Anyway Gier good article. Have you read the book by Syed Akhbar Ali, Malaysia and the Club of Doom? Disjointed and shot from the hips but worth a read. Says the same things…

No, I haven’t. Saw the book at a bookshop last night, and recalled that I once flicked through it. I couldn’t bring myself to buy it, to be honest. It felt too much like venting a spleen, as you noted already. Maybe I’ll get round to it, one of these days.

“A comparison with Brazil, India, China, and the US reveals significantly smaller numbers. A study by academics at the International Islamic University Malaysia showed that OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) countries have 8.5 scientists, engineers, and technicians per 1000 population, compared with a world average of 40.7, and 139.3 for countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development”.

“Forty-six Muslim countries contributed 1.17% of the world’s science literature, whereas 1.66% came from India alone and 1.48% from Spain. Twenty Arab countries contributed 0.55%, compared with 0.89% by Israel alone. The US NSF records that of the 28 lowest producers of scientific articles in 2003, half belong to the OIC”.

Anyway Gier…good article. Have you read the book by Syed Akhbar Ali, Malaysia and the Club of Doom? Disjointed and shot from the hips but worth a read. Says the same things…

Far out …

Anyhow, will go look for it again, and if I can’t find it, I’ll borrow yours, yeah?

you might also be interested in an essay called “science and islam” by perez hoodbhoy, which is in a book put out by english PEN “free expression is no offence”

i can end you my copy (it is also on sale cheap cheap at big bookshop warehouse sale in atria)