers, security forces and firms answer to law and to the public; no coups, state capture, bribery or concealment. Economic, Political and National Policy Reform
  7. Legitimate authority by consultation (shura). Rule rests on the community's consent, given through consultation and a free pledge — not inheritance, force or foreign backing. Political and National Policy Reform
  8. Kept covenants and peacemaking (wafa bil-ahd, sulh). Treaties, contracts and rulings honoured; an offer of peace met with peace; disputes ended by reconciliation. Economic, Financial and Political Policy Reform
  9. Independence and self-reliance (izza). No foreign power or creditor in control of the nation's revenues or decisions; its own strength, industry and knowledge built. Financial and Political Policy Reform
  10. Human dignity, privacy and freedom of worship (karama). Every person's dignity protected — citizen or migrant; no spying on private lives; faiths and places of worship free and safe. Economic, Financial, Political and National Policy Reform

These are the principles the Policy Reform pages draw from the expert opinions. Each nation is marked 0–5 on each from its record as a state — its economy, government and treatment of its people, and its conduct in its wars — drawn from UN bodies, the ICJ and ICC, human-rights monitors and the reporting under each war. The ten marks make the percentage; each war a nation started, provoked or joined against another people then takes 15 points off it, and an aggressor always ranks below every nation that started no war. The score judges a state's conduct, not its people or their faith.

