The colonial powers that filled the vacuum left by the declining empire had their own militaries, and therefore did not need local forces to govern. But when Europeans withdrew from the Muslim world in the twentieth century, these forces rushed back in to wrest control of politics.
穆斯林国家的军队主导状况随着19世纪早期奥斯曼帝国的灭亡而崩溃。殖民势力填补了帝国衰落之后留下的空缺，它们拥有自己的军队，因此不需要当地力量来进行治理。但当20世纪欧洲人从穆斯林世界撤离时，当地力量死灰复燃，开始角逐政治控制。