The Fruit of Islam
The fruit never falls far from the
tree. What are the practical results of Islam’s political and cultural ideology?
What is the fruit on the tree? Islam is a complete civilization that rejects
every aspect of kafir civilization as being inferior. Islam’s Golden Age claim
is an assertion that Islam is the superior civilization. The Koran says that
Muslims are the best of nations. [1] How does the best
of nations compare at the level of politics, economics, and culture?
Islam
claims that the Koran is the perfect book with the perfect political and social
doctrine that will make Muslims intellectually superior to kafirs. Remember
that the Koran is the perfect recording of the mind of infinitely intelligent
god, Allah, so Muslims should be the absolute leader in knowledge and ideas.
Islam is the finest, most perfect idea that can exist.
Knowledge
First, a personal question: what Muslim author have you read lately? That is a personal
approach and since this book is about objective reasoning, we need objective
data. The United Nations has put together a series of four books that measure
Arab society. Now Arabs are a minority of Muslims, but there is little data
about Islam as an entire civilization and so the Arabs have to represent all
of Islam. The Arabs are the oldest Muslims and Saudi Arabia can make a claim
to being the most perfect Islamic nation. Mohammed was from there, and the Koran
makes special claims about the Quraysh tribe and Arabs in general. So the Arabs
are not a perfect measure but they are the best measure.
The most popular way to move information
today is the Internet. England has about 48% of its population connected to
the Internet; while Saudi Arabia has 2% of its population connected to the Internet [2] . High-income nations have 380
computers per thousand people. Arab nations have 20 computers per thousand people.
The world as a whole has 80 per thousand.
But there is not as much need for
a Muslim to explore the information on the Internet. “Starting in early childhood,
the [Arab] child becomes accustomed to suppressing her or his inquisitive and
exploratory tendencies.” [3]
The education curricula “seem to
encourage submission, obedience, subordination and compliance, rather than free
critical thinking.” [4] This lack of critical thinking
can be seen in patents. Over a 20-year period, Saudi Arabia got 171 patents,
while South Korea to 16,328 patents. [5] This is a natural result from the research and development funding.
Sweden spends 3.1% of its GNP on research, while the Arab states spend 0.2%. [6] Switzerland has 79.9 frequently cited scientific papers per
million of citizens. Saudi Arabia has 0.07 frequently cited papers per million
of citizens. [7] What that means is that Saudi Arabia published 1 paper that was frequently cited
by others.
The thirst for knowledge can be seen
in that in the five-year period from 1970-75 only 330 books were translated
per year. There have been only 10,00 books translated into Arabic in the last
1200 years. [8] That is less than one book per
year over the centuries. As a comparison, Spain translates 10,000 books per
year into Spanish. In scientific publications the industrialized nations generate
about 6 publications per ten million citizens, while the Arab countries create
about 0.1 per ten million citizens. [9]
There is no known indicator that shows even an area of superiority to kafir culture,
except one—books published on religion. The world as a whole devotes about 5%
of its books to religion, but Arab countries devote 17% of its book publishing
to religion. Islamic Arab countries publish 340% more books on religion than
kafirs, while, in general, obtaining about 10% of the intellectual results in
all other areas.
It is not that the kafir countries are that much better than Muslim countries,
but that Islamic nations are so much worse. Islamic intellectual philosophy
is to follow Mohammed in a rote, mechanical way and that practice makes for
a substandard intellectual competitiveness. Even in religious matters, a Muslim
is not supposed to ask difficult questions or challenge the imam.
Arab government effectiveness
The UN report includes a measurement called an “indicator of government effectiveness
and corruption”. The indicator uses a few hundred variables that measure perception
of governance derived from 25 sources provided by 18 different organizations.
One survey showed that 61% of respondents
knew of favoritism and 50% knew of bribery that was used in government during
the last year. In addition the leading way to avoid a penalty is favoritism
and bribery. [10]
Voice and Accountability is a cluster
of indicators measuring civil and political rights. For North America, the indicator
is 1.3. The indicator for Arab governments is negative 1.2. [11] This is worse than Africa, usually the bottom of any list.
The Political Stability indicator
measures the likelihood of the government being overthrown. The indicator for
Europe is 0.7; the Arab states is minus 0.8. [12]
Government Effectiveness measures
the quality of services. The index of Government Effectiveness is 1.7 for North
America and negative 0.6 for Arab states. [13]
Rule of Law measure the extent to
which legal provision enjoy confidence and are adhered to. The indicator for
Rule of Law is 1.7 in North American and minus 0.4 for Arab governments. [14]
The Control of Corruption indicator
measure the extent of corruption. For North American this indicator is 1.8;
for Arab states it is negative 0.4. [15] Only Africa is
worse.
