When Western countries keep bombing you back to the stone age every few decades… then you seem primitive.
Some countries have been pulled back to a theocracy from a more secular society (Iran, for example) but even that can be seen as a backlash to excessive Western influence (or straight up occupation).
Plus have you seen Dubai? Or Abu Dhabi? Very modern cities. Muslim countries are much more than the representation you see on TV.
Same with Africa, the image we see doesn’t reflect the positives of that massive continent.
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