When majority of you all work there
67895 Americans serve in Saudi Aramco
12560 Britons serve in Bahrain (more britons then nationals)
2 million Europeans serve in Dubai
1.75 million Americans are in Qatar in Oil and gas companies
Qatar has THE SECOND HIGHEST GNP PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD.do u know what that means a national in Qatar is 25 times richer then one in England.(Royals are not counted)
UAE -Dubai and Abu Dhabi
35 percent Europeans 47 percent from Asia nd just 18.15 percent nationals.7 highest GNP per capita
Saudi Arabia ahh the favourite nation of Americans
-199 billion dollar economy
Saudi Aramco 275 billion dollar it generates
175 billion dollar worth of properties in Europe
39 billion dollar worth of properties in America
World happiness Survey puts Saudi Arabia at 47 postion of 199 countries
Gives more scholarship to students then entire Germany and Spain put together
More trips by a US president to Riyadh then any other nation
Turkey
Country with ninth largest tourist recipent in the whole world
Lebanon
Tourism has boomed 45 percent up from the previous year
more tourists then Netherland
Basically speaking,they really dont care if you give them all curses.For them,just continue giving Yukons XL BMWs and Porshe and they will be happy
MIND NO ROYALS COUNTED IN THESE SURVEY,ITS A LAW FOR THESE NATIONS PROHIBITING THEM TO TAKE THEM.
i havent even speaken about Indonesia,malaysia,Maldives and Russia.
Frankly i think u should atleast know about these
CIA world factbook and various other sources
I completely agree with fox news
There are 58 Muslim countries, some of the ones ( as you mentioned) such as Qatar, Kuwait, and UAE are extremely wealthy and are among the wealthiest nations in the world.
Some such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, and Libya are technically 1st world countries, but are on the "low end" of first world countries. Qatar, as you know, has the highest or 2nd highest (depending on the source) per capita GDP.
Muslim countries like Turkey, Muslim countries in Eastern Europe, Iran and Lebanon are best described as 2nd world countries, as they are neither too rich or too poor, they are kind of in the middle.
Some Muslim countries such as Pakistan, Indonesian, Egypt, and many others are poor, although a high purchasing power allows them to have a decent standard of life, even if it is bad. Also although these technically may be third world countries, they have very rapidly developing and growing, and it is expected that in 20 years, they will move past the "third world" stage. Also, some of the countries, despite their overall poverty, have many businesses and increasing number of advancements in technology, some are planning to launch a space program, and also Pakistan has made many advancements in alternative energy vehicles as well as advanced missile technology, and some of their people are very wealthy, so don’t underestimate them, even if the countries as a whole are poor.
Lastly, some Muslim countries such as Sudan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Solamia, Mali, and many other countries which lie in the region between North Africa and SubSaharan Africa, are very, very poor with almost no development at all, and many of them have a per capita GDP of less than $1000, and that’s after taking the purchasing power into account! These countries are so poor that there are still a large number of people without water or electricity in them! Also there are very few roads in these countries, and almost no cars at all. These are some of the poorest of the poor countries.
Here a list of per capita GDP of all OIC states (although I think it’s outdated):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_the_Islamic_Conference_member_states_countries_by_GDP_per_capita_%28PPP%29
I believe the GDP of the Arab League as a whole, which makes up 23 of the 58 Muslim countries is around 7000, which is average on a global scale.
So there you go, there are many Muslim countries, some are rich, some are poor, some are in between.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:34 am
I know of no Americans that say that.
Cite your source, please.
ADDENDUM:
Your statement "When majority of you all work there" is patently absurd. There are about 300,000,000 Americans. 67,895 does not constitute a majority.
According to the CIA World Fact Book, the total population of Qatar is only 863,051. You claim that there are 1.75 million Americans working there. Your claim is debunked.
I also have a copy of the CIA World Fact Book. I can find nowhere where it says that Americans think Muslim nations are poor.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 6:59 am
It’s not the nations governments that are poor, it’s the nations people. A nations class status is measured on the living style of the average citizen of that country.
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World History
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:08 am
They are poor at world geography, having said that, the average man living in Indonesia is hardly rolling in it.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:14 am
lol the whole world knows how rich those countries are dripping in fossil fuel
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October 22nd, 2009 at 7:20 am
There are 58 Muslim countries, some of the ones ( as you mentioned) such as Qatar, Kuwait, and UAE are extremely wealthy and are among the wealthiest nations in the world.
Some such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, and Libya are technically 1st world countries, but are on the "low end" of first world countries. Qatar, as you know, has the highest or 2nd highest (depending on the source) per capita GDP.
Muslim countries like Turkey, Muslim countries in Eastern Europe, Iran and Lebanon are best described as 2nd world countries, as they are neither too rich or too poor, they are kind of in the middle.
Some Muslim countries such as Pakistan, Indonesian, Egypt, and many others are poor, although a high purchasing power allows them to have a decent standard of life, even if it is bad. Also although these technically may be third world countries, they have very rapidly developing and growing, and it is expected that in 20 years, they will move past the "third world" stage. Also, some of the countries, despite their overall poverty, have many businesses and increasing number of advancements in technology, some are planning to launch a space program, and also Pakistan has made many advancements in alternative energy vehicles as well as advanced missile technology, and some of their people are very wealthy, so don’t underestimate them, even if the countries as a whole are poor.
Lastly, some Muslim countries such as Sudan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Solamia, Mali, and many other countries which lie in the region between North Africa and SubSaharan Africa, are very, very poor with almost no development at all, and many of them have a per capita GDP of less than $1000, and that’s after taking the purchasing power into account! These countries are so poor that there are still a large number of people without water or electricity in them! Also there are very few roads in these countries, and almost no cars at all. These are some of the poorest of the poor countries.
Here a list of per capita GDP of all OIC states (although I think it’s outdated):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Organisation_of_the_Islamic_Conference_member_states_countries_by_GDP_per_capita_%28PPP%29
I believe the GDP of the Arab League as a whole, which makes up 23 of the 58 Muslim countries is around 7000, which is average on a global scale.
So there you go, there are many Muslim countries, some are rich, some are poor, some are in between.
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I am an American Muslim who has been to Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt.
October 22nd, 2009 at 7:43 am
I’m still trying to figure out how this relates to spirituality or religion. I think one of us is in the wrong section.
But to answer your question….first let me say that a number of your facts are misleading to say the least. The definition of "Poor" is probably a relative thing. Many americans and canadians probably feel the the standard of living for the average joe in most of these countries is below the average standard of living in north america. And that, in my opinion is for the most part true. And that is i believe, the reason why they think so.
Incidentally, I think some of your facts are totally wrong or virtually irrelevant. Maybe you should research and tally your findings more closely as one actual mistake is enough to have many focus just on your credibility instead of the general pattern of your question. Once you "tidy" things up with numbers that are factual, provable and relational to your assertion (in this case you have related a people’s sense of living standards to a country’s overall wealth without regard to how that filters down to the common folk) then maybe you could post this in the proper section (This isn’t it I don’t think) and get some good responses and even acceptance of the statements that you make here.
hope this helps. (i’m a little worried about how much you trust the CIA and Fox news though)
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