But on the Arab side, only Lebanon had three consecutive years of relatively strong political rights - before the 15-year civil war that began in 1975 - and no country experienced five consecutive years of strong rights. A non-Arab Muslim country in the period from 1972 to 2000 was almost 20 times more likely to be electorally competitive than an Arab Muslim-majority country.
但在阿拉伯世界，只有黎巴嫩在1975年爆发的15年内战之前，曾连续3年享有较强的政治权利，而没有任何国家能连续5年得到高分。1972到2000年间，非阿拉伯穆斯林国家拥有"选举竞争力"的几率是阿拉伯穆斯林国家的20倍。