After the Renaissance, people were enlightened and stood against the traditional authority of the monarch to rule. In order to get rid of the tradition of the king rule which brought chaos and destruction, a need for central government was necessary.
Individual freedom was important as each and every person's right cannot be neglected in a democratic country. Liberty was required for the free man to take decisions. And Equality was important so that the rich doesn't get richer and poor doesn't get poorer.
Islamists believed that the middle eastern nations were in decline because they thought that the Middle Eastern nations were not following the moral teachings and laws of Islam.
Both Hammurabi and Moses recorded a complex system of laws which were unique to their times. Hammurabi claimed to receive his code from the Babylonian god of justice, Shamash. Moses received God's Law atop Mount Sinai directly from Jehovah, the God of the Israelites.
