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I am sorry but I cannot agree with you here. Even the Indians dont have any worthwhile image in west
Perhaps I didn't explain myself properly. I have seen the particular comparison you posted; it has been making the rounds on the internet. My point was that that particular comparison is part of the ongoing anti-Muslim media campaign.
Why do I say that?
Because nobody circulates similar comparisons of Hindu/Buddhist/Black/Hispanic/Asian v/s Jewish accomplishments. Those comparisons would showcase a similar disparity, but they do not circulate in the media because such comparisons would be deemed racist and politically incorrect. And, as you noted, the comparison is invalid anyway because of vastly different economic and political stability conditions.
This is not to deny the faults within the Muslim world; we have plenty and some have been discussed in this thread:
http://www.defence.pk/forums/curren...s/6617-why-does-muslim-world-lag-science.html
In fact if the present of the society is geared towards allowing the natural maturation of its constituents then there should be no reason except perhaps luck for excellance to not come up.
I agree. The most you can expect from a society or a country is to provide the right environment for talent to flourish. To that extent, in terms of rags to riches, I can't think of any country in the world that can match Germany and Japan. These countries were utterly devastated by war, yet climbed to the top in a matter of decades.
Germany, around 1890, had the most advanced physics research institute in the world, the largest steel production in continental Europe, and produced more electricity than Britain, France and Italy combined. And all this within 20 years of its birth as a nation in 1871.