The white Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque with its gold dome beside a lagoon and a ceremonial barge in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Photo: Uhooep, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Destinations

One dossier per country, from residence routes to everyday Muslim life.

All destinations

The Index

Top 10, by the criterion you choose

Fourteen Muslim-majority countries, one public dataset per criterion. Change the criterion and the order changes: that is the point. No single list defines a best country.

  1. 01Malaysia12
  2. 02Qatar31
  3. 03Kuwait49
  4. 04Oman60
  5. 05Morocco65
  6. 06Jordan68
  7. 07Indonesia69
  8. 08United Arab Emirates73
  9. 09Tunisia77
  10. 10Saudi Arabia95

Rank out of the countries covered (1 = most peaceful). The 2026 edition was the latest published on 12 Nov 2026, so it is used instead of 2025. Brunei is not covered by the index (null). A national rank does not describe a particular city or the effect of regional events after the data cut-off.

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Visas and settling in

Information from official portals, dated. Not legal advice.

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The data

What stands behind every page.

14countries compared
7public criteria
140dated sources cited
12dossiers and guides
IndonesiaTunisiaJordanUnited Arab EmiratesUAEQatarKuwaitOmanTurkeyTurkeyMalaysiaMalaysiaBruneiSaudi ArabiaMoroccoMoroccoEgyptEgyptBahrain
Dark: the fourteen countries of our comparison. Labelled countries have a dossier. Map: Natural Earth, public domain.

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