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Poverty in Islamic Nations
Part 1 The War from the East
• Session 1.1 Is This War?• Session 1.2 Islam – One of the Great
Monotheistic Religions• Session 1.3 The Fight for the Soul of Islam• Session 1.4 Dar al-Islam – The House of War• Session 1.5 The Global Caliphate• Session 1.6 Islam – Religion of Peace?• Session 1.7 The History of the Conflict• Session 1.8 Poverty in Islamic Nations
Outline
• Overview• Religious Freedom• Economic Freedom• Political Freedom• Freedom of Enquiry • Corruption• Technological Deficit• The Root of the Problem
The Poverty
Overview
The Decline of Islam
• Islam has declined from its “Golden Age of Andalusia”- into poverty
• She has fallen behind the West and East Asia
• The reason is a change in “mindset”– Figuratively from Mecca to Medina– From persuasion to sword– From “revelation + reason” to “revelation only”
Religious Freedom
Three Classic Positions
• Freedom of Religion – Judeo-Christian Theism
• Freedom from Religion – Secularism
• Tyranny of Religion – Jihadism
The corollary, namely, that religious liberty begets economic freedom is now provable.
Theodore Roosevelt Malloch, PhD Founder & Chairman
Spiritual Enterprise Institute
The countries with the least religious liberty also suffer the worst economic freedoms and are lacking in political rights.
Lack of Religious Liberty
Figure 1.1: Religious Freedom by Area
Religious Freedom Rating
North Africa and West Asia Western Europe and North Atlantic
1 Ireland, United States
2 Austria, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Norway,Portugal, Spain, Sweden
3 Israel Belgium, France, Germany, Greece
4 Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman
5 Algeria, Kuwait, Libya, Syria, Tunisia,Turkey, Yemen
6 Afghanistan, Bahrain,Egypt, Pakistan, Palestinian Areas
7 Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Center for Religious Freedom - Survey Files (2007)The Range of Religious Freedom by Paul Marshall
Figure 1.2: Religious Freedom by Religious Background
Religious Freedom Rating
Catholic Judeo-Christian Orthodox Islam
1 (Most free) HungaryIreland
EstoniaUnited States
2 Austria, Brazil, Chile,Ecuador, Guatemala,Italy, Lithuania,Portugal, Spain
Botswana, Denmark,Norway, South Africa,Sweden
Ukraine MaliSenegal
3 Argentina, Belgium,France, Nicaragua,Peru, Philippines,Venezuela
Kenya BulgariaGreeceRomania
4 MexicoSlovakia
Tanzania Armenia, Georgia,Macedonia, Moldova,Russia, Serbia
Jordan, Kosovo,Kyrgyzstan,Malaysia, Morocco,Oman
5 Columbia Zimbabwe Algeria, Azerbaijan,Bahrain, Comoros,Egypt, Indonesia,Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya,Syria, Tajikistan,Tunisia, Turkey,Yemen
6 Cuba Belarus Afghanistan,Bangladesh,Mauritania, Pakistan,Palestinian Areas
7 (least free) Iran, Iraq, MaldivesSaudi Arabia,Sudan, Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan
Center for Religious Freedom - Survey Files (2007)The Range of Religious Freedom by Paul Marshall
Religious Freedom and Civil Liberties
Economic Freedom
Economic Freedom
GNP “The combined gross national
product of twenty-two Arab states … was less than that of Spain.”
Fouad AjamiThe Foreigner’s Gift
Political Freedom
Freedom and World Population
From Freedom House’s 2008 Global Survey of Political Rights and Civil Libertieshttp://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/fiw08launch/FIW08Tables.pdf
Freedom
Political Freedom
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of the Press
Corruption
Corruption Index
Technological Deficit
The Root of the Problem
Culture
The Mind, Not the Ground
• Arabs see their resources coming from the ground.
• They demonstrated during the “Golden Age of Andalusia” that the mind of the Muslim people was the key to development.