Yes, West can lose but for different reasons.

Submitted by Romesh Chander (United States), Dec 30, 2006 at 14:12

Syed: You wrote "This proves that Islam finally will win the whole world thru its comparatively good ideals - family life, morality seriousness, etc.

Does the debt-ridden West have enough time to show its impartiality towards the Islamic/Muslim world when it(the West) is feeling the economic pressure from China, India, etc.?

Certainly no.".

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Well, Syed, Islam did not win because of spirtuality of Islam; it won because of its very sharp swords which muslims used indiscriminately and waged Jihad over the last 1300 years. If Islam could win through spirituality, then why do muslims want to come to the decadent (but technologically advanced) west? Why do muslims cry when west even debates about putting restrictions on muslim immigration? After all, nobody has any right to immigrate into another country. And don't tell me that muslims are highly skilled and hence wanted in the west. If they were so highly skilled and educated, they would have done fairly well in their muslim countries under Islamic and dictatorial rulers. No, muslims don't care about spirituality; it is just a political solganism.

Syed, use some common sense and common logic, and you will find flaws in your arguments.

Yes, west can and will probably lose; but because of its own iternal contradictions and NOT because of superiority of Islam. But simply because west can and will lose, does not mean that it will be a gain of Islam; it may be that we all will lose; nobody can predict the future precisely.

In my opinion, because of impending shortages of oil developing over the next few years, rich and industrial societies will lose and poor and non-industrial societies will maintain themselves (but will not gain anything at the expense of rich). Don't worry, Middle East oil is going to exhaust very soon (say 25-30 years); so Middle east will have no particular advantage.

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