Prince Hassan: Arab leaders stole billions from their people

[maro]

I agree that some Arab leaders r corrupt
but the people don't like them anyway
and I hope we are about to git rid of them soon

but we have to change ourselves first

 

[TashaN]

This family is the worst rulers ever.

 

[egroen]

... here, here Djamila. the west would be blessed to learn more about the beauty, history, and people of the middle east.

The middle east has gone through a few Golden Ages, the most recent actually being an Islamic one from about 750 to 1050 (up to 1200, possibly). A common language encouraged the exchange of ideas and Muhammad himself said to "seek learning even as far as China". This attitude toward learning and research especially, was a powerful reason that the sciences developed so much under early Islam. Moreover, Islam encouraged learning in order to read the Qur'an, which begins: "Recite!" -or- "Read!" The House of Wisdom in Baghdad was the greatest think-tank of the medieval world.

The muslims, through their explosive expansion basically inherited the learned persians, greeks and indians before them. During this period of ealry Islam, it was not only allowed, but encouraged that arab scholars stand on the shoulders of those before them.

Slowly, arab leaders began to demonize logic, reason and all learning outside of theology and that attitude is often prevelant in the region today. Schools only began to teach theology. Add the crusades, mongol invasions and much of the middle east drew in upon themselves in feudal isolation. Not too much has changed since then.

-Erin

 

[Ody]

This family is the worst rulers ever.

Once again total Bull, Hitler, Caligula, both make the Jordanian royal family look like toddlers.