Syrian Researcher Criticizes Arab Media of Being Biased

#1372 - Syrian-French Researcher Burhan Ghalioun: Islamist Clerics Control Arab Media
Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - 1/22/2007 - 00:02:42

A MEMRI.org VIDEO

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[pjoegoowy]

Wow ... finally a voice that is somewhat reasonable. There is hope :)

[taximax]

Actually, there are a few of these, I've dedicated a theme for which you can see them all in. Enter my playlist called "Lone Voices of Reason".

[gooduniforme]

He said it right on, folks!

From which Arab country do you see new technological developments, international TV shows, hybrid cars, world-famous actors and writers ... ? From none.

He's right: Arab countries are squashed by two forces, Islam and political dictatorship. They are so squashed in their lives between these two elements that no intellectual, cultural, political, or technological flourishing is possible.

Most Arab countries today are impoverished, oppressive, and truly sad!

[myyou1]

@gooduniforme

Peace!

[gooduniforme]

@myyou1 As I said, they had their golden days. It matters not what was in the past with algebra and Avicenna and whatever or whoever else but whether you can adapt to the times and subsequently flourish.

[myyou1]

@gooduniforme

Your examples were technological [TV, hybrid, etc] not cultural. My point was that the conservativsm of a thousand years ago did not prevent them from producing some of the amazing advancement in Science, Technology, and even strong contribustion to medern Humanitarian law.

It is not religion or Conservatism but Modern Western supported dictators of all types (Kings, etc) that is holding back the Muslim world. If you look at western universities, you see faithfull Muslims

[gooduniforme]

@myyou1 Ok, my previous comments were a bit too much, I'd say. Here's the thing: yes, the Arabs had their golden days. But what I think happened is that they stayed behind in conservative society when the rest of the developing world began modernizing and societies became more open. And I think parts of the Arab world are still stuck in the 1500s, juxtaposed in a world of global change, movement and ideas.

[myyou1]

So next time you sit in front of the computer, look at a table, graph or map, or do a little maths, remember these people. Then again, with their discoveries named after them (Algebra and Algorithm) that shouldn't be hard.

And don't forget the computing essential "0". Can you imagine using roman numerals in computing?

Happy computing!

[myyou1]

@taximax

The MEMRI BS which is managed by former Israeli agents and military people is misrepresenting Arab discourse for change. The Arabs and Muslims will be part of the intelectual focus as they were for a thousand year -- while Europe languished unde the Jude-Christian abscurantism.

[myyou1]

The Golden Age of the Jewish people occured in Msulim ruled Analusia (Spain).

Maimonides?

[myyou1]

“Islamic society did not witness the narrow-mindedness, paralysis of thought, barrenness of soul and the fight against science and scientists that Europe witnessed. History says that 32000 scholars were burnt alive! There is no argument that the history of Islam did not see this horrible persecution of freedom .. Muslims had an exclusive knowledge of science in these dark ages. No religion had ever obtained exclusive control of authority, and at the same time gave ... freedom as Islam" Sedillot

[myyou1]

@gooduniforme

Germanintelectual Sigrid Hunke: “This astonishing quick jump on the ladder of civilization - which the sons of the desert made from scratch - deserves to be taken into consideration in the history of human thought. Their subsequent scientific achievements which made them masters of civilized peoples were so unique that they were too great to be compared with others. This invites us to wonder: How has this happened?” - Sig rid Hunke: Allah's Sun over the Occident pp 305,306

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