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so why doesn't he come and give a lecture in a Pakistan or only foreign people will have the honor of listening him.
I hope to God Musharraf becomes President again. I can't take Zardari's stupidity anymore.
This is old news but due to the Pakistani NYC bomber this is warranted in a thread. What Pervez Musharraf has said is absolutely correct and this shows what a great mind he has.
Musharraf berates Muslim world
By Zaffar Abbas in Islamabad
Saturday, 16 February, 2002, 16:04 GMT
Musharraf wants young Muslims to study in the West
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said Islamic countries will remain backward unless they concentrate more on scientific and technological development.
Muslim nations are internally involved in fratricidal conflicts and perceived by the outside world as terrorists with little attention being given on their uplift, he said.
General Musharraf made his comments in an address to a conference of science and technology attended by ministers from Muslim countries.
President Musharraf said the time had come for Islamic nations to take part in collective self-criticism.
Once such an assessment is made, it would not be difficult to realise that the entire Islamic world was far behind the developed world, he argued.
'The most unhealthy'
The Muslim Ummah, or the Islamic world, he said was presently living in darkness.
"Today we are the poorest, the most illiterate, the most backward, the most unhealthy, the most un-enlightened, the most deprived, and the weakest of all the human race," he told the delegates.
Musharraf wants to rid Pakistan of extremism
President Musharraf then made a comparison of the economic growth in Islamic countries with some developed countries.
While the collective Gross National Product of the all Muslim countries stands at $1,200bn, that of Germany alone is $2,500bn and that of Japan $5,500bn.
He said one of the main reasons for this disparity was that none of the Muslim countries had ever paid any attention to educational and scientific development.
He asked the countries participating in the conference to concentrate on scientific and technological development in order to compete with the developed world.
The real jihad
The Pakistani leader suggested the setting up of a multi-billion dollar fund for such a purpose.
Beside this, he said, there was a need for creating centres of excellence in the field of science and technology.
He also called for the creation of scholarships for young scientists to seek knowledge from universities in developed countries.
President Musharraf described it as the real jihad, or holy war.
Unless this was done, the Islamic world and Muslims would always be perceived as backward, illiterate - those who only indulge in extremism and violence.
BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Musharraf berates Muslim world
LONG LIVE MUSHARRAF!!
Cheers mushy for the advice......why did you not do any of the things you mentioned when you where in power?
Mushy would never get elected into power fairly!
Whilst I totally agree with Musharraf's advice, wish etc. for the improvement in the Social conditions such as Education, Health and Social welfare of the Muslim, I find it unbelievable that the Total GDP of All Muslim Countries (over 2.5 Billion Muslims with the Fantastically Rich Oil Countries which are too many to enumerate) is only USD 1,200 Billion whereas Poor India with about 1.17 Billion Population has a GDP about USD 1,300 Billion.
As such I think the statement "collective Gross National Product of the all Muslim countries stands at $1,200bn" is incorrect and needs to be corrected.
Comments please.