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To: tejek who wrote (222052)	3/4/2005 9:54:10 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576610

Oil is not a Muslim contribution to society and the advancement of humanity. Besides, it was Western dollars and Western know-how that made oil a necessity and figured out how to extract oil in the first place. Muslims no more contributed oil to society than I am contributing to the air you breathe. I read recently that the number of new books created in the Muslim world today is less than at the least enlightened times of the Muslims during the 6-7th centuries. Pretty pitiful. If you measured their contribution in terms of intellectual contribution, there's an astounding paucity. So how can Muslims become great again? Well, it's not through terrorism or through acceptance of despotism. It's through helping themselves. And we can help them too, be providing the muscle that they lack right now to stand up to mad mullahs and dictators. Then maybe one day Muslims can reach the elevated state that they once enjoyed a millenia ago. And we'll all be better for it.