[cmccuist]

As far as contributions to mankind - the muslims are left wanting. Way back in the day, they probably did have incredible success and contributed mightily to the wealth of human knowedge. Lately, however, they pretty much suck.

For instance - more books are translated into Spanish in a single year than have been translated into Arabic in the last thousand (that's directly from a 2002 UN report). And Mein Kampf is owned by more Muslims than Germans.

In the last year, less than 100 patents were awarded to the whole of the muslim population. Meanwhile, South Korea was awarded over 20,000.

The combined 2007 GDP for every country in the Arab League plus Iran (not a member of the Arab League) was $1.7 trillion. The GDP for Italy - $1.7 trillion.

I'm sure that Iraqi engineer is amazing. I'm sure that among the other 1 billion muslims there are many wonderful scientists, scholars, and doctors. But for a group that is 1 billion strong, they need to pick up the freakin' pace!!!