Unfortunately muslims are the epitome of selfishness

Submitted by Right of Center Filipino (Philippines), Nov 20, 2006 at 05:36

Don't be surprised to find out that the muslim you are interacting with turns out to be someone who is so self-absorbed and self-centered. It's how all muslims are brought up. If you read through Bernard Lewis' What Went Wrong you get the sense that the sons of mohammed believe that theirs is the perfect society that rightfully should inherit the earth.

To them, this is evidenced by the early gains in their history, the first caliphate. At that time they dominated almost all of the civilized near east, africa and parts of europe. They were able to rediscover the ancient knowledge professed by Plato and the other Greek and even Roman intellectuals. They were able to create a hegemony that would dominate the Earth for centuries.

But like all empires they became arrogant and stagnant. They thought that all they had was enough and there was no reason for them to look to the future or strive for greater achievement. They believed that this was all allah wanted them to have and that was good enough for them. And that's when everything started to go wrong.

Other peoples began to innovate, strive for more, think. And all that thinking paid off. Soon as the caliphate began to crumble other countries began to surpass the muslim world until the basket case we call the middle east emerged. As a race that believed that everything is theirs by right, this state of affairs did not sit well with them. "Why are others getting allah's grace when we are his children?" they would think.

That's when they started thinking that all this progress was actually the work of the devil since no heavenly agent would give infidels prosperity. muslims and only muslims are worthy of such progress and wealth! The koran said so! mohammed said so! If we muslims can't have this progress then no one can! It's their way and no one else and they'll blow you up is you say otherwise.

In short these "people" think the world owes them a living and everyone in it is only good enough to be their slaves. It's this insular trabal thinking that dominated their dark age thought process that keeps them back in a primitive state and what will fuel their hatred for the innovation we non-muslims have achieved.

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