Nations ranking

  1. 1 PakistanKeeps its treaties, met India's strikes with a ceasefire and has a court-ordered path out of riba — but the army rules over the ballot, debt ties it to the IMF, and Ahmadis and Afghan refugees bear the cost.Kashmir, India and Pakistan
    Why 40%
    • Justice2/5
    • Protection of life3/5
    • No riba3/5
    • Circulation of wealth1/5
    • Common resources2/5
    • Accountability1/5
    • Consultation1/5
    • Kept covenants4/5
    • Independence1/5
    • Dignity & worship2/5
    • The Federal Shariat Court ordered riba-free banking (2022); the 2024 constitutional amendment set 2028 as the deadline.
    • Honours the Indus Waters Treaty and accepted the May 2025 ceasefire and mediation.
    • A $7 billion IMF programme with privatisation conditions; heavy external debt.
    • Military dominance of politics, a jailed former prime minister and amendments curbing the courts; mass deportation of Afghan refugees.
    40%
  2. 2 SomaliaA Muslim society where Islamic finance and zakat are everyday life, fighting a group that bombs its people — but power is held by clan selection and term extensions, and its finances depend on donors.Somalia and al-Shabaab
    Why 38%
    • Justice2/5
    • Protection of life3/5
    • No riba3/5
    • Circulation of wealth2/5
    • Common resources2/5
    • Accountability1/5
    • Consultation1/5
    • Kept covenants2/5
    • Independence1/5
    • Dignity & worship2/5
    • Islamic finance dominates banking; remittances and zakat carry many households.
    • Parliament extended its own term to five years in March 2026 without consensus.
    • Among the lowest scores on corruption indices; dependent on AU troops and donor funding.
    • Offshore oil and gas terms with Turkey give a large share to the foreign partner.
    38%
  3. 3 SyriaRestrained towards Israel and making peace with the SDF, but massacres under its banner await justice and its rulers were chosen, not consulted.Syria after Assad
    Why 38%
    • Justice2/5
    • Protection of life2/5
    • No riba2/5
    • Circulation of wealth1/5
    • Common resources2/5
    • Accountability2/5
    • Consultation1/5
    • Kept covenants3/5
    • Independence2/5
    • Dignity & worship2/5
    • March 2025 coastal killings of Alawites and July 2025 Suweida violence (UN Commission of Inquiry); its own inquiry has named suspects.
    • Signed the January 2026 SDF integration deal; seeks Israel's withdrawal through mediation.
    • People's Assembly selected indirectly; a constitutional declaration gives the president wide powers.
    • About 90% of Syrians live in poverty; ports and energy offered to foreign investors.
    38%
  4. 4 DR CongoDefends its land and signs every peace deal, but its people live in extreme poverty on top of the world's minerals, traded to foreign powers for security.Eastern DR Congo
    Why 30%
    • Justice2/5
    • Protection of life2/5
    • No riba1/5
    • Circulation of wealth0/5
    • Common resources1/5
    • Accountability1/5
    • Consultation2/5
    • Kept covenants3/5
    • Independence1/5
    • Dignity & worship2/5
    • Signed the Washington Accords and the Doha framework (2025).
    • Minerals-for-security dealings with the United States; Chinese-owned mines dominate cobalt.
    • Most of its people live in extreme poverty; low scores on corruption indices.
    30%
  5. 5 Burkina FasoHas taken back its gold from foreign companies and broken with France, but a junta rules with no consent and its forces kill civilians.The Sahel: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger
    Why 28%
    • Justice1/5
    • Protection of life1/5
    • No riba1/5
    • Circulation of wealth2/5
    • Common resources4/5
    • Accountability0/5
    • Consultation0/5
    • Kept covenants1/5
    • Independence3/5
    • Dignity & worship1/5
    • Nationalised gold mines and built a state refinery under Captain Traoré.
    • Military rule extended to 2029; parties suspended.
    • Army, VDP militias and Russia's Africa Corps accused of atrocities against civilians.
    28%
  6. 6 UkraineDefends its land against an invasion, but has fought it as the instrument of a war the United States provoked: a government that came to power with Washington's hand in 2014, Minsk left unkept, a war run on foreign money and decisions, its minerals pledged abroad and elections postponed.Russia and Ukraine
    Why 28%
    • Justice2/5
    • Protection of life3/5
    • No riba1/5
    • Circulation of wealth2/5
    • Common resources1/5
    • Accountability2/5
    • Consultation1/5
    • Kept covenants1/5
    • Independence0/5
    • Dignity & worship1/5
    • Fighting an invasion the UN General Assembly condemned; strikes inside Russia mainly at military and energy targets.
    • Its 2014 government came to power after US diplomats were recorded choosing its leaders; it then pursued the NATO membership that was Russia's brightest red line.
    • The Minsk agreements were never carried out — Merkel later said they gave Ukraine 'time' to grow stronger.
    • UN monitors documented civilian deaths from its forces' shelling in the Donbas, 2014–2021.
    • Fights on interest-bearing foreign loans and US decisions; the 2025 minerals agreement gives the United States a share of future resource revenue.
    • Corruption cases in the energy sector (2025) pursued by its anti-corruption bureau; elections postponed under martial law.
    • Laws narrowing the Russian language, Russian-language channels taken off air, and restrictions on the Moscow-linked Orthodox church.
    28%
  7. 7 MaliReclaimed control of its mines from foreign firms, but dissolved its parties and lets Russian fighters massacre its own villagers.The Sahel: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger
    Why 26%
    • Justice1/5
    • Protection of life1/5
    • No riba1/5
    • Circulation of wealth1/5
    • Common resources4/5
    • Accountability0/5
    • Consultation0/5
    • Kept covenants1/5
    • Independence3/5
    • Dignity & worship1/5
    • New mining code and seizure of foreign-run gold operations.
    • All political parties dissolved (2025); the junta governs without elections.
    • Africa Corps massacre at Bombori with Malian soldiers present (HRW, August 2026).
    26%
  8. 8 NigerTook its uranium back from France, but a junta governs without consent and the war against the insurgents goes unchecked.The Sahel: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger
    Why 26%
    • Justice1/5
    • Protection of life1/5
    • No riba1/5
    • Circulation of wealth1/5
    • Common resources4/5
    • Accountability0/5
    • Consultation0/5
    • Kept covenants1/5
    • Independence3/5
    • Dignity & worship1/5
    • Nationalised the SOMAIR uranium mine from France's Orano.
    • Military rule since the 2023 coup; the elected president still detained.
    26%
  9. 9 YemenThe recognised government has little of its own — its finances, army and decisions depend on Riyadh.The Iran war: Iran, Israel, the United States and Yemen
    Why 26%
    • Justice1/5
    • Protection of life2/5
    • No riba2/5
    • Circulation of wealth1/5
    • Common resources1/5
    • Accountability1/5
    • Consultation1/5
    • Kept covenants2/5
    • Independence0/5
    • Dignity & worship2/5
    • Asked for the July 2026 Saudi strike that ended the truce.
    • Depends on Saudi deposits and air power; unpaid public salaries for years.
    26%
  10. 10 SudanIts banking has been Islamic by law since 1984, but the army seized power in a coup, bombs its own towns and lets gold flow abroad.Sudan's civil war
    Why 20%
    • Justice1/5
    • Protection of life1/5
    • No riba3/5
    • Circulation of wealth1/5
    • Common resources1/5
    • Accountability0/5
    • Consultation0/5
    • Kept covenants1/5
    • Independence1/5
    • Dignity & worship1/5
    • Islamic banking required by law since 1984.
    • The army's 2021 coup ended the civilian transition.
    • Retaliation against alleged collaborators, with torture and death sentences (HRW, 2026).
    • Gold smuggled out by both sides; famine in parts of the country.
    20%
  11. 11 IranSelf-reliant under sanctions, with oil in public hands and a usury-free banking law — but it executes and crushes dissent, vets who may stand for office, and fought for Assad's war on the Syrian people.The Iran war: Iran, Israel, the United States and Yemen
    Why 27%
    • Justice1/5
    • Protection of life2/5
    • No riba3/5
    • Circulation of wealth2/5
    • Common resources3/5
    • Accountability1/5
    • Consultation2/5
    • Kept covenants2/5
    • Independence4/5
    • Dignity & worship1/5

    Marks 42% − 15 for each war it started, provoked or joined (Syria, 2011–2024) = 27%. Ranked below every nation that started no war.

