Extracts of speech by Hafez A.B Mohamed:
Director-General, Al Baraka Bank.
Demographics:
o World Jewish Population: 14 million
o Distribution: 7 M in America
5 M in Asia
2 M in Europe
100 thousand in Africa
o World Muslim Population: 1.5 billion
o Distribution: 1 billion in Asia/Mid-East
400 M in Africa
44 M in Europe
6 M in the Americas
o Every fifth human being is a Muslim
o For every single Hindu there are two Muslims
o For every Buddhist there are two Muslims
o For every Jew there are 107 Muslims
o Yet the 14 million Jews are more powerful than the entire 1.5 billion Muslims
Why???
Here are some of the reasons:
Movers of Current History:
o Albert Einstein
o Sigmund Freud
o Karl Marx
o Paul Samuelson
o Milton Friedman
Medical Milestones:
o Vaccinating Needle: Benjamin Ruben
o Polio Vaccine: Jonas Salk
o Leukaemia Drug: Gertrude Elion
o Hepatitis B: Baruch Blumberg
o Syphilis Drug: Paul Ehrlich
o Neuro muscular: Elie Metchnikoff
o Endocrinology: Andrew Schally
o Cognitive therapy: Aaron Beck
o Contraceptive Pill: Gregory Pincus
o Understanding of Human Eye: G. Wald
o Embryology: Stanley Cohen
o Kidney Dialysis: Willem Kloffcame
Nobel Prize Winners:
o In the past 105 years, 14 million Jews have won 180 Nobel prizes whilst 1.5 billion Muslims have contributed only 3 Nobel winners
Inventions that changed History:
o Micro- Processing Chip: Stanley Mezor
o Nuclear Chain Reactor: Leo Sziland
o Optical Fibre Cable: Peter Schultz
o Traffic Lights: Charles Adler
o Stainless Steel: Benno Strauss
o Sound Movies: Isador Kisee
o Telephone Microphone: Emile Berliner
o Video Tape Recorder: Charles Ginsburg
Influential Global Business:
o Polo: Ralph Lauren
o Coca Cola
o Levi's Jeans: Levi Strauss
o Sawbuck's: Howard Schultz
o Google: Sergey Brin
o Dell Computers: Michael Dell
o Oracle: Larry Ellison
o DKNY: Donna Karan
o Baskin & Robbins: Irv Robbins
o Dunkin Donuts: Bill Rosenberg
Influential Intellectuals/ Politicians:
o Henry Kissinger , US Sec of State
o Richard Levin, PresidentYaleUniver sity
o Alan Greenspan , US Federal Reserve
o Joseph Lieberman
o Madeleine Albright , US Sec of State
o CasperWeinberger , US Sec of Defence
o Maxim Litvinov , USSR Foreign Minister
o DavidMarshal , Singapore Chief Minister
o Isaacs Isaacs, Gov-GenAustralia
o Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman
o Yevgeny Primakov, Russian PM
o Barry Goldwater , US Politician
o Jorge Sampaio, President Portugal
o Herb Gray, Canadian Deputy - PM
o Pierre Mendes, French PM
o Michael Howard, British Home Sec.
o Bruno Kriesky, Austrian Chancellor
o Robert Rubin , US Sec of Treasury
Global Media Influential:
o Wolf Blitzer, CNN
o Barbara Walters, ABC News
o EugeneMeyer , Washington Post
o Henry Grunwald, Time Magazine
o Katherine Graham , Washington Post
o Joseph Lelyeld, New York Times
o Max Frankel, New York Times
Global Philanthropists:
o George Soros
o Walter Annenberg
All of these names are Jewish.
Why are they powerful??? Why are Muslims powerless???
Here's another reason. We have lost the capacity to produce knowledge.
o In the entire Muslim World (57 Muslim Countries) there are only 500 universities.
o In USA alone, 5,758 universities
o In India alone, 8,407 universities
o Not one university in the entire Islamic World features in the Top 500 Ranking Universities of the World
o Literacy in the Christian World 90%
o Literacy in the Muslim World 40%
o 15 Christian majority-countries, literacy rate 100%
o Muslim majority - countries , None
o 98% in Christian countries completed primary
o Only 50% in Muslim countries completed primary.
o 40% in Christian countries attended university
o In Muslim countries a dismal 2% attended.
o Muslim majority countries have 230 scientists per one million Muslims
o The USA has 5000 per million
o Entire Arab World only 50 technicians per million.
o The Christian world 1000 technicians per million.
o Muslim World spends on research/development 0.2% of GDP
o Christian World spends 5 % of GDP
Conclusion:
o The Muslim World lacks the capacity to produce knowledge
Another way of testing the degree of knowledge is the degree of diffusing knowledge.
o Pakistan 23 daily newspapers per 1000 citizens
o Singapore 460 per 1000 citizens
o In UK book titles per million is 2000
o In Egypt book titles per million is only 17
Conclusion:
o Muslim World is failing to diffuse knowledge
Applying Knowledge is another such test.
o Exports of high tech products from Pakistan is 0.9% of its exports
o In Saudi Arabia is 0.2%
o Kuwait , Morocco and Algeria 0.3%
o Singapore alone is 68%
Conclusion:
o Muslim World is failing to apply knowledge
What do you conclude?
~~No needs to tell. The figures are speaking themselves very loudly. We are unable to listen.
Please educate yourself and your children. Always promote education, don't compromise on it, don't ignore your children's slightest misguidance from education We are the world's biggest and strongest nation, all we need is to identify and explore our own selves.
Our victory is with our knowledge, our creativity, our literacy...
It's not too late!!!