The topic of backwardness is a very broad one, especially in the Middle Eastو It encompasses all aspects of life: economic, political, moral, social, scientific, cultural, etc. There is no advanced, modern aspect to the lives of the peoples of the Middle East region, Even the Gulf does not belong to the advanced societies and countries, Modernization and consumer activity are not the advancement that modernity represents.

The societies of the region are full of religion and at the same time full of ruin, Therefore, it is logical to see a causal link between religion and religiosity and backwardness and ruin, That is, religion and religiosity, and what accompanies them in terms of rulings, rules, nihilism, faith, and neglecting reason in favor of tradition over it, has a fundamental relationship with backwardness,The peoples of this region are among the most religious peoples in the world, and among the least modern peoples in the world, The subject of religion and religiosity is still ambiguous in some aspects, such as its goals, results, and necessities, because it is originally “mystical,” that is, mysterious and not subject to criticism and analysis because it is sacred, Ignorance has even reached the point for some of believing    that distancing oneself from the application of sacred religious rulings was the sole cause of backwardness.

 If we look at other societies such as Japan, Europe, China, and others, we see that the progress and superiority of these societies has no relation to any religion or religiosity and its practices. China, for example, even considers religion and religiosity a psychological illness, These peoples did not attribute their progress, moral excellence, democracies, or justice to religion, but rather to civility, irreligion, science, and secularism,The bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not justified by God’s wrath or mercy, Furthermore, advanced societies do not pray five times a day, nor do they call for the killing of those who abandon prayer, The source of legislation and laws in these societies was not religious, Rather, these societies defied God, despised Him, and did not give Him any importance in their worldly lives,These societies are keen on the value of the individual and the balance between his rights and duties, They do not know the values ​​of excommunication and betrayal that are prevalent where religion and religiosity are widespread, And where religion and religiosity are widespread, a culture of hostility towards the other spreads internally and externally, accompanied by crises that have led to wars and disasters!

Religion imposes monotheism on believers, meaning it imposes on believers the denial of pluralism and the dedication to what they call “homogeneity ” According to them, a single religious affiliation is a wonderful phenomenon of homogeneity, Since religion fills the lives of believers who are promised paradise and its houris, homogeneity practically fills all aspects of the life of the Muhammadan human being, Homogeneity and monotheism are not in the nature of humans and are not in their interest, because the interest of man lies primarily in development, which is hindered to the point of cancellation by monotheism and homogeneity, Here, the crippled creature is produced, which ends up becoming extinct.

Therefore, homogeneity and unification are considered a killing of humanity, which lives by development, progresses through development, and becomes more and more human through development, How will the Muhammadan Middle East develop for the better when its groups operate according to constants that reject development, and when their main goal is to remain stuck in the trap of constants, or rather, to be attracted to the past under the illusion that the past is better than the present? According to the standards of primitive Bedouinism, the past was indeed better than the present, because they lived on the economy of raids, captivity, plunder, and pillage, and their relationship with the triad of work, production, and living was zero. Work and production were not the profession of any of them, They lived parasitically on others, on the sweat of others’ brows, and on savage colonial oppression of them, and they are still proud of that as an indication that they have not yet turned into human beings! 

 Those who work with monotheism do not accept pluralism, whether religious, cultural, or social. Therefore, most monotheistic organizations emerged from the womb of the single monotheistic religion, This single religion, in its own view, was the religion of truth, and everything else was false, conspiratorial, infidel, and inciting immorality and debauchery, Since this was the case, it was necessary for the believers of this religion to consider themselves the best nation, Therefore, there is no equality between the believer and the infidel, Domination over what is called the infidel was always possible, Therefore, the calm of the death, extinction, and rejection of the other prevailed for many centuries, until the stage of military relaxation, security, and economic reassurance came, and the level of soldiers’ expenses increased without an increase in income through new conquests,During many centuries of enjoying a comfortable life at the expense of other peoples, the Bedouin mentality did not think about productive professional work, despite its presence in areas suitable for agricultural work, such as the Mesopotamian Basin, the Nile Basin, and others,They focused on religion and serving it and forgot everything else and failed to continue and develop what the scholars coming from Persia had presented. Until they reached this era of extreme poverty, which only stirred within them the instinct to beg and parasitize others externally (refuge), and then practice corruption and violence internally, because practicing violence and invasion externally has become impossible except in the imaginations of Sheikh Al-Huwayni, who planned four invasions in Europe annually, Violence, killing, invasion, and conquest are an ancient cultural heritage that has lost the element of empowerment. No more conquests or invasions!!

  The oil discovered in some regions has contributed significantly to many aspects of consumer modernization, which has not been accompanied by modernity, Without modernity, the future of oil-rich regions can be considered bleak, as the oil will one day run dry, meaning a return to the past is expected, Oil revenues have not contributed as much as possible to the formation of a new generation that can continue to live off science, knowledge, and productive work without relying on oil revenues, Norway is a major oil producer, but all Norwegian oil money is placed in an untouchable investment fund. The Norwegian standard of living now has no relation to oil revenues, Norway lives at a very high standard of living without oil revenues, Imagine Saudi Arabia without oil revenues, which cover 95% of the general budget.

Organizations that are born from the womb of monotheistic religion do not believe in pluralism and equal rights of citizens in all fields, The different one is considered a traitor, and a religion of this kind cannot be anything but dictatorial and monopolizing public culture and axis of the content of people’s lives, From here arise generations qualified to produce dictatorship and then embrace this dictatorship, generations that lack the foundations on which civilization is built. The current civilization is built on pluralism and difference as a motive for creativity, It is no wonder that dictatorships of power arise when the ordinary person is dictatorial in nature, for example, in the family with the wife and children and in decision-making. The dictator of the family cannot be a democrat of society, A father who discriminates between his daughter and his son cannot become social, because social means equality despite the difference of gender, He who considers the son better than the daughter cannot be anything but included under the category of the best nation, which means the superiority of the Arabs over the rest of the peoples of the earth.

The deadly feeling of superiority over the rest of the world’s peoples breeds, giving rise to the concept of the validity of judgments and ideas born 1450 years ago for all times and places,This means dragging the present into a distant past or summoning the distant past into the present, In both cases, there is a blatant and clear madness that explains the state of decline these peoples are experiencing, Peoples who believe in the validity of all times and places can only decline increasingly until extinction, which is facilitated by other conditions such as the dominance of superstition and mysticism, the illusion that interaction with others is a contamination with evil, and then the command to take refuge in conspiracy theories, fate, and destiny, etc. Listing all the dangers and obstacles hindering the progress of the region’s peoples would require volumes, which cannot be detailed here!