Burj Khalifa or Dubai University ? Which was better?
By Sher Ali • Jan 4th, 2010 • Category: Politics • 9 CommentsI am not really proving to be a show-maligner or fly in the ointment, but I was just wondering after watching spectacular display of fireworks of the world’s tallest building that whether its $ 1.5 billion was more better for the Dubai and the region or some university or strings of Universities?
Sheikh of Dubai is mimicking the West, but doe he know that West first built up Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Yale and then they went about having Sears tower, Empire State Building? Buildings come and go or if they stay they become just routine after sometime just like Taipie tower.
But world class universities like Oxford remains always and they are the real secret of Western power. How many universities of that caliber are present in the whole UAE?
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Muslim leadership is known for making its face red by just slapping their faces instead of polishing and curing in refined ways.
That is why most of Muslim countries are rated as artificial or poor developed countries in the world.
Just wastage of money.
Reminds me of Mughal emperors who built useless buildings just for their fun and love. When West was inventing things, these emperors were having fireworks, Mushairas, and dance parties. Now when US and West is strengthening their economy by addressing core issues, these buggers in Dubai while immersed in debt are having a ball. What a pity.
Where the richest people throw their easy earn money?
Sure in such kinds of show race.
In Nov 2009 malik riaz a strong icon of land mafia had arranged the marriage of his grand daughter,
He designed invitation cards in some kind of expensive wooden boxes carrying chocolates and sweets along with specially printed invitation on special fiber.It costs more than one crore rupees for 5000 such invitations.
so easy come easy go and this is specialty of rich Muslim people
There was no point of putting up show of such opulence.
As stated in Holy Quran ;
“Verily spendthrifts are brothers of the Evil Ones; and the Evil One is to his Lord (himself) ungrateful.” (Isra’:27)
“And swell not thy cheek (for pride) at men, nor walk in insolence through the earth; for Allah love not any arrogant boaster.” (Luqman:18)
I guess we don’t learn from past mistakes !!!!!!!!!!
Saudi Arab recently built a KAUST University, which is considered to be the first modern research institution in the arab world. But stupid mullahs opposed it because it had co-education, and they are going to teach “the theory of evolution” in it. Saudi King made the right decision by firing the cleric. This tower has the potential to regenerate Dubai’s economy, as it is focusing on tourism. Moreover, higher educations institutions are being opened in Dubai.
I was at the event the other night at khalifa. Quite amazing.
This tower was built by mostly Indian,Pakistani and bangladeshi labour getting about $48 per month. It is taller than any tower in the world and four times taller than the tallest building in UK!!!.But this building requires occupants and for that they use terrorists in Mumbai and Karachi so that the Indian and Pakistani fat cats who used to have bank accounts in swiss numbered acounts or in Isle of Man can have security in real estate of Dubai. Mumbai 26/11 and Ashura procession attack in Karachi are being funded by these Arabs through their socalled freedom fighters who in turn used to be trained by CIA.
@Johann
To some extent I agree with your statement but I can’t imagine that Mumbai and Karachi attacks were funded by Arabs.