Hi bro justahumane. :)
The majority of the muslims have turned away from the religion of Allaah due to their lusts and desires, or their fear of this world over the fear of disobeying Allaah Almighty. This is common when the majority are ignorant of the true teachings of islaam, some read the Qur'an without even trying to understand what it means, others don't choose to obey some commandments even though we should enter into islaam whole heartedly. [I've spoke about this to you before in other posts so i'll leave it at that for now insha'Allaah.]
Whenever the muslims are living in this world, from the time of the Messenger of Allaah - Muhammad (peace be upon him.) The muslims can compare their situation to the time of the Messenger of Allaah (peace be upon him.)
I'll clarify this abit insha'Allaah. When the message was first revealed, the muslims gave da'wah (invitation) to islaam privately. There were a few muslims who accepted here and there, but it wasn't too popular. After this, the divine revelation was revealed to start inviting people to islaam in public.
As time progressed, the amount of muslims was increasing. When the power at that time (the Quraysh) realised that islaam was a threat to their authority, they started to bribe the muslims to turn back to their ignorant ways. The muslims wouldn't obey them, and the government realised the number increased as time progressed. Now they were really confused, scared that they would lose their authority. What option did they have? They started spreading propaganda about them, slandering the Messenger of Allaah (peace be upon him) and saying that the believers have given up the religion of their forefathers for a new religion. [Even though this was a contradiction because the Muslims were just following the religion of Ibraheem (Abraham) and Isma'eel (Ibraheem's son - Ishmael)
Still, the muslims stayed firm in their faith and still the numbers increased. What can they do now? They started persecuting the believers.
The muslims had no place to run to because there was no islamic state. Some of them moved to Abysinnia (present day Ethiopia) because the king was a just ruler there (Al-Najashi [Negus]), so they were allowed to practise their religion there.
However, some muslims remained in Makkah while the torture continued. After some time, the idea of moving to Yathrib (present day Medinah) was agreed upon. The muslims moved there and this is where they practised their religion, along with the inhabitants of Medinah who had also accepted the religion of islaam. [the two tribes of Al-'Aws and Khazraj (of Medinah) [Known as Al-Ansaar (The Helpers) had accepted islaam due to the fact that they had recieved the message at hajj (the pilgrimage in Makkah, and they had become muslim before the muslims of Makkah moved to Medinah. (The Muhajiroon)]
One of the last people to move to Medinah was Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and this was the beginning of the first Islamic State.
From there, try taking a guess, what stage are we in? :)
Realise that the muslims in spain ruled for many centuries, and the time they gained authority was when the muslim leaders were just, so Allaah sent upon them many blessings. They had the blessed kingdom of Al-Andalus because they applied the law of Allaah, and they strived hard to be just and fair. However, due to the blessings that Allaah Almighty had bestowed upon them - the muslims fell into a big trap. They started preferring this life over the life of the hereafter, which meant they were likely to go against the law of Allaah and disobey Him.
After some time, a land which was blessed by Allaah was removed from the hands of the muslims. Ever since then, the great, blessed empire of Al-Andalus has fallen. The only reason for this is because the muslims turned away from the religion of Allaah.
The Messenger of Allaah (peace be upon him) said:
Rejoice and hope for what will please you! By Allah, I am not afraid of your poverty but I am afraid that you will lead a life of luxury as past nations did, whereupon you will compete with each other for it, as they competed for it, and it will destroy you as it destroyed them. (Bukhari)
We're in the stage of the Makkan period when the muslims were tortured. The one's who speak out are arrested, tortured and abused.
But those who fall into the traps of the attacking regimes may be spared in this world, but the life of this world is only temporary, and Allaah Almighty will judge between us all on what we did.
We will see an islamic state insha'Allaah, but nothing can ever be accomplished except by striving hard to earn that. If we die on the way, insha'Allaah we will see the blessings of the hereafter. If we live long enough, we will see the fruits of our hard work insha'Allaah in this world aswell as the hereafter.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief. (Qur'an Surah Inshirah 94:6)