Tall buildings do not make a rtenaissance.
Politics and influence change over time. Just a couple of decades ago, we were all treated to the exact same lie about how influential, how momentous, how irreplaceable the culture, science and influence of Mother Africa was.
Take the same old lying stories and bleats from then and replace ‘African/black/whatever’ with Muslim and VIOLA! You got this story....all crap on a stick.
The businesses flocking there in droves are the evidence of the renaissance
Denial is a river in Egypt and a trait of many on Free Republic