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| Muslim countries urged to invest in education | |
| 2007-07-17 | |
| Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi urged Muslim countries on Monday to invest more in education to curb poverty and backwardness, which he called the biggest threats they face in modern times. Speaking at an international conference of Islamic scholars, Badawi said Muslims had fallen far from the era when they were widely respected for their creativity and innovation. “The real threat the Muslims face today is their poverty, their backwardness,” he said in his speech in Kuala Lumpur. “If we want to return to the days of glory, education is the answer.” “We’re lazy seeking knowledge,” he added. “This is the real failure of the Muslim world today.” Malaysian officials have noted that the 57 members of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, the world’s main Muslim political grouping, accounted for only 5 percent of the world’s gross domestic product in 2005 despite comprising 21 percent of the global population.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Education doesn't mean what they think it means! We'll learn 'em one something fierce soon enough. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-17 22:57 |
| #5 I had the impression after a brief visit to the far side of Malaysia that education wasn't a big priority there, either. Am I mistaken? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-07-17 20:14 |
| #4 Muslims had fallen far from the era when they were widely respected for their creativity and innovation. It has been half a millennium or so since Muslims were respected for their creativity and innovation. The only thing you all have produced since then are fatwas and piles of corpses. As long as the Muslim world considers the Koran as the last word on everything from how to wipe your butt to quantum mechanics, the Muslim world will remain poor and stupid. It's the culture, stupid! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-07-17 11:23 |
| #3 Education doesn't mean what they think it means! |
| Posted by: BA 2007-07-17 09:12 |
| #2 Yay! More koran memorization classes. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-07-17 08:09 |
| #1 Translation: Let's set up TWICE as many madrassas! |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-07-17 00:22 |