notes I took after reading Bernard Lewis book
I still believe most jihad chatter is a violent response to frustration in the failure of an entire Islamic empire, religion, and economy
even where they had oil wealth, they have had economic failure
they overspent in Saudi Arabia, just like in the USA
they copied our system, developing intermediate industries wisely, but built marble cities in the sand, and built an entire Las Vegas look-alike city for sin
Saudi has the largest per capital federal debt load in the world, along with 25-30% unemployment
personally, I believe they accelerated their own decline after Yasser Arafat took charge of educational systems (mostly in Palestine) which preached anti-jewish thought
this sentiment spread, as far as to Iran and maybe Pakistan
anytime hate is the cultural emphasis, most else falters
Bernard Lewis puts it well in two books
he is a Princeton Professor who appears from time to time on educational TV networks
much of his learning years were based upon Turkey
/ jim
NOTES FROM LEWIS:
- Islam refuses to grow its internal institutions outside the religious sector
- Islam refuses to educate its women properly, but relies upon them to teach children up to age of 6 when they enter school
(HALF THE POPULATION IS UNEDUCATED)
- Islam for decades refused to learn foreign languages, relying instead on foreigners to come to them
(THEY DID)
- Islam refused to attempt to develop weapons, and rather relied upon Europeans to provide military equipment and material for them
(THEY DID NOT DURING CONFLICTS, WHICH RESULTED IN THE CARVING OF TURKISH EMPIRE TO HUNGARY, RUSSIA, AND OTHERS)
- Islam refused to develop an array of foreign embassies abroad, relying on foreigners instead to come to them
(THEY DID)
- Islam failed to provide adequate educational systems, instead allowing them to be mosque extensions, which failed to properly teach math and the sciences
(THEY WERE WORLD LEADERS IN THE FIRST MILLENIUM)
- Islam refuses to allow evolution politically, beyond monarchies and military dictatorships, having no sense of democracy or democratic institutions
(THEIR ALTERNATIVE IS EXCLUSIVELY CLERICAL FASCISM)
AN UTTER AND COMPLETE HORRENDOUS CULTURAL FAILURE
WHICH HAS BEEN HEAPED UPON THE WORLD AS TERRORISM |
