Sorry State of Islam

Armstrong Williams wrote a terrific piece today about the real source of the current sad state of Islam. He's got some very interesting points about the reasons for the likely self-destruction of the religion. Of course his article is more comprehensive than what I've used, so go to www.Newsmax.com, look for the archived article The Sorry State of Islam by Armstrong Williams and read the whole thing.

"Over the past 200 years, the Muslim world has fallen far behind the Western world in terms of military power, science and economic prosperity. In a very real way, the Muslim world has had to confront the reality of having lost a war – of having witnessed the slow recession of its culture.

Of course the root cause of the Muslim world's erosion over the past 200 years is not Western culture. The Muslim world's tendency toward a monolithic, totalitarian model of leadership has stifled economic development, thrusting much of the Muslim world into poverty.

What's particularly disgusting and disgraceful is the way that Muslim leaders repudiate America and Europe, but cannot bring themselves to find fault in the Muslim dictatorships that are responsible for so much of Muslims' poverty and death. Instead, the spokesmen for Islamic extremism refer to their terror attacks as part of a holy war. This rhetoric gives young people the feeling that they are liberating their homelands (they are not)."
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Source: Newsmax.com, The Sorry State of Islam by Armstrong Williams 7/15/05.