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In reply to the discussion: Islam, as it is practiced by a majority of muslims in the world, is a regressive force. [View all]Kurska
(5,739 posts)Many Gulf nations are incredibly rich. Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan are far closer to first in terms of human development than poor regions of Africa.
Nor does it have anything to do with white vs. people of color. Asian Nations like Japan, Korea and China are worlds better on social policies (though far from perfect) than the majority of the Muslim world. Same story from Latin America, even the most economically and developmental backward nations with long histories of colonialism are miles ahead of the Muslim world on human and minority rights.
Are you really going to claim that Bolivia is more economically advanced than Egypt? Or that Latin America has seen less influence via colonialism in the past 300 years than the Muslim World? Trying to tie it purely to these issues doesn't mesh with fact.
The point is that Muslim majority nations are well behind where their human and economic development says they should be.