Tribal Fanaticism Causes the Decline of the Arab Region
Over the last 10 years, Arab leaders have grown anxious because the nation is getting worse. Within a decade, poverty rose from 8.5 million to 18 million, with political crises and wars being its main causes.
Two 17-year-old children sit on rocks carrying firearms at a location in Marib, Yemen, July 30, 2018.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Even though it has been criticized for more than 100 years, the decline of the Arab civilization is believed to have never stopped. Tribal fanaticism, collusion, and reluctance to let go of traditionalism are the main factors behind its decline. Indonesia needs to study the causes of this fall to avoid experiencing the same problem.
Kompas reporter 1991-2022 Mustafa Abd. Rahman said that concerns on the decline of the Arab world had been expressed in, among others, a book published in 1883. Similar criticisms continued to be made in subsequent periods.