Muslims tend to be concerned more about the "afterlife" than life in the "here and now".
True believers don't rise to true, state ruling, positions of power. The power hungry, and those who enjoy the privileges of power, do. Their main concern is maintaining their life of privilege. If that requires a pretense at being a religious fanatic, they are happy to oblige, but it's a pretense.
That is quite the assumption about religious fanatics.....
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence". John Adams
"A dishonest man can always be trusted to be dishonest". Captain Jack Sparrow
