Por que o Ocidente é melhor que o mundo Islãmico?

Veja a opinião de Ibn Warraq, em seu novo livro: Why the West is the best : A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy

Western superiority in relation to the Islamic world in ingenuity, morality, technological and cultural achievement is the direct result of freedom of thought. The ability to examine, criticize and adjust in an endless cycle, both individually and en masse, is crucial to progress. A culture which stifles curiosity, forbids cultural or religious criticism and requires all individual and social adjustment to be toward conformity to stagnant cultural forms will inevitably fossilize. This is seen in numerous ways. The numbers of books printed in the Muslim world is miniscule in comparison with the huge output of the West. And while there is no Islamic objection to scientific or technological advance per se, the Muslim contribution to that advancement is practically non-existent. Without oil as a major export, the gross domestic product of the Muslim world would be negligible and even with the immense revenues brought in by oil, Arab states have by and large failed to develop fully functioning, self-sustaining economies, and so forth and so on.