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The Koran, Money, or Swords

How could pious Muslims become billionaires?

Revealed: The world’s richest Arabs list 2013 

The world’s richest Arabs
Rank Name Wealth (US$bn) 2013 Country
1 Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud 31.2bn Saudi Arabia
2 Mohamed Al Jaber 12.66bn UK (Saudi Arabia)
3 The Olayan Family 12.5bn Saudi Arabia
4 Mohammed Al Amoudi 12bn Saudi Arabia
5 Issam Al Zahid 11.6bn Saudi Arabia
6 The Sawiris Family 10bn Egypt
7 The Kharafi Family 8.5bn Kuwait
8 Joseph Safra 7.5bn Brazil (Lebanon)
9 The Binladin Family 7.5bn Saudi Arabia
10 Said Khoury 7bn Palestine
11 The Bukhamseen Family 6.8bn Kuwait
12 The Al Ghurair Family 6.3bn UAE
13 The Kanoo Family 6.1bn UAE (Bahrain)
14 Majid Al Futtaim 　　　 6.1bn UAE
15 Tareq Al Qahtani         6bn Saudi Arabia
16 The Bugshan Family 6bn Saudi Arabia
17 Toufic Aboukhater 5.8bn Monaco (Palestine)
18 The Mansour Family 5.1bn Egypt
19 Mohamed Abdul Latif Jameel 5bn Saudi Arabia
20 Abdullah Al Rushaid 4.6bn Saudi Arabia
21 Mubarak Al Suweiket 4.5bn Saudi Arabia
22 The Al Rajhi Family 4.3bn Saudi Arabia
23 The Gargash Family 3.7bn UAE
24 Adel Aujan         3.56bn Saudi Arabia
25 Taha Mikati         3.5bn Lebanon
26 Mohammad Jamjoom 3.4bn Saudi Arabia
27 Najib Mikati         3.4bn Lebanon
28 The Alghanim Family 3.4bn Kuwait
29 Saad Hariri         3.3bn Lebanon
30 Sulaiman Al Muhaidib 3.3bn Saudi Arabia 

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/the-world-s-richest-arabs-530591.html

The poverty rate of the US is 17% and that of Japan is 15%, while the rate is about 20% in Egypt and Lebanon.  They don't look so different.  But Arab countries have no economic power that can match that of the US or Japan.

In 2008, poverty rate was above 30 per cent of the total population in such countries as Sudan, Somalia, Mauritania, Djibouti, Yemen, Palestine and Comoros, according to the Abu Dhabi-based Arab Monetary Fund (AMF). 

The rate averaged around 19.6 per cent in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco and Algeria. The AMF said it had no accurate data on poverty in Gulf oil producers but said the rate was relatively low. 

Besides those factors, many Arab economies have remained dormant because of conflicts and high defence spending, which was at the expense of development expenditure, according to the Arab League. 

Its figures showed defence and security allocation in all nations have averaged as high as 28 per cent of the current expenditure over the past eight years while economic affairs allocations have not exceeded eight per cent.
http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/how-many-poor-arabs-are-there-time-to-find-out-2010-08-21-1.281752

If you have the Koran, some wealthy members in your Islamic nations, or some strong defense forces, you cannot be reasonable economic powers with effective and prevailing democratic systems.

That is why some Americans and Japanese don't trust Islam.

However, Islamic nations belong to a domain where no capitalism and commercialism are dominant, so that they have a big chance to get closer to the Kingdom of God than the US and Japan can be, not to mention China that has even no democracy.

In this context, Islam must be respected.  But still I have a doubt whether the Koran has been correctly interpreted and applied to their lives by Muslims since this religion was first established in the seventh century, namely about 1500 years ago.　


Anyway it looks very unlikely that billionaires will emerge in the territory of ISIL.



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Rev 3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Rev 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.