On the authority of 'Adi Ibn Hatim (ra), it is reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah reciting this Qur'anic verse:

" They have taken their rabbis and their monks as lords beside Allah and [they take as a lord] Al-Maseeh, 'Eesaa, the son of Maryam, yet they were not commanded but to worship One God: None has the right to be worshipped but He - Praise and Glory to Him: [Far is He] from having the partners they associate [withHim]" (Qur'an 9:31)

When the prophet pbuh finished reciting, he said to him : "We don't worship them." The prophet said: "Do they not forbid what Allah has permitted and do you not then forbid it (to yourselves), and do they not make permissible for you what Allah has forbidden, and do you not then make it permissible (to yourselves)?" I replied: "Certainly!" He said: "That is worshipping them." (Narrated by At-Tirmizi, who graded it as Hasan)
Here i have a remark: muslims governments allow what Allah has forbidden (They allow drinking wine, they allow adultery, they allow ribaa...etc) and they forbid what Allah the almighty has allowed, if we obey them in disobeying Allah so we are being considered as their worshippers, so we are associating others with Allah which is a sin leading to hell ...

May Allah save us