“And religion isn’t strong enough to override that.”
A discarded religion, perhaps, but what of Islam? It remains unapologetically ancient in its professed mores and is impervious to the kind of “reform” Christianity has been put through by the crackpot left in its ranks. When the bow breaks, might Islam present itself as the way to return to societal sanity? It is deceptive in its appearance of holding to a traditional form of healthy society (pro marriage, family, against abortion), while being full of the dead men’s bones of dead religion (they are anti-Christ and, therefore really of the devil).
A cure worse than the disease, but still possibly appealing to a lost, godless generation.
As things deteriorate into chaos, Islam is going to look pretty good to a lot of wretched people.
I fear that you may be correct, but keep in mind that the only reason it is obeyed in the muslim countries is because it is enforced under the rule of sharia law. In other words, without fear of barbaric punishment, most wouldn’t uphold those traditions either.