lndustrial Revolution started from Constantinople. But the Islamic Kings gave greater weight to the spread of Islam than concentrating on the new inventions. Here they took Islam forward but the Muslims backwards and the Christians who had earlier taken an orthodox attitude and punished men with new thinking and inventions like Galileo and Copernicus compromised with new thinking and encouraged new inventions and marched ahead . The Christians went to areas where the sword of Islam had not reached, and conquered the areas, this march was motivated by the money bags , and they started commerce, which Islam had no idea, as the Prophet had prohibited exploitation, The march of the Christians was like this 1. Exploit areas 2. Establish commercial links 3. Stop the indigenous production and make them produce things required by Industries as raw material , manufacture finished goods and capture balance of payment system , spread literacy with a view to enabling new converts to read the Bible 4. Capture political power and create an Empire. ---------- In the comparison , Islam was a more humanitarian religion so it did not go beyond masjids and namajs, five times namaj , which retarded production and made the Muslims remain within limits of their relatives and co-religionists. When you meet same set pf people 5 times a day, your thinking also remain confined to the thinking of those whom you meet daily frequently.Then dress code became a great hindrance .This further contracted their contacts . There are many other things which should be known by the Muslims as the present Islamic Militants play the same role played by the Muslim Armies with Holy book and sword , This has resulted in increasing poverty in the regions dominated by the Islam . This needs deep introspection. Unless the Militants are not done away with, Islam will not attract fresh recruits - converts - and it will stagnate .
