It is like Earth. Every 10.000 years Ice Age and Warm Age changes. So we have periods of freedom and periods of conservativism. Now we entered period of conservativism, and this example is consequence. It will change, only question is will it be in our times
If you carefully look, after 1980es, and especially after 1990es, both in christian and islamic world religion going stronger. People think secularism gave them no good, especially was lost care for other humans which were some of goals of religions. People after religious rulling, after being sick and tired of inquisition worked hard to separate religion and state, on west particullaty. But, loosing one God, people needed to replace it with something. That become eventually money. So, rulling of money brought rulling of corporations, die working, if have no money then die, dehumanization, think only about yourself, etc. People are tired of that, and they want changes. Easiest change is return to religion, because it is something they know. Problem is returning to religion is returning to some restrictions in life and conservativism. Stories like this is only one of those aspects of returning to religion.
It would be better if people instead returning to religion, to turn to socialism. Both ways some freedoms were be lost, but issue of conservativism will not be problem