The Islamic Nation's Problem is That Muslims Do Not Work [MEMRI TV transcript]

MEMRI TV ^ | 4/15/05 | Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi

[saquin]

From MEMRI TV

Some very interesting stuff at MEMRI. If you really want a glimpse of Arab conspiracy-theory stupidity check this link : Saudi Women's Rights Activist Suheila Hammad: Global Zionism Responsible for 9/11 as Proven by President Bush's Remarks

Even the Al-Arabiya interviewer seems to think she's nuts.

[Hegemony Cricket]

It would be interesting now to track this fellow's lifespan & proximate cause of death...

[The Great Yazoo]

They conducted a survey of the average time that a government employee spends working in a certain Arab country.

The average was 27 minutes a day.

27 minutes! The rest of the time he drinks coffee, reads newspapers,

and goes on errands here and there.

Less mischief to be made that way.

[umgud]

These folks better pray to allah the they never run out of oil, because as soon as they do or see the day it is no longer needed, they will once again see what it's like to live in the 6th century.

[littlelilac]

You have to admit, sometimes even Islamists have epiphanies on occasion, the president of Indonesia said it in his own anti Semitic fashion.....as in why aren't we on the leading edge of technology etc duh because the Islamists want everyone to live in the 7th century and you teach your kids hate and suicide bombing 101 instead of something constructive

I'd go one step further, because you have all these unemployed or not usefully occupied young Arab men, terrorists have a large pool to draw on.......

heaven help us when the oil runs out

[littlelilac]

nah, he's a big cheese in the Islamic world, he might get criticized but they won't fatwa him.......

[montomike]

Its also hard to get the work ethic when you gots to pray 5 times a day since you are four. Also, the sexual frustration of Arab men must play hell with attention span.

[TNinga]

"We don't even produce a single nail in any of these cars."

I hope this is a translation mix up, and Arabs really don't think cars are nailed together.

Because if they do believe that, I'm glad they don't manufacture anything.

[k2blader]

Indeed.

[Ramius]

heaven help us when the oil runs out

Heh. Interesting point.

[Phsstpok]

Well, Just Damn! (sorry for stealing a catchphrase)

Someone in the Muslim world gets it.

Now I'm concerned that the West may really be in trouble. What'll it take? 50 years for this guys ideas to take hold (if ever)? I'll be dead, but my kids may have to take this seriously.

[dennisw]

"We don't even produce a single nail in any of these cars."

I hope this is a translation mix up, and Arabs really don't think cars are nailed together.

Muslims are capable of making cars. Soapbox derby cars. And those are nailed together

[PetroniusMaximus]

Whew!

Now there's real insight for you. Muslim poverty = Muslim laziness.

Added to that is the fact that those who resist the true God wind up poor and enslaved.

[yankeedame]

From what little knowledge I have of the ME culture I think this "No work" attitude can be traced back to one or both deeply ingrained causes;

1) The Muslim religion (like most ME religions before its time) is a fatalistic one, i.e. "What will bee will be."

2) Under the Ottoman empire everything belonged to the emperor -- literally. There was no point in saving, in investing, or working harder to get more; everything was the emperor's. If it happened that some of it came your way, well, enjoy it while you can.

[Drammach]

Professionalism must be followed in everything.
"If you kill, do it properly, and if you slaughter, do it properly."
Even when killing, you must do well.

Can't forget to slip in that "kill the infidels" thing..

[SengirV]

Well, at least they all go to Koran school. Tht really helps the economy I hear.

[dennisw]

The word "professionalism" is a silly cliché these day. This brooding Muslim has has topped all, claiming the Koran demands that Muslims do their jobs professionally.

[kaylar]

The (Westerners) manufacture them and export them to us.

I wonder what opprobrious term was actually used in place of the inserted (westerners).

And these are just excerpts. A look at the full sermon-ie, at what was left untranslated- might be illluminating.

[dennisw]

Well, at least they all go to Koran school. Tht really helps the economy I hear.

75% of all Saudi PhDs are in Islamic studies.

[justme24]

that's a typical day o' work for Kerry.