[cherokee1]

“something in the Arab national character-—” Oh, Yeah. Like oh say basic ignorance and the willingness to fight learning with every tool available. Getting out of the 6th century requires a couple steps like maybe mastering the flush toilet-—for starters. The overwhelming desire to stick with tribal governance, ie Sharia Law, is guaranteed to keep them trading goats for wives for the next couple centuries at least.

[Sherman Logan]

basic ignorance and the willingness to fight learning with every tool available.

Doesn't explain why Arabs produced no great political or military leader from 900 to 1800.

[Sherman Logan]

The overwhelming desire to stick with tribal governance, ie Sharia Law, is guaranteed to keep them trading goats for wives for the next couple centuries at least.

Many other Muslim people produced great leaders, but not the Arabs, though they all equally observed sharia.