عرض مشروع التغيير الحضاري باللغة الإنجليزية

1. Toward the New Islamic
Civilization
Ideas for Today and Tomorrow
‫د.طارق السويدان‬
Dr.Tareq Al-Suwaidan

2. Introductory Remarks
 Together with many close Muslim brothers and sisters, we all started
with the Islamic work and the Islamic movement during our youth
and student days. For me it has been more than forty years.
Previously I and those from my generation had the comfort of
knowing that we have our elder brothers and scholars to seek for
guidance and advise. A few years back we realized that we are now
the elders from whom the younger generation are seeking for
guidance and advise.
 Based on the many years of work that we have done in our
professional lives providing training and consulting in the field of
management and leadership development, particularly strategy
management, we find that there is a great need to apply the tools of
strategy management to this most important work and struggle of
rebuilding the Islamic civilization.

3. Introductory Remarks
 We are all aware that the Islamic civilization started from the time of
the Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and the first generation of
Muslims in the year 632. Since then it has grown in strength and
provided leadership to the world despite some periods of minor
decadence during which the Muslim ummah still showed political and
civilization leadership.
 Today, we are far from that position of leadership in almost all
aspects of civilization; governance, justice and fairness, education,
health, wealth creation, individual freedom, and social manners.

4. Introductory Remarks
 It is obvious that we need to change and regain our position of being
an exemplary civilization as alluded to in Surah Al-Baqarah verse
143 (And thus have We made you a group in the middle, so that
you be an ultimate witness [of God's guidance] on [other]
people and the Messenger be an ultimate witness [of God's
guidance] on you).
 But how do we describe this change effort? This is what I’m
proposing in a methodological way while limiting the scope to the
strategic areas of change.

5. Introductory Remarks
 We begin with the basics of strategy management and introduce a
simple model for change. We then describe in some detail the
components of this model.
 This PowerPoint presentation summarizes the ideas of this change
model. I’ve developed these ideas over a period of five years but
really focused on the details during the last two years. I plan to
publish a book in Arabic on this topic.
 I must congratulate the brothers who helped put together these slides
in English. The topic and its ideas are very important and has to be
made available to a wider range of readership for comments and
suggestions to improve. May Allah bless and reward our good deeds.

6. Defining Change
 The process of transitioning from today’s
reality to the desired future vision (Al-
Suwaidan)

7. Defining Civilization
 Ideological
methodology of a
nation during an era and it takes shape
in the form of material and moral output.
(Al-Suwaidan)

8. Generic Change Model
How do we reach
our vision ?
The
Plan
Vision Reality
Where are we heading ? Where are we
today ?
Challenges
What prevents us from
realizing our objectives?

9. Generic Change Model
The
Plan
Vision Reality
1. Major crisis
factors
Challenges 2. Fundamental
capabilities

10. Generic Change Model
The
Plan
Vision Reality
1. Describing our
civilization
2. Competitive Challenges
Objectives

11. Generic Change Model
The
Plan
Vision Reality
Challenges
1. Defining the challenges
2. Overcoming the
challenges

12. Generic Change Model
1. Phases and timelines
2. Roles/Responsibilