No hurt feelings here, just trying to make your sarcasm more productive because its more degenerative.
Where the heck did shoot the messenger come in here. Lets not even get on this tangent. And how about we try not to use the words Mullah, Islamist, Tribal or Jihadist for the sake of our discussion. It’ll render your posts more readible and coherent.
On to your clarifications. I wasn’t alluding to some magic potion that will turn around the fate of muslims. However if we take an unbiased and unpartial look at the muslim countries (emphasis on countries not individual muslims) today, we definitely are under-achievers. If you think so too, I am in agreement with you. For all of us to be in such a state, there has to be a common underlying thread to our problems. Even if we do realize that problem there is a lot of hinderance to addressing the issue, would you agree?
I think you went onto illuminate one of the most chronic problems which collectively all muslim countries face, lack of education and a system/infrastructure to support it. Secondly, my own addition to what you said, corruption. Its widespread top down. Islam is about salvation and following the rules set by Allah SWT. Allah SWT never guaranteed that good muslims will always be on top of the world and scientifically more advanced than other nations or cultures or societies. The scientific laws that govern the mechanism of the universe are for anyone and everyone to understand. Some body who is religious or knows Islam is not necessarily ahead in the curve of scientific research. The fundamental purpose of Islam is to secure your salvation in the next world and live by the code of Allah SWT in this world. The best muslim doesn’t have to be the greatest scientist neither does the best scientist have to be muslim.