Country Quote by Mohammed Mahdi Akef

Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered,…

— Larry Elder

In spite of this fact, the Western powers have never given sufficient importance to the Muslim world. They have always been inclined to treat…

— Aly Khan

Ever since our country came into existence, we have always assumed that we are better than the Arabs. But we are noticing that these…

— Tom Segev

Where I work, in the Arab region, people are busy taking up Western innovations and changing them into things which are neither conventionally Western,…

— Shereen El Feki

Some people say that the West has a cruel history. These people also may see the achievements of Western countries - in terms of…

— Dalai Lama

The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive.

— James Surowiecki

The idea that Arabia is best run by Arabs is no more palatable to Western leaders today than it was to Napoleon or Churchill.

— Stephen Kinzer

Eastern Muslim countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, are relative success stories, as they are not afflicted by the Arab heritage of retreat and…

— Conrad Black

Successful nations make a point of trying to learn from their neighbors. The Arab world has been taught over generations only to hate theirs.

— Bret Stephens

In the West, you have always associated the Islamic faith 100 percent with Arab culture. This in itself is a fundamentalist attitude and it…

— Youssou N'Dour

The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for…

— Abu Bakar Bashir

If the West wants to have peace, then they have to accept Islamic rule.

— Abu Bakar Bashir