In some relatively secular or multi-religious Islamic countries, this is not the case, Indonesia and Turkey being some examples.

For a multi-ethnic, multi-religious country like Syria, without a strong leader the country would break up and we would have a civil war far worse than in Lebanon.

Myanmar (Burma) is a multi-religious country.

Ethiopia is a multi-religious country.

Serbia is a multi-religious country.

Iraq is a multiethnic, multi-religious and multi-sect country and Arabic and Kurdish are the official languages.

Sri Lanka is also a multi-religious country.

India is a multi-religious country and laws vary depending on the religion of the persons involved in child abduction/custody/access cases.

Vietnam is a multiethnic, multicultural and multi-religious country.

Although Kazakhstan is not a western liberal democracy in our tradition, it is making considerable progress as a multi-religious, secular, Muslim-majority country.