Have Muslims made a mockery of Islam?

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Re: Have Muslims made a mockery of Islam?

@Ghost14

I disagree. The reason the West surpassed the Muslim world and the East is very complex, but religion is not a big part of it. India, China, and Britain were one of the three places primed to industrialize (based on economic measures) but only the British undertook it, and while it resulted in painful growth, they went on to dominate the world.

If we had desired worldly pleasures, don’t you think our civilization would have been more ruthless (like the West) in the pursuit of said desires? We turned to religion because by all other measures, our civilizations were being surpassed.

Hmmm … taking this further will betray this thread … For now I’ll simply say that you are entitled to your different opinion