What is the cost of practicing Islam?

By Mumin Salih

RECENTLY, there have been many writings trying to explain why Muslims in general tend to underachieve compared to others. It is ironic that Muslims own the largest oil reserves in the world but their countries remain underdeveloped.
You can read this article by Thierry Gattuso addressing the same issue. Apparently, the article was read by a Muslim intellectual who came up with the solution that more Islam is needed. You can read the comments of Ali Sina on the response of Muslims to the crisis in this article.

Muslims seem to behave like drug addicts who always need more of the same stuff to relieve their withdrawal symptoms. Muslims just cannot face the crisis head on and cure themselves from this seventh century ideology; instead, they ask for more. This stimulated me to write this essay about the price we are paying for practicing Islam and the price humanity has paid for keeping Islam alive for so long.

Although I am not an economist, I delved into this topic to highlight the sheer economic non-sense inherent in Islam. This analysis will remind us of some idea of what sort of money we are talking about, rather than being an accurate estimate of the price that the Muslims pay for practicing their faith. Mind you, in this analysis, I have not even taken into account the price we are paying for jihad because all the money in the world does not bring back one lost life. Mohammed ruled in Medina for only ten years, during which he fought over seventy aggressive wars! This tradition of Islamic warfare continued immediately after his death and has been continuing up to our time.

Entire article here : http://www.islam-watch.org/MuminSalih/PriceofIslam.htm