Why is the Middle East such a crap hole?

Question

Not trying to diss Islam at all, but even you have to agree that the Middle East is a sh*t hole! Riots every day, stupid unjustified beheadings of innocent people. For such a religion of "peace", it's most loyal followers sure seem to scream war every day.

The only real place in the Middle East that is "alright" is Dubai, United Arab Emirates and that's probably because of the large U.S. influence.

And by the way, I'm not from the U.S. at all. I think (along with the rest of the world) that the Middle East is what's holding the world back. There are Muslims coexisting in the U.S., Russia, Europe, Asia, and South America getting along peacefully with everyone else. WTF Middle East?

Answer 1

Thing is, Vishnu [thanks to Google Translate], that the Islamic Countries are in one big mess thanks to Islam and the kind of Government that Fundamental Islam brings with it.



Iran was a powerful and wealthy Country before the Ayatollahs took over. Today, it's a crap hole, thanks to the Ayatollahs. Somalia has been in a mess for decades now thanks to the in fighting by the Muslim warlords. Sudan, Libya, etc etc went the same way for the same reasons.



Kuwait, UAE and Saudi Arabia have, largely, been keeping their Fundamentalist at bay by being totally brutal with them and have built their economy with care. However, we cannot say for sure that that will last forever.



And, just FYI, Muslims are not peacefully coexisting in US, UK, Europe etc either. Conflicts have begun and are escalating everywhere.



Chechnya is already a Civil War that's been over a decade old. Scandinavia [Sweden, Norway and Denmark] are heading for Civil War. Thailand is heading for Civil War and so is a large portion of the East.



US and UK etc are now openly anti-Islam.



Like it or not, it's already a very volatile situation where the 3rd World War could erupt any day between the rest of the World and Islam.



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Answer 2

Because of backwards religion. Anywhere where Islam is in control is a complete crap hole. Oppression, no fun, nothing to do . . apart from pray to a fake god, ****, fight, screw ugly women and get envious of people that live freer lives. Why in the hell wouldn't that kind of life make you want to blow yourselves up?

Answer 3

i think you. particular, unfortunately, there are turds accessible with an axr to grind and what greater effective communicate board than the anonimity of the internet? it is not purely YouTube (whether there seems to be a extensive form of trolls over there)however the internet brings out the best (and regrettably,actually the worst)in human beings. Blow them off and supply them the attention they deserve. NONE

Answer 4

What about the soldiers killing innocent Iraqi people just cus they feel like it. Talking bout we need to fix the problem, when y'all the fuckn problem. And what about all the innocent children and people getting killed in gaza by isrealis, but they dont show u that sh*t on CNN. Gain some knowledge before you talk about who isn't peaceful and check yourself

Answer 5

I say we nuke the hell out of the middle east. I hate muslims and islam screw all of them.

Answer 6

@M Javed Iqbal:



It is very clear that you intent on attacking this user's nationality and religion, rather than answering the question. You are a fine example of a TRUE MUSLIM. Insulting other people and their religion to make yourself feel good. Shame on you old tard!

Answer 7

Vishnu, Vishnu, Vishnu...isn't it funny how every single Muslim that answered this question has now had their answers hidden because of so many thumb downs? Muslims that come from the Middle East, that have been to the Middle East, that are familiar with the Middle East have answered but people that probably can't even point out the region on the map have got almost 20 thumbs up! As though they know the place better than Muslims or Arabs/Iranians do.



First, where does the term 'Middle East' itself come from? It was actually the western world that coined that one. Who even made the map of the Middle East and 'made' the countries? Britain.



You say that Dubai has a large western influence. Okay, fair enough. But let's not forget that Saudi Arabia (yes, where people are beheaded), Egypt (where Mubarak made people disappear from the face of the earth), Iraq (where Saddam had his own little Holocaust), Syria (where the US even sent people to be interrogated and tortured) etc etc were or still are FRIENDS/ALLIES with the great United States of Ameria. The entire Middle East is ***full*** of western influence. The west like the Middle East being barbaric because it benefits them. Only when people resist like they are doing now does America come and comdemn their inhumane activities on international TV. What, you think America isn't aware of all of this beforehand?



