The screwed up world of Islam.

Back in the rosy days of Islam, in Spain, Muslims were on the verge of breaking out into a new age of science, of critical thinking and into what Christian Europe (after overcoming the obstacles placed in its path by Christian fundamentalists) later experienced as "renaissance".

Sadly for the Muslims the forces of Islamic beliefs were too strong to overcome and they remained mired in religiousity, their scholars and scientists denied freedom to do their work, even to express their opinions in the light of historical facts. Even to this day Muslims cannot, for example, say anything negative about Muhammad the "prophet" for fear of being set upon and beaten to death. They cannot entertain the idea that a state can be secular where religion is kept out of politics. Which is why when there are democratic elections the islamic parties always win, as it has happened in Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt.


It never occurs to them that their religion might be a millstone around their neck.