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So when Islam is finished as a religion, will the Western commercial exploitation of their lands, and the support of dictatorial regimes in those lands which oppress their own people, stop?

The arabs turned to the west to help develop their resources because it would be too dangerous to educate their own citizens. It was the Arabs who came begging for western assistance. It is the Arabs who exploit their uneducated masses. Islam is the weapon that the Arabs use to keep their population impoverished.

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[AGAviator]

You haven't answered the question, just appear to be making some kind of blame-the-Arabs-or-whomever speech.

Are they or are they not entitled to live as sovereign peoples free from outside interference. Did they and do they go and force the industrialized world to consume their resources, come in, and impose leaders who will do business with the West?