http://www1.cgen.com/~alona/Harari.doc

"The root of the trouble is that this entire Moslem region is totally dysfunctional, by any standard of the word. [...] The 22 member countries of the Arab league, from Mauritania to the Gulf States, have a total population of 300 millions, larger than the US and almost as large as the EU before its expansion. They have a land area larger than either the US or all of Europe. These 22 countries, with all their oil and natural resources, have a combined GDP smaller than that of Netherlands plus Belgium and equal to half of the GDP of California alone. [...] According to a report prepared by a committee of Arab intellectuals and published under the auspices of the U.N., the number of books translated by the entire Arab world is much smaller than what little Greece alone translates. The total number of scientific publications of 300 million Arabs is less than that of 6 million Israelis.
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It is fair to say that this creates an unprecedented breeding ground for cruel dictators, terror networks, fanaticism, incitement, suicide murders and general decline. It is also a fact that almost everybody in the region blames this situation on the United States, on Israel, on Western Civilization, on Judaism and Christianity, on anyone and anything, except themselves.

Do I say all of this with the satisfaction of someone discussing the failings of his enemies? On the contrary, I firmly believe that the world would have been a much better place and my own neighborhood would have been much more pleasant and peaceful, if things were different.

I should also say a word about the millions of decent, honest, good people who are either devout Moslems or are not very religious but grew up in Moslem families. They are double victims of an outside world, which now develops Islamophobia and of their own environment, which breaks their heart by being totally dysfunctional."

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/EA8B0B3C-FE3B...

http://andrew_redux.blogs.com/redux/2004/05/arab_sel...

http://www.elsohof.com/aboutelsohof.html

http://www.aub.edu.lb/~webbultn/v4n3/

http://www.countrywatch.com/@school/as_wire.asp?vCOUNTRY=140&UID=1120609

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7&section=0&ar...