    • Syria, 2011–2024: Sent the IRGC's Quds Force and raised Hezbollah, Iraqi and Afghan (Fatemiyoun) militias to fight for Assad's war on his own people, and kept his regime afloat with billions in credit — through the starvation sieges of Madaya and Zabadani and the fall of east Aleppo in 2016, which the UN Commission of Inquiry found marked by war crimes.
    • Usury-free Banking Law (1983), though many products work like interest in practice.
    • Oil and gas are state-owned; much wealth sits in elite-controlled foundations (bonyads).
    • Built its own defence industry under decades of sanctions.
    • UN-backed mission (September 2026): crimes against humanity in the crackdown on protesters; candidates vetted by the Guardian Council.
    27%
  12. 12 Saudi ArabiaCollects zakat as a state and keeps its oil in public hands, but rules without consultation, silences critics and bombed Yemen for a decade.⚔ The Iran war: Iran, Israel, the United States and Yemenaggressor
    Why 21%
    • Justice1/5
    • Protection of life1/5
    • No riba2/5
    • Circulation of wealth3/5
    • Common resources3/5
    • Accountability1/5
    • Consultation1/5
    • Kept covenants2/5
    • Independence3/5
    • Dignity & worship1/5

    Marks 36% − 15 for each war it started, provoked or joined (The Iran war: Iran, Israel, the United States and Yemen) = 21%. Ranked below every nation that started no war.

    • Zakat collected by the state (ZATCA); Islamic banking dominant, though the state also borrows on interest.
    • Aramco majority state-owned.
    • Absolute monarchy with an appointed Shura Council; dissidents jailed and executed.
    • Led the Yemen war since 2015 and ended the 2022 truce by striking Sanaa airport in July 2026.
    21%
  13. 13 IndiaHolds elections and its own strength, but treats its Muslims as suspects, has taken control of their endowments and uses water as a weapon against Pakistan.⚔ Kashmir, India and Pakistanaggressor
    Why 17%
    • Justice1/5
    • Protection of life2/5
    • No riba0/5
    • Circulation of wealth1/5
    • Common resources2/5
    • Accountability2/5
    • Consultation3/5
    • Kept covenants0/5
    • Independence4/5
    • Dignity & worship1/5

    Marks 32% − 15 for each war it started, provoked or joined (Kashmir, India and Pakistan) = 17%. Ranked below every nation that started no war.

    • Holds the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and rejected the August 2026 arbitration ruling.
    • The Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 placed Muslim endowments under state control.
    • Demolitions, mass arrests and barred Eid prayers in Kashmir; citizenship law excluding Muslims.
    • Among the world's widest wealth gaps; public assets concentrated in a few conglomerates.
    17%
  14. 14 RwandaClean and orderly at home, but takes its neighbour's minerals through the M23 war and allows no real opposition.⚔ Eastern DR Congoaggressor
    Why 11%
    • Justice1/5
    • Protection of life1/5
    • No riba1/5
    • Circulation of wealth2/5
    • Common resources0/5
    • Accountability3/5
    • Consultation1/5
    • Kept covenants1/5
    • Independence2/5
    • Dignity & worship1/5

    Marks 26% − 15 for each war it started, provoked or joined (Eastern DR Congo) = 11%. Ranked below every nation that started no war.

    • Gold and minerals from M23-held Congo routed to Rwanda; US sanctions on a Rwandan refinery (June 2026).
    • Has not withdrawn its troops as the Washington Accords require.
    • Low domestic corruption; Kagame re-elected with over 99% of the vote.
    11%
  15. 15 United StatesElected rulers, independent courts and a free press — but it launched a war on Iran, arms Israel's, runs the world's interest-based dollar system and walks away from treaties.⚔ The Iran war: Iran, Israel, the United States and Yemenaggressor⚠ Russia and UkraineprovokerSomalia and al-Shabaab
    Why 8%
    • Justice1/5
    • Protection of life1/5
    • No riba0/5
    • Circulation of wealth1/5
    • Common resources2/5
    • Accountability3/5
    • Consultation3/5
    • Kept covenants1/5
    • Independence5/5
    • Dignity & worship2/5

    Marks 38% − 15 for each war it started, provoked or joined (The Iran war: Iran, Israel, the United States and Yemen; Russia and Ukraine) = 8%. Ranked below every nation that started no war.

