A Critical Analysis of 'Real Islam'. Its People ... - Bukti dan Saksi

colleges and universities pumping out more Islamic brown shirts. In the case of Islam, excessive diversity
is irresponsible and means only one thing …national suicide.
Until -all- Muslims abandon the philosophy of violent Islamic Jihad, survival dictates that we must
protect ourselves from militants committed to, and engaged in, such vile activities. To do so we must seek
and apply the rule of law, but it would also be wise to present alternate social, religious, economic and
political options to the many good, kind-hearted Muslims living among us still bound to what amounts to
a totalitarianism system deliberately disguised as a religion of peace. But in its conduct with non-Muslims
over time, that religious disguise is becoming paper-thin, becoming even more translucent daily as the
evidence against it continues to mount.
Islamic Economics 101
The renowned scholar Bernard Lewis tells us that Arabia was once, by middle-age standards, a great
civilization. For reasons to be explored here, the hard facts on the ground today are that economies in
predominately Islamic lands have been in steady decline for at least the last four-centuries. It is common
knowledge that the economic performances of Islamic lands are pathetic when compared to Western
industrialized nations. The July 2002 U.N.'s "Arab Human Development Report," written by Arab
intellectuals, painted a surprisingly accurate picture of Arabic societies. With a collective population
roughly that of the United States, the 22 Arab states have:
• A total GDP less than Spain's, with exports (without oil) less than Norway's, and per capita
income less than one-sixth that of Western democracies (sorry, no credit for terror exports).
• Fewer Internet connections per person than even Sub-Saharan Africa, and fewer books translated
into Arabic over the past 100 years than even Spain translates in an average year.
• No visible presence in main arenas of human excellence today — Nobel-prize winners, World
Cup finalists, Olympic medal-winners, breakthrough scientists, leading historians, international
business successes, internationally recognized leaders like Gandhi or Martin Luther King.
• No democratic civil or political rights, sub-standard human rights for her own peoples, virtually
none for women or infidels. No political visionaries of any kind. Instead what we see produced
are more dictators and despots.
• Dismal standard of living, few legitimate business or economic opportunities, poor health care,
and education systems that churn out religious fanaticism and little else.
These sad facts are the hallmarks of a civilization devoid of legitimate, democratic government and
free-market economies. Despite all the claims otherwise, neither quality nor longevity of life are byproducts
of fundamental Islam. The reasons for this poor performance is obvious to everyone except the
poor inhabitants of these areas. Numerous human social experiments in communism and pure socialism
have shown convincingly that when you remove freedom and economic incentive, productivity and
innovation languish. If it were not for the oil in the ground, the productive output of Arab lands would be
at the bottom of undeveloped third-world countries. Except for a handful of fortunate countries with
massive natural resources (oil), all majority Muslim countries fall into the category of economically "less
developed nations". But the reasons for this go beyond the lack of free-market opportunities and
mechanisms. The continuing lack of Muslim economic success is a direct result of a culture and practices
dictated by oppressive Islamic principals. The lack of innovation and growth is a direct result of
incompetence, corruption, or over-regulation on the part of ‘religious’ governments. The condition is
obvious, even to Muslims, but the root causes are not so easy for otherwise intelligent Muslims to
identify. The usual reaction is both typical and predictable, …the West must be at fault, nothing bad could
possibly come from the worlds ‘best’ religion. Within this construct, the only solution which can be
proffered is to return to more pure Islamic values, and to attack Western hegemony with Jihad. As such,
the erroneous diagnosis and prescription guarantees a continuation of the patients predicament. This
culture of blame can not produce either introspection nor reform. Indeed, in terms of achievement, Arab
leaders lack standing to criticize any country, culture, or society. Without excellence in any endeavors
today, Arabs look silly as they continue to disparage others and export misery and terrorism. This