Muhammad Reveals...

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I don't criticize Arabs based on their race.

I only criticize such things as non-democratic/totalitarian regimes (whether religious governments or miltary regimes like Saddam Hussein's), repression of free speech, terror attacks, support of terrorist groups, belief in backwards/archaic customs which are also harmful, religious fanaticism with violent components, and rejection of the need to modernize or reform (ideologically speaking).

While these things can be found to some degree anywhere in the world, the greatest concentration of these negatives is found in the Middle East: in Muslim and/or Arab lands. I don't believe this has anything to do with race but rather has much to do the legacy of their religion their customs and practices. Certain ideologies and systems tend to foster violence and intolerance to a greater degree than do others.

When the Arab/Muslim world opens up ideologically and somehow finds a way to cast aside much of its antiquated ideologies and practices, then we can more realistically hope to see progress made in several areas: democratic, economic and human rights. However since personal freedoms and democracy are the antithesis of what many in the middle East believe is the right way to run things, don't look for this to happen anytime soon. Indeed, the new government in Afghanistan may soon be instituting--of all things--Sharia Islamic law.