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January 06, 2007
Where Are The Arabs?
Farrukh Saleem says they are at the bottom of the pile. He writes the following from Pakistan: Imam Ali Ibn Abi Taleb: "If God were to humiliate a human being He would deny him knowledge"So politically things are not so hot in the Arab world. I do think his phrasing 'League of Dictators' is most felicitous. So how good is the Arab world at turning money into knowledge and knowledge into money? Not too hot. Israel spends $110 on scientific research per year per person while the same figure for the Arab world is $2. Knowledge makes Israel grow by 5.2 per cent a year while "rates of productivity (the average production of one worker) in Arab countries were negative to a large and increasing extent in oil-producing countries during the 1980s and 90s (World Bank; Arab Development Report)."It is very hard to dictate to people with knowledge. They often have their own ideas. All this is built on a foundation of keeping women down. Facts are hard to deny: Most members of the Arab League grant Muslim women fewer rights -- with regards to marriage, divorce, dress code, civil rights, legal status and education. Israel does not. Spain translates more books in a year than has the Arab world in the past thousand years (since the reign of Caliph Mamoun; Abbasid, caliph 813-833).Also note that Arab League per capita income is declining whlie Israel's per capita income is rising. So now you know why the Arabs are Fighting For Self Esteem. They can't earn it any other way. At least under a dictatorship. Also note that the jihadi goal is a caliphate (muslim dictatorship) ruling the world. In other words they want to bring back the dark ages. H/T Israpundit Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 01.06.07 at 12:02 PM |
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