The Islamists are in the process of tearing down modern economies in North Africa and sending them backward in time three centuries or so. We can expect to see horrible poverty and starvation there in the forthcoming years.”””
I think they are aiming for the 7th century—even further back in time.
In Egypt there wasn’t much difference ‘tween the 7th and 18th centuries. Truly.
If Islam fostered true scientific endeavors, air conditionaing would have been invented in Arabia. It was not.
“In 1902, the first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented by Willis Haviland Carrier in Buffalo, New York.” Per wikipedia.