2006-10-19
Arabs and Tribes
Some excellent articles on Arabs and Tribalism can be found here, here and here. A must read! You might also want to read the much longer "Clash of Civilizations" by Samuel P. Huntington, available here.
The solution to the problem is still the same as it has been since 2004-09-11, namely we need to encourage people to join the tribe of anti-subjugators, a tribe open to anyone of any race, religion, sex or nationality.
UPDATE: This article also mentions something from the first article, and I quote:
"That's largely because of another quirk of Islamic culture, the belief that everything that happens is "God's will." This attitude leads to a widespread lack of personal responsibility, and the failure of the Arab world in particular, and the Islamic world in general, to keep up with the West in terms of economic and social progress."
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The solution to the problem is still the same as it has been since 2004-09-11, namely we need to encourage people to join the tribe of anti-subjugators, a tribe open to anyone of any race, religion, sex or nationality.
UPDATE: This article also mentions something from the first article, and I quote:
"That's largely because of another quirk of Islamic culture, the belief that everything that happens is "God's will." This attitude leads to a widespread lack of personal responsibility, and the failure of the Arab world in particular, and the Islamic world in general, to keep up with the West in terms of economic and social progress."
# posted by Paul Edwards @ 07:18 
