On: Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science (2011)

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When Muslims rule over anywhere, they don't exploit, loot, and abuse their resources for their own selfish advantage. That's the biggest difference that has led the West to remain powerful and prosperous while the Arab and Muslim world have been in this situation for so long.

[BlackJack → mavili]

That's not even close to true. Look at the massive growth of slavery and religious violence under Arab and Muslim conquest across Asia and Africa.

Arab and Western conolialism have different flavors but enormous exploitation and abuse.

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Muslims also don't murder adversaries' scientists.