Many people in the Arab world actively vote against democracy. When elections happen, they vote for religious dictators. For example, in Algeria's civil war also known as the black decade happened because the Algerian military banned elections after the islamic salvation frontier won the majority of votes. The islamic salvation frontier party wasn't committed to preserving democracy.

Those are the words of their founders:

"In December 1989 Madani was quoted as saying:

We do not accept this democracy which permits an elected official to be in contradiction with Islam, the Shari'a, its doctrines and values.[38][39]

and in February 1989, Benhadj stated:

There is no democracy because the only source of power is Allah through the Koran, and not the people. If the people vote against the law of God, this is nothing other than blasphemy. In this case, it is necessary to kill the non-believers for the good reason that they wish to substitute their authority for that of God.[38][40][41]"

Imagine voting those people into power who openly say they will abolish democracy and kill dissenters. Honestly I think the Algerian military did the right thing. I rather live in a liberal democracy but if I am left with the choice of living in a religious dictatorship or military dictatorship, I rather the latter. In a military dictatorship you lose your political freedoms but in a religious dictatorship you lose your political freedoms, religious freedoms, and personal freedoms.

This example showed why there's difficulty in establishing democracy in Arab countries. Why do you think that happens? What are the causes of those behaviours.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_Civil_War