HAPPY 1430 HIJRA

This research was forwarded to me and i feel it is interesting enough to share it with others. Some of the facts may be dated now but still relevant for the central message of the study. Why are Muslims not regarded anywhere in the world? Yet with a clear revelation and message. The seeking of knowledge hold central in the message of the Quran and the Hadith yet, Muslims are ranked very low in academic achievements. Why? The Jews today play the muslims palestinians like a football and use the media to rubbish all other claims, yet the muslims can't seems to organise themselves and responded in a civilise manner to the death and suffering of their fellow brothers and sisters. Why?
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Happy 1430 Hijra
Happy? But situations in the Muslim world is still sad as it was 500 years ago since we relaxed our quest for knowledge. Because of that influence and power shifted to the Christian world - and have remained there ever since. The figures are speaking themselves very loudly but we refuse to listen. Some thoughts - Extracts of speech by Hafez A.B. Mohamed. Director-General, Al Baraka Bank. Demographics: World Jewish population: 14 million Distribution: 7m in America 5m in Asia 2m in Europe100 thousands in Africa World Muslim population: 1.5 billion Distribution: 1 billion in Asia/Mid-East 400m in Africa 44m in 6m in the Americas Every fifth human being is a Muslim. For every single Hindu there are two Muslims For every Buddhist there are two Muslims For every Jew there are 107 Muslims Yet the 14 million Jews are more powerful than the entire 1.5 billion Muslims... Why..? Here are some of the reasons. Movers of Recent History Albert Einstein - Jewish Sigmund Freud - Jewish Karl Marx - Jewish Paul Samuelson - Jewish Milton Friedman - Jewish Medical Milestones Vaccination needle: Benjamin Ruben - Jewish Polio vaccine: Jonas Salk Jewish Leukaemia drug: Gertrude Elion- Jewish Hepatitis B: Baruch Blumberg - Jewish Syphilis drug: Paul Ehrlich Jewish Neuro muscular: Elie Metchnikoff Jewish Endocrinology: Andrew Schally Jewish Cognitive therapy: Aaron Beck - Jewish Contraceptive pill: Gregory Pincus - Jewish Understanding of human eye: G. Wald Jewish Embryology: Stanley Cohen - Jewish Kidney dialysis: Willem Kloffcame - Jewish Nobel Prize Winners In the past 105 years, the 14 million Jews have won 180 Nobel prizes whilst the 1.5 billion Muslims have achieved only 3 Nobel winners. Inventions that changed History: Micro-processing chip: Stanley Mezor - Jewish Nuclear chain reactor: Leo Sziland - Jewish Optical fibre cable: Peter Schultz - Jewish Traffic lights: Charles Adler - Jewish Stainless steel: Benno Strauss - Jewish Sound movies: Isador Kisee - Jewish Telephone microphone: Emile Berliner Jewish Video tape recorder: Charles Ginsburg - Jewish Influential Global Businesses Polo: Ralph Lauren - Jewish Coca-Cola: Jewish Levi's: Levi Strauss - Jewish o Starbuck's: Howard Schultz - Jewish o Google: Sergey Brin - Jewish o Dell Computers: Michael Dell - Jewish o Oracle Computers: Lary Ellison: - Jewish o DKNY: Donna Karan - Jewish o Baskin Robbins: Irv Robbins Jewish o Dunkin' Donuts: Bill Rosenberg - Jewish Influential Policy-makers/ Politicians o Henry Kissinger, US Sec. of State - Jewish o Richard Levin, President Yale University Jewish Alan Greenspan, US Federal Reserve - Jewish o Joseph Lieberman, US Senator - Jewish o Madeleine Albright, US Sec. of State - Jewish o CasperWeinberger, US Sec. of Defence - Jewish Maxim Litvinov, USSR Foreign Minister Jewish o David Marshal, Singapore Chief Minister Jewish Isaac Isaacs, Gov-Gen. Australia- Jewish o Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman - Jewish o Yevgeny Primakov, Russian PM - Jewish Barry Goldwater, US Politician - Jewis o Jorge Sampaio, President of Portugal - Jewish o Herb Gray, Canadian Deputy PM - Jewish o Pierre Mendes, French PM Jewish
Michael Howard, British Home Sec. - Jewish Bruno Kriesky, Austrian Chancellor - Jewish o Robert Rubin, US Sec. of Treasury
- Jewish Global Media Figures o Wolf Blitzer, CNN - Jewish o Barbara Walters, ABC News - Jewish o Eugene Meyer, Washington Post - Jewish o Henry Grunwald, Time Magazine - Jewish o Katherine Graham, Washington Post Jewish o Joseph Lelyeld, New York Times - Jewish o Max Frankel, New York Times
- Jewish Global Philanthropists o George Soros - Jewish o Walter Annenberg Jewish Why are they powerful and why are Muslims powerless? Here's another reason... We have lost the capacity to produce knowledge. o In the entire Muslim world (57 Muslim countries) there are only 500 universities o In USA alone, 5,758 universities o In India alone, 8,407 universities Not one university in the entire Islamic World features in the Top 500 Ranking Universities of the World o Literacy in the Christian world - 90% o Literacy in the Musli world - 40% o 15 Christian-majority countries' literacy rate - 100% o Muslim-majority countries with 100% - None o 98% in Christian countries completed primary education o Only 50% in Muslim countries completed primary education o 40% in Christian countries attended university o In Muslim countries, a dismal 2% attended university o Muslim-majority countries have 230 scientists per million o The USA has 5000 per million o The Christian world - 1000 technicians per million o Entire Arab world - only 50 technicians per million o Muslim world spending on R&D - 0.2% of GDP o Christian world's R&D - 5.0% of GDP Conclusions The Muslim world lacks the capacity to produce knowledge. Another way of testing the degree of knowledge is the degree of diffusing knowledge. o Pakistan: 23 daily newspapers per 1000citizens o Singapore: 460 per 1000 citizens o UK book titles per million is 2000 o Egypt book titles per million is only 17 Conclusion.. . Muslim World is failing to diffuse knowledge. Applying knowledge is another such test. o Exports of high-tech products from Pakistan: 0.9% o In Saudi Arabia only 0.2% o Kuwait, Morocco and Algeria : only 0.3% o Tiny Singapore (4mil pop.) : 68% Conclusion.
Muslim world is failing to apply knowledge. What do you conclude? No need to tell... The figures are speaking themselves very loudly but we are unable to use the ears Allah gave us to listen and eyes to let us see... Advice Please educate yourself and your children. Excuses like lack of money, ability or opening are nothing more than that - excuses. Always promote education, don't compromise on it. We hate to be weak, illiterate and poor but are we too weak to give our children the opportunity to break the curse? Don't ignore your children's slightest misguidance from education... and please, for Allah's sake, don't use your personal contacts to promote your children in their education. If they fail, let them because it will make them learn the sweetness of success. Remember... if they can't do it now, they can't ever. With knowledge comes power, and with it even the small can rule over the big. We are world's biggest but sadly NOT strongest nation. All we need is to identify and explore our inner selves. Insha-Allah, our weapon to victory, our duty to spread God's words and our opportunity save all humankind is best through knowledge, creativity, literacy... And nothing else. Wake up O khalifahs of the land .... Wake up ...