    • Launched the February 2026 war on Iran with Israel; the UN-backed mission found likely war crimes in the Minab school strike.
    • Israel's main arms supplier through the Gaza war; sanctions on the ICC.
    • The dollar and Treasury debt sit at the centre of the global interest-based system.
    • Among the widest wealth gaps of rich nations; mass deportations and surveillance.
    8%
  16. 16 IsraelAn occupation the ICJ ruled unlawful, a war in Gaza the UN inquiry calls genocide, four neighbours struck — the furthest of any state from justice and the protection of life.⚔ Gaza and the West Bankaggressor⚔ Israel and Lebanonaggressor⚔ The Iran war: Iran, Israel, the United States and Yemenaggressor⚔ Syria after Assadaggressor
    Why 0%
    • Justice0/5
    • Protection of life0/5
    • No riba0/5
    • Circulation of wealth2/5
    • Common resources2/5
    • Accountability2/5
    • Consultation2/5
    • Kept covenants0/5
    • Independence2/5
    • Dignity & worship0/5

    Marks 20% − 15 for each war it started, provoked or joined (Gaza and the West Bank; Israel and Lebanon; The Iran war: Iran, Israel, the United States and Yemen; Syria after Assad) = 0%. Ranked below every nation that started no war.

    • ICJ advisory opinion (2024): the occupation is unlawful; record settler violence and annexation in 2026.
    • More than 74,000 Palestinians killed; UN Commission of Inquiry genocide finding; ICC warrants for its leaders.
    • At war in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran; breached the 1974 Syria agreement and the 2024 Lebanon ceasefire.
    • Amnesty and HRW find apartheid against Palestinians; detainees tortured.
    0%
  17. 17 MyanmarA coup regime bombing its own people, accused of genocide against the Rohingya Muslims — the furthest from every principle.⚔ Myanmar and the Rohingyaaggressor
    Why 0%
    • Justice0/5
    • Protection of life0/5
    • No riba1/5
    • Circulation of wealth0/5
    • Common resources1/5
    • Accountability0/5
    • Consultation0/5
    • Kept covenants1/5
    • Independence2/5
    • Dignity & worship0/5

    Marks 10% − 15 for each war it started, provoked or joined (Myanmar and the Rohingya) = 0%. Ranked below every nation that started no war.

    • 2021 coup; Min Aung Hlaing made president through a partial election (April 2026).
    • ICJ genocide case over the Rohingya; at least 702 civilians killed by the military in six months (OHCHR).
    • Jade, gems and timber taken by the military and its cronies.
    0%
  18. 18 RussiaStrong and self-reliant with its resources in state hands — and a conqueror that annexes land, deports children and rules without real elections.⚔ Russia and UkraineaggressorThe Sahel: Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger
    Why 0%
    • Justice0/5
    • Protection of life0/5
    • No riba1/5
    • Circulation of wealth1/5
    • Common resources3/5
    • Accountability0/5
    • Consultation1/5
    • Kept covenants0/5
    • Independence4/5
    • Dignity & worship1/5

    Marks 22% − 15 for each war it started, provoked or joined (Russia and Ukraine; Syria, 2015–2024) = 0%. Ranked below every nation that started no war.

    • Syria, 2015–2024: Its air force fought for Assad from 2015, striking hospitals, markets and schools in opposition areas — war crimes by the findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry.
    • Invasion of Ukraine and annexation of four regions; ICC warrant for Putin over deported children.
    • Africa Corps massacres in Mali (HRW, 2026).
    • Energy and minerals largely state-controlled; opposition jailed and elections managed.
    0%

