That article is just nonsense soren.
Every single Muslim country without exception has abandoned Islam and adopted Western style institutions and ideals. And this is in fact the reason for their stagnation and inability to bootstrap themselves. They have become nothing but persistent client states. Only by returning to Islam will they achieve anything, this is what the West knows and this is what the West fears.
The most frustrating thing for the West must be knowing that they lost their chance with the Muslim world. Back in the 1940's up until about the 1980's, Muslim countries were almost exact clones of the West. Not only were the governments puppets, but the people themselves were actually sold on the idea of the Western culture. Just as an example, take a look at this picture:

This is a famous Saudi family (leave you to guess which one) on holiday in Europe back in the early 1970's, as you can see they look very much like any other Western youth from that period. What happened? What went wrong? Why did that young man (circled) turn so anti-Western and become the leader of a worldwide movement to fight and defeat the Western influence in the Muslim world??
These people tasted the Western lifestyle, they don't want it, contrary to your delusions. They've woken up and realised that the only reason the Western style of society/government works for the West is because they're the ones leading it. It doesn't work for clients. It doesn't work for wannabes.