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Originally Posted by Rochard
Tolerance is the key. People of the Middle East needs to accept other people from other religions, countries, nationalities, etc.
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I agree regarding tolerance but Read up on history. Cordova and other Arab and Muslim kingdoms were very tolerant of religious diversity and fostered the sciences. While Europe was stuck in the Middle Ages, the Islamic world was having its Golden Age.
When they lost that tolerance, it coincided with their decline. In the West, once Protestant Europe got out of Catholicism's shadow and impelemented tolerance and equality under the law, their economies blew up -- compare protestant and catholic countries in Europe, even now. There's a pattern here. Tolerance and the ability to choose freedome from dogma is the key to progress.