Saif al-Arab
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Can I suggest that rather than it being the salvation, it's one of the main problems?
What the M.E needs is secular states with complete freedom of religion. Something that is a personal choice, not controlled by the state.
Is it any surprise that the most successful states in the M.E (socially, not just in terms of economics) are secular?
Islam has been a stagnant religion and culture for a long time. It's become a politicised religion that does not promote debate or freedoms. It doesn't promote individual success, often doesn't promote education and doesn't exactly pioneer much . It's not dynamic, it's archaic.
Perhaps this is Islam's reformation. Perhaps it needs to go through catastrophic conflicts to come out on the other side a more 'spiritual' version rather than the politicised and militarised we see today.
Can you tell me how well that plan was implemented in the Arab/Muslim world historically from Southern Yemen to Iraq to Afghanistan?
Most Arab/ME states have freedom of religion and most are by large secular. That might come as a shock but it's nevertheless true. Not as secular as your average European country of course but still many secular thoughts have been implemented.
Your last part of your post is nonsense and understand that our value system is different from the one that rules this world which is solely about material wealth and ego. There is more to life than this.
Besides Islam does not place any limitations on education, science, personal success etc. on many fronts it actually encourages this.
Non-Muslims won't understand this.
Besides I can confirm that no entity is fully "Islamic" to begin with.
When it comes to KSA there is little for Muslims to complain about. The only differences that I would call for here and now would be the removal of some silly laws (most if not all have nothing to do with Islam or very little) and some political and social reforms. The latter is tied to the legislation in large.
Of course Jews were there a long time before the word 'Arab' was even known and before the Arabic language was created - so they are completely indigenous and will not be moved by any means.
I thought you might have known that by now, given how many defeats your people have suffered in trying to remove Israel from the middle east. The Jewish people have thrived there despite the adversity they face. In fact, many say that Jews have thrived because of the adversity they face.
If Arabs in the M.E want to know how to create free, stable, democratic countries - they should look no further than to the Jews for advice.
A people that have created an amazing country in just 67 short years.
I believe that one of the sore points for the Arabs (if they're honest with themselves) is that they have seen the Jewish people turn a malaria-infested barren land, into an extremely successful nation that pioneers, innovates and leads in many fields.
Whilst they have gone backwards. Arabs used to pioneer. Not any longer and it hurts them. It hurts their pride. They long for the glory days when the Arab world was respected, not derided. I can understand that.
False. The word "Arab" and the Arabic language is much like the word "Jew" and Jewish language approximately 3000 years old but that does not matter as before the word Arab appeared and Arabic our descendants were part of earlier Semitic civilizations and long before that the first human migrations out of Africa.
We could adopt another identity tomorrow but that would have no relevance on history.
The descendants of Jews and every other ME people lived on the Arabian Peninsula for thousands of years before their descendants migrated to other parts of the planet including nearby Levant. In terms of seniority we are only second to the East and South Africans who are apparently (if we believe science) the forefathers of every person outside of those areas of Africa.
Not sure where Israel came from anyway?
Let me remind you that 21% of your population is Arab and that over 2/3's of all Israeli Jews are Jews from the Arab world (Arab Jews) or partial Arab Jews.
I already told you that most of us who are well-versed in history recognize them as our people too. For instance I don't consider an Yemeni Jew or a Yemeni Arab to be different on any front other than religion. DNA has also confirmed this. Same with all other Arab Jews from Morocco, Iraq, Egypt, Syria etc.
The last 70 years and what went good or bad is irrelevant in the wider picture here as all peoples and civilizations have bad and good periods and what you describe is relevant for some Arab countries but not for other.
In the end it all goes do