None of this corruption and incompetence should be a surprise. Mohammed laid down
the ethics and philosophy of government. He was a tribal chief who was an absolute
tyrant. He advised others to kill, lie and deceive as a basis for establishment
of government. Violence was used to bring others under control. Favors were
dispensed for whatever his current needs were. There were complaints as to how
he gave money to favorites, including his family. Anyone who opposed him was
assassinated. Mohammed used to give money to those he thought would make them
lean towards Islam. He used money to buy influence. Why is it surprising that
Muslims would use bribery and favoritism as a method of government? Mohammed
did it; bribery is Sunna. The fruit does not fall far from the tree.
Human Development
The UN defines human development as making the best use of capabilities and the
economic, political and social opportunities that are available. It would make
sense that the best of nations would have the greatest human development.
Sociologists use an index, Human
Development Index, HDI that measures life expectancy, education, freedom and
wealth. The best score is a zero and the lowest score is 100. North America
has an HDI of 8 and the Arab states have an HDI of 75 [16] .
The UN also uses a Freedom Score
to measure political freedom. A value of 1 is best and zero is the worst. North
America has a Freedom Score of 0.9 and the Arabs states score is 0.15 [17] .
Women
The Arab states have one of the world’s
lowest rates of female education. In Arab states “half of the women are illiterate
as compared to a third of the men.” [18] “The rate of illiteracy in the Arab world is higher than the
world average and higher even than for developing nations.” [19]
The Arab nations have the world’s
lowest rate of women earning money, 33%, even lower than Sub-Saharan Africa. [20]
In share of women in parliament,
the Arab states are the world’s lower percentage. [21]
All of these results are from the theory of Islam. None are surprising. According
to Islam, a woman only has worth in having children and pleasing her husband.
Conclusion
There is no known area of civilization that is measurable that Arabs do not finish
either last or next to last. There is a good reason—Islam. Islam’s civilizational
doctrine shapes everything. The educational system that creates ignorance, lack
of creativity, narrowness, and prejudiced views is based upon Islam. Islamic
religious doctrine teaches total submission to the doctrine. Total submission
means rote learning. The Hadith forbids questioning. Doctrine teaches that not
only is Islam right in all matters, but Islam is all that matters and the kafirs
are always wrong and hated by Allah. Learning from kafirs is resisted and done
primarily in technology.
Islamic political doctrine is based upon a mass of people who are slaves to the doctrine
of political Islam. The slave is the ideal citizen. The Sunna is that Mohammed
rose to power with the sword and was an absolute ruler. Out of thousands of
pages of source doctrine that teach absolute obedience to the leader, Mohammed,
less than a page shows an example of democracy by him consulting with others
about decisions. Mohammed spoke and all obeyed.
[1] Koran 2:143 We have made you [Muslims] the best
of nations so that you can be witnesses over the world and so that the messenger
may be a witness for you.
[2] Arab Human Development Report 2003:
Building a Knowledge Society, UN Publications, 2003, pg. 46.
[3] Arab Human Development Report 2003:
Building a Knowledge Society, UN Publications, 2003, pg. 51.
[4] Arab Human Development Report 2003:
Building a Knowledge Society, UN Publications, 2003, pg. 53.
[5] Arab Human Development Report 2003:
Building a Knowledge Society, UN Publications, 2003, pg. 71.
[6] Arab Human Development Report 2003:
Building a Knowledge Society, UN Publications, 2003, pg. 73.
[7] Arab Human Development Report 2002,
Towards Arab Human Development, UN Publications, 2002, pg. 67.
[8] Arab Human Development Report 2003:
Building a Knowledge Society, UN Publications, 2003, pg. 67
[9] Arab Human Development Report 2003:
Building a Knowledge Society, UN Publications, 2003, pg. 78.
[10] Arab Human Development Report 2004,
Towards Freedom in the Arab World, UN Publications, 2005, pg. 139.
[11] Arab Human Development Report 2004,
Towards Freedom in the Arab World, UN Publications, 2005, pg. 140
[12] Arab Human Development Report 2004,
Towards Freedom in the Arab World, UN Publications, 2005, pg. 140.
[13] Arab Human Development Report 2004,
Towards Freedom in the Arab World, UN Publications, 2005, pg. 140.
[14] Arab Human Development Report 2004,
Towards Freedom in the Arab World, UN Publications, 2005, pg. 141.
[15] Arab Human Development Report 2004,
Towards Freedom in the Arab World, UN Publications, 2005, pg. 141.
[16] Arab Human Development Report 2002,
Towards Arab Human Development, UN Publications, 2002, pg. 22.
[17] Arab Human Development Report 2002,
Towards Arab Human Development, UN Publications, 2002, pg. 27.
[18] Arab Human Development Report 2005,
Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World, UN Publications, NY, 2006, pg.
74.
[19] Arab Human Development Report 2005,
Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World, UN Publications, NY, 2006, pg.
80.
[20] Arab Human Development Report 2005,
Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World, UN Publications, NY, 2006, pg.
85.
[21] Arab Human Development Report 2005,
Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World, UN Publications, NY, 2006, pg.
95.
Bill Warner, September 15, 2009
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