Have you seen recent list of countries based on corruption? This list is prepared by Transparency International, An international human right NGO.
Our country is standing 87th among 145 with a score of 2.9 out of 10. A total "F" from every aspect and a big shame!
Let's have a look and search for some common factors, its fun:
Firstly - Relegion-and Islam on top of the list- is supposed to be a good source of ethic codes in everyday life. This is what we have learned from the day we could pronounce "gha gha",and even with some codes in our genes! Right?
Now look at the list:The country at the very end of the list at 145th is Bangladesh with a score of 1.5! A very big "Moslem" country. Go ahead and search more: the first moslem countries appearing in the list are Oman and UAE (my residence country) with a score of 6.2. In other words, there is not a single moslem country in the top 28 countries of the list. Go further: Saudi Arabia, Islam's mother land is at 71st with 3.4, Other major Islamic countries or countries with majority of their population being moslems are: Syria at 71th, Egypt at 77th, Lebanon at 97th, Lybia and Polestine at 108th, Yemen at 112th, Iraq and Pakistan at 129th, and Indonesia at 133rd.
Secondly- Old history is supposed to be a positive value against bad social habits such as "corruption", right?
Now check the list: Greece and Italy being the oldest civilizations of the Western hemisphere are taking the worst situations among the European countries, Greece at 49th with score of 4.3 and Italy at 42nd with score of 4.8! Now shift to Asia: China at 71st with 3.4, Iran at 87th with 2.9, India at 90th with 2.8, move to America: Mexico (remember Aztecs) at 64th with 3.6, On the other extreme some of the countries with very fresh hisory are standing very tall: New Zeland at second with 9.6 (second only to Finland), Singapore at 5th with 9.3 and Canada at 12th with 8.5 (Salute to these new historical babies who are standing very tall).
Thirdly- Oil as a natural blessing is supposed to bring wealth to the countries and wealthier countries as a result are supposed to be less corrupted. Right?
Wrong again: Many of the most corrupted countries are oil rich countries: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East, Venezuela in South America and Nigeria and Lybia in Africa!
I do not want to make theories, I just want to make some points. Look at the irony: the blessings are indeed curses!
Did you notice the link? Our beloved country is enjoying all 3 blessings! Whom should we blaim?