:k: Good post. Morality? Look at corruption (stealing from the people). Pakistan ranks an impressive 145th (Bangladesh is tied for last in 159th), the UK is 11th. The top 27 least corrupt countries are either “kafir” or at least 50% “kafir” (Singapore).
Corruption by country. Definition, graph and map.
I alluded to this in another thread, Pakistani culture is obsessed with sex. This thread is just another in a long line of examples that we all know of. The irony is the same people who think topless women, “zina” are the worst things in the world then turn around and say nothing about people in Pakistan having 10 kids while making 50 cents a day. Which is more harmful to a society? Pakistan’s population was 40 million in 1950, 141 million in 2000, 181 million in 2009 and projected to be 344 million in 2050. Where are these people going to work? Oh yeah, a lot of them are going to rush to the “immoral” UK.
With respect to advancement, the results speak for themselves. During the Age of the West (roughly 1700-present) only two countries have done well without Westernizing: The USSR and China–if present trends continue in China. Japan is Western and India is substantially Western influenced, especially in its politics. However, note the USSR and China were both atheistic Communist nations. So religion blocks Pakistan from taking that path and religion blocks it from following the examples of a dozen plus Western nations…
This is the #1 thing holding certain countries down. There are regulations for nearly everything down to what you wear, what you think, etc. No country can succeed unless they throw the yoke of religion off. It is no coincidence every successful country in the world is secular…