Assimilation

The glory days of Islam were the 500 years between 800 and 1300 AD. They were theocracies and did not want foreigners, particularly of other religions. Even today, no Christian churches are allowed in Saudi Arabia and Muslim countries are ruled by Shia Law, which places moral restrictions on economic activity vs the west where individualistic free market capitalism reigns. The result was that the industrial revolution by passed the Muslim countries and today most struggle to maintain a decent standard of living. The oil rich countries in the Middle East, were just tribes of desert nomads until western engineers developed the oil fields. The largest Muslim country in the world is Indonesia with a population of 285 million and GDP per capita of $5,000. The migration to the United States as been almost exclusively Christian and that has aided in assimilation. In the past ten years many Muslims have emigrated to Europe and they have found it difficult to assimilate. The result is that Europe today is deporting many of its recent migrants, mostly from Muslim countries. Shia law is not compatible with modern juris prudence. The biggest impediment to assimilation in the United States is language not religion. It is not religion but Islam that creates the problem. The world Muslim population is 1.5 billion and they have won 3 noble prizes while the Jews with a population of 15 million have won 165. The Jews embraced modern science and technology while the Muslims shied away and it has cost them economically.