The governments of the Middle East are puppets of the western world. Wars have been inflamed because of them, from the Iraq War to the current treatment of Palestinians e.g. Gaza Massacre.



Once America butts out of the Middle East's business and stops paying the governments to be dictators and allows the people to have control then we'd get somewhere.

Answer 8

Middle East is very strategic place for the world powers and always is the scene of competition for control the resources!

Answer 9

Muslims in the West are "coexisting peacefully",ONLY because they don't have large enough populations or influence yet.Once that changes,they will cease to "coexist peacefully",it is basically a slow motion invasion,especially in Europe.



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Answer 10

Because of terrorist israel and British and American colonialism.

Answer 11

We all know the answer, but diplomacy prevents us from saying.

The MP Bob Stewart made a good point on TV the other day (I don't usually agree with Tories). He said why should western nations - USA, UK, France etc have to sort out the Middle East's appalling problems. There are some powerful Arab nations who always seem to sit back and let the West clear up their messes. The Arab League could and should sort Arab problems out and while they're at it join us all in the 21st centurty.

Answer 12

I don't agree with you at all..(i'll come back on this)



Muslim's comments are being ignorantly thumbed down, huh.



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Lol I forgot what I was going to say here. Anyway, I don't know why yo said "not trying to diss Islam at all", there are plenty of Christians and other faiths in the Middle East. Honestly, this is just your opinion. I think the Middle East has many interesting places to visit, most of which are religious and historical. I want to visit Jordan one day, Insh'Allah. I've been to Makkah and Madinah, and they are the most peaceful of cities you can ever be in. Now we both have our opinions. :)

Answer 13

You're correct to put "alright" in quotes when referring to Dubai/UAE. The UAE is anything but alright when you consider their appaling disregard for human rights. If you wear a kandura and gutrah and drive a nice big new 4x4 then you're OK - you've got 'wasta'. If you're a poor labourer ex-pat from Bangladesh then you're likely to have your employer make you pay for your flight to the UAE, the cost of your residence visa and the cost of health insurance (assuming they arrange any for you). This is called 'debt bondage'. Your accommodation will be in a dismal workers' compound and they are likely to take your passport away from you, so you couldn't go home even if you could afford to. Your wages will be awful - maybe less than 1000 AED a month, assuming they actually pay you.



You could try reading about Issa bin Zayed al Nahyan, one of the President's brothers. See what nice guys they are.



Oh yes, my government saw fit to bestow an honorary knighthood on their despotic President. Unbelievable.



UAE apologists clearly don't like what I've written, but it's all fact, not opinion.



I could go on, but I'll leave it to you to research this stuff for yourself.

Answer 14

Allah tests those that are worthy

Answer 15

You cannot judge an entire part of the world,by the events in a few small sections.



There are no-go areas in almost every city in the world,yet no-one condemns the entire host country.



The Middle East is a great place,I am not a Muslim,I am a white Englishman,I always feel safe there (perhaps foolishly),but I have been to some very allegedly "dodgy" parts of the area and nothing has happened to me.



Perhaps the fact that I am not a loud mouthed American,wearing army fatigues helps.

Answer 16

Have you been to the Middle East before? No, so you have no authority to call it a craphole. A lot of Middle Eastern cities are very beautiful and modern, masha'Allah.



But it's typical to get closed-minded people who haven't set foot out of their $hithole town commenting on things they know nothing about.



There is no more US influence in Dubai than there is in KSA.



There are riots everywhere in the world. We had a big one here in Britain, for almost no reason whereas the ones in the Middle East stemmed from a want for democracy. You can't blame the riots in Greece, Russia and the UK on Islam, can you?



@Saira yeah, you get trolls with multiple accounts all the time on YA lol. You can only pity them that they have no social life :D

Answer 17

Riots occur everywhere. When people get tired of what they get, they riot. The UK recently had riots in London. The US had the NY Riots, the LA Riots, and currently the OWS protests going on which might escalate into riots, and so on. Riots do not define whether a country is a "crap hole."



