What certain folks don't understand is that one cannot hurt or attempt to destroy people's religious sentiments. Secularism does not necessarily have to equate into anti-religion.
They tried that in Afghanistan (Communists) and that was how and where the Taliban spawned with an ideology that is almost indestructible.
If you are a raging secularist and go around hurting people religious sentiments and justify them in a Muslim society; believe me you don't want that kind of attention.
Summarize: As long as huge population in a country will remain poor and uneducated religious sentiment will be a big issue there. And religious businessmen will make huge profit there