The wars

  1. Russia and UkraineAggressor: RussiaDeaths: 525,000–600,000 soldiers and civilians, mostly Russian troops (CSIS, July 2026); the UN has verified about 15,000 civiliansEastern Europe · since February 2022 · 🇺🇦 Ukraine, 🇷🇺 RussiaIn its fifth year, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a stalemate on the ground while missile and drone strikes on cities grow deadlier; US-brokered talks have stalled.
  2. The Iran war: Iran, Israel, the United States and YemenAggressor: Israel and the United States against Iran; in Yemen, the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition as occupiersDeaths: About 4,500 in the war on Iran (3,468 in Iran in 2026 by the Iranian Martyrs Foundation, over 1,000 in June 2025, dozens in Israel), and about 150,000 in Yemen's fighting since 2014 — 377,000 counting hunger and disease (UNDP, to end 2021)Iran, the Gulf and Yemen · since June 2025 (Yemen since 2014) · 🇾🇪 Yemen, 🇮🇷 Iran, 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, 🇺🇸 United States, 🇮🇱 IsraelOne war on several fronts: the US and Israel against Iran since June 2025, and Yemen's war — renewed in July 2026 between the Iran-backed Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition — fought around the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea.
  3. Myanmar and the RohingyaAggressor: The Myanmar militaryDeaths: 100,114 since the February 2021 coup (ACLED, July 2026)Myanmar · since February 2021 · 🇲🇲 MyanmarFive years after its coup, Myanmar's military has made its leader president through a partial election and keeps bombing markets and villages, while the Rohingya are attacked from both sides and The Gambia's genocide case awaits judgment.
  4. Gaza and the West BankAggressor: Israel, as the occupying powerDeaths: More than 74,000 Palestinians (Gaza Health Ministry; a Max Planck study puts it at 100,000–126,000) and about 2,000 IsraelisPalestine · since October 2023 · 🇮🇱 IsraelA year into a US-brokered ceasefire that more than 100 aid groups say exists in name only, Israel still strikes Gaza daily and holds most of it, while settler violence in the West Bank is at record levels.
  5. Sudan's civil warAggressor: The Rapid Support ForcesDeaths: At least 59,000 by April 2026 (ACLED) — researchers say up to 100,000 in 2025 alone, and far more from famineSudan · since April 2023 · 🇸🇩 SudanIn its fourth year, the war between Sudan's army and the RSF has spread from Darfur — where El Fasher fell with 'hallmarks of genocide' — to Kordofan and Blue Nile, with famine and drone strikes on the displaced.
  6. The Sahel: Mali, Burkina Faso and NigerAggressor: JNIM and Islamic State SahelDeaths: Over 50,000 since 2012 — about 10,000 a year since 2022 (ACLED, Africa Center for Strategic Studies)West Africa · since 2012 · 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇳🇪 Niger, 🇷🇺 RussiaAl-Qaeda's JNIM has besieged Mali's capital with a fuel blockade since April 2026, while the juntas and Russia's Africa Corps massacre Fulani villagers in the name of fighting it.
  7. Kashmir, India and PakistanAggressor: India, as the occupying force in KashmirDeaths: About 47,000 since the 1989 insurgency (Indian officials; Kashmiri rights groups say over 70,000)South Asia · since 1947 (latest clashes May 2025) · 🇵🇰 Pakistan, 🇮🇳 IndiaA tense ceasefire has held since the May 2025 clashes that followed the Pahalgam massacre, but India still holds the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and rejected the court ruling that it binds both states.
  8. Somalia and al-ShabaabAggressor: Al-ShabaabDeaths: Over 40,000 in battle since 2006 (UCDP), with about 3,800 in 2025Horn of Africa · since 2006 · 🇸🇴 Somalia, 🇺🇸 United StatesA resurgent al-Shabaab has retaken much of the ground it lost in 2022–23 while Mogadishu quarrels with its regions over elections and the African Union mission runs short of money.
  9. Syria after AssadAggressor: IsraelDeaths: 10,672 from Assad's fall to September 2025, 8,180 of them civilians (SOHR)Syria · since December 2024 · 🇸🇾 Syria, 🇮🇱 IsraelSyria's transitional government has brought the Kurdish-led SDF into the army, but Suweida remains outside its control, the coastal and Suweida massacres await justice, and Israel occupies the south.
  10. Eastern DR CongoAggressor: Rwanda and M23Deaths: More than 7,000 in January–February 2025 alone, as M23 took Goma and Bukavu (DRC Prime Minister to the UN)Great Lakes, Africa · since 2021 (M23's latest offensive) · 🇨🇩 DR Congo, 🇷🇼 RwandaRwanda-backed M23 still holds Goma and Bukavu and keeps fighting despite the Washington and Doha peace deals, while minerals from the land it holds flow to Rwanda.
  11. Israel and LebanonAggressor: Israel, as the occupying forceDeaths: More than 4,300 in Lebanon by late August 2026 (Lebanese authorities)Lebanon · since March 2026 · 🇮🇱 IsraelHezbollah's March 2026 rocket fire in support of Iran brought an Israeli air campaign and ground invasion that has killed more than 4,300 people and displaced over a million; a June framework has not stopped the fighting.

Armed groups (Hamas, Hezbollah, M23, JNIM, al-Shabaab and others) are described on each war's page but not ranked as nations. Last gathered 2026-10-12.