Beheadings that occur in the Middle East are to be carried out by the authorities. If they are not, only then are they unjustified. If someone committed a crime punishable by beheading and authorities see to it, then it is no different than capital punishment in any other country in the world, e.g US/UK.



Islam does preach peace. & if you would be objective, you would know that most Muslim countries live in peace most of the time. It is rare cases that [isolated] violent incidents occur. Maybe you should turn off the television and enter the real world if you think otherwise.



The Middle East is not holding anyone back. Maybe we could see the Middle East's true potential if certain countries would stop threatening, invading, and bombing the countries into oblivion. Some countries are doing far better off than others, but that is only to be expected. There are many "alright" places in the M.E.

Answer 18

Dubai isn't "alright". Just because they have more money than other Arab countries doesn't make them "alright". What makes them "alright" is when follow the Qur'an and sunnah. And what about Saudi Arabia, the best friend of USA? Would you say because of US influence they're are doing well? I wouldn't because they don't even let women drive.



The Middle Eastern governments aren't focusing on Islam and ruling justly and they are focused on getting more and more money. They have lost faith in Allah and gained faith in money. If they were helping people in need more and fearing Allah they wouldn't be they way they are. I'm talking about Dubai and Saudi Arabia, etc, btw.



Let's think carefully, when Muslims were following Islam they were living the best compared to the rest of the world. Why do you think that is? They had faith in Allah.

Answer 19

The following can be a possible explanation:



The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do not join the fight are called 'hypocrites' and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.



Check out some of the murder verses in the quran



Quran (9:111) Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): THEY FIGHT IN HIS CAUSE AND SLAY AND ARE SLAIN: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Injil, and the Qur'an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement supreme.



"I shall terrorise the infidels. So wound their bodies and incapacitate them, because they oppose Allah and his apostle." (Qur'an 8:12)



"Paradise lies under the shade of swords" (Sahih Bukhari V4B5N73)



"Muhammad said, ‘You are commanded to carry out jihad against the unbelieving infidels until they submit to Islam' " (Qur'an 47:4)



Quran (2:191-193) - "And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution [of Muslims] is worse than slaughter [of non-believers]...and fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah."



Quran (2:244) - "Then fight in the cause of Allah, and know that Allah Heareth and knoweth all things."



Quran (4:89) - "They but wish that ye should reject Faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing (as they): But take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah (From what is forbidden). But if they turn renegades, seize them and slay them wherever ye find them; and (in any case) take no friends or helpers from their ranks."



Quran (8:39) - "And fight with them until there is no more persecution and religion should be only for Allah"



Bukhari (52:220) - Allah's Apostle said... 'I have been made victorious with terror'



Tabari 9:69 "Killing Unbelievers is a small matter to us"



Ibn Ishaq: 990 - Lest anyone think that cutting off someone's head while screaming 'Allah Akbar!' is a modern custom, here is an account of that very practice under Muhammad, who seems to approve.



Now what muhammad did :



Al-Nadr bin al-Harith - KILLED



Uqba bin Abu Muayt - KILLED



Asma bint Marwan - KILLED



Abu Afak - KILLED



Kab bin al-Ashraf - KILLED



Ibn Sunayna – KILLED



Assassination of Musaylimah :Abu Dawud 38:4348



Assassination of `Abdullah bin Ubayy bin Salul al-`Aufi: Sahih Bukhari 5:59:462



Assassination of Abu `Afak : Ibn Ishaq p. 675 / 995.



Assassination of Abu Rafi’ (Sallam Ibn Abu'l-Huqayq) : Sahih Bukhari 5:59:369



Assassination of Ka’b bin Ashraf : Sahih Bukhari 3:45:687



Murder of `Asma' Bint Marwan : Ishaq 676



The Killing of the Chieftain of Dumah : Al-Tabari vol.9 p.58-59



Assassination of Khalid b. Sufyan : Abu Dawud 1:1244



The Killing of Khubaib : Sahih Bukhari 4:52:281



The Torture and Murder of Kinanah b. al-Rabi b. al-Huqyaq : Tabari vol. 8, p.123



The Killing of Umaiya bin Khalaf Abi Safwan : Sahih Bukhari 4:56:826



The Murder of `Uqba bin Abi Mu`ayt : Ishaq 308, See Also Tabari IX:121



The Killing of Yusayr b. Rizam : Al-Tabari vol.9 p.120



The Slaughter of the Ten Meccans : Tabari VIII 181



Murder of Habbar Ibn al-Aswad b. Ka`b al-`Ansi : Sahih Bukhari 5:59:662



Murder of al-Huwayrith Nuqaydh Wahb Qusayy : Ishaq 551



The Murder of Abdullah Khatal of B. Taym b. Ghalib and his Slaves : Sahih Bukhari 3:29:72



The Murder of Miqyas Hubaba : Sirat Page 551



The Blind Jew : Tabari VII 112, See Also Ishaq 372



He went on to kill Jewish tribes as well:



The Banu Qurayza



The Banu Qaynuqa



The Banu Nadir



He also SLAUGHTERED 900 Jews in one day and don't forget that he raided their caravans, looted them as well as taking their women as his "wives" or sex slaves.



Here are just some of the battles that Muhammad fought in, in order to spread his religion with the sword...



1.WADDAN

2.SAFWAN

3.DUL-ASHIR

4.BADR

5.BANI SALIM

6.BANI QUAINUQA

7.SAWIQ

8.GHATFAN

9.BAHRAN

10.UHAD

11.HUMRA-UL-ASAD

12.BANU NUDAIR

13.DHATUR RIQA

14.BADRU-UKHRA

15.DUMATUL-JANDAL

16.BANU MUSTALEQ WITH HADRAT JAWRIYA

17.AHZAB

18.BANI QURAIZA

19.BANI LAHYAN

20.DHI QARD

21.KHAIBAR

22.WADIYUL-QURA AND TAIM

23.MECCA AND FALL OF MECCA

24.HUNAIN

25.GHAZWA

26.TABUK



There is not a time in history where muslims were apathetic or pacifist rather they were and still are pathetic and antagonistic.

Answer 20

oi!! we do riots cause we want our RIGHTS AND WE WANT A DEMOCRATIC WAY OF LIFE!! IS THAT SO HARD TO ASK FOR!!!

we're sick and tired of our bastard leaders not doing anything,

then we'll not give you any oil and we'll love to see how the USA would survive this!!

if the USA doesn't like the Middle East then forget the oil and get the hell outta the Middle East!!



there are riots in the USA and London especially Greece, the USA hardly cares about its own protests, London is doing something about it and Greece...reminds me of the 25 revolution except it is done for different causes

Answer 21

Middle east is the sanctuary of lions of Islam,dont wake them up,once awaken world will witness once again witness the history repeating itself when within 23 years of Prophethood of Muhammad saas Islam was the dominant religion of the world from zero territory to millions of square miles of world area.

Indians are pagans let them be slave to brahmins, irrational cowards.

Answer 22

@Ignorant Jebice - there is no oil in dubai!



US causes problems in the middle east to be able to get inside the area and spread western influence and ideology. What you usually see in the surface is not really the true story!

Answer 23

Middle East is the cradle of Civilaization

Middle East is the birthplace of all Abrahamic Religions

Middle East is the crossraod of the ancient world ( Asia , Africa , Europe )

Middle East is the home of most world wonders and natural resources



People of the Mid-East were flourishing and ruled the world for 700 years while Christians were busy in slittin each other's throat , until Americans stuck their big noses in their affairs and decided to destroy their countries.

Answer 24

Vishnu, you are talking false like your false god.



You should look at India where rebellion is taking place in 13 provinces.

Half of world's hungry live in India. Every year 6 Million girls are killed

some before their birth and some after marriage for more dowry. India

is a country of huge slums.



Your slumdogs are famous; are you also a slumdog?



M J Iqbal

Answer 25

Arab men are the problem. I have met so many who have such a poor view on others, even their own friends, spouses and family (excluding their mothers and sometimes fathers)

Answer 26

just little over 30 years ago Dubai, United Arab Emirates it was desert with camel herders ,then one day oil is found ..guess what camel herders now call themselves "sheikh"