Why Muslims Lack Science? - DD_120313
Channel: owais sarvasukhsevaka
Date: 13/03/2012

This talk looks at the reasons of educational and thereby economic backwardness in Muslims.  The thesis is that one cannot really be considered 'educated' unless they are capable of independent thinking, i.e., capable of thinking outside of the box in which one's mind is incarcerated by the religious, cultural, social, or any other orthodoxy.  

In this atmosphere of thought policing, deprived of such thinkers as could lead new paths, Muslims are stuck in the morass of a world, entirely of their own make-believe, not entirely unknown to other thusly policed peoples.  Souls tortured thus, often resort to violence.  This, in order to hide their frustration with the chains that they cannot really believe in.  Nor even see.  Unfortunately, as a result of a lifetime of living in a chained mind, they also do not have the wherewithal to figure out for themselves, the real reason of their intellectual and emotional malaise.

This video was originally created as a response to another talk by a famous liberal thinker residing in Pakistan - Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy.  He had put his finger on many issues responsible for Muslims' relative ignorance of Science, but stopped short of deriving some logical conclusions.  

I HAVE, SINCE THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO, STARTED BELIEVING COMPLETELY THAT DR. HOODBHOY'S APPROACH, LIVING AS HE DOES IN PAKISTAN, IS THE DESIRABLE ONE.  SINCE THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO MALALA YUSAFZAI HAS BEEN SHOT.  ALSO, I HAVE SEEN DR. HOODBHOY IS ALSO LOSING PATIENCE: HIS HEATED DEBATE WITH ORIYA AND ABBASI ON MALALA'S BOOK MAKES ME WORRY FOR HIS SAFETY.  DR. HOODBHOY'S FANS OUGHT TO FIND A WAY TO KEEP HIM SAFE.

Finally, one of the notorious copyright claimers of audio content on Youtube claimed their copyright on a little bit of Indian Music that I had used in the credits.  I have therefore recreated the video (without any music), and am reposting it on Youtube. 

In the process, a lot of very good discussion in the comments section has been lost.  However, I have, now, as good as lost any hope of bringing any reform into the Muslim society.  If things keep going as per the writing on the wall, we will probably have a bloody upheaval in this World before Muslims reform themselves.  No point wasting my time trying to reform Muslims...   :-(    ...I now think it is best to uncover Islam for the pernicious ideology that it is, and thus save Muslims from themselves.