When will the Middle East become majority Atheist?

[abaris]

Had the Soviets not invaded, Afghanistan would be more secular.

Or would it? It's always well to remember that everything had a reason. In the case of the Soviet invasion it was the secular government (not very likeable either) fighting against Islamic extremists and calling the Soviets for help, according to a treaty they had with them.

In June 1975, militants from the Jamiat Islami party attempted to overthrow the government. In 1978, the Taraki government initiated a series of reforms, including a radical modernization of the traditional Islamic civil society.[27] Between April 1978 and the Soviet Intervention of December 1979, thousands of prisoners, perhaps as many as 27,000, were executed. Large parts of the country went into open rebellion. The Afghan government, having secured a treaty in December 1978 that allowed them to call on Soviet forces, repeatedly requested the introduction of troops in Afghanistan in the first half of 1979. They requested Soviet troops to provide security and to assist in the fight against the mujahideen rebels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan

So, reduced to it's bare bones it's the usual Cold War clash. With the West arming and training everyone who fought the Soviets. Without knowing or caring who these groups actually were. And the media fed us, that's how I remember it as the 16 year old, which I was in 1979, abundant tales about the brave freedom fighters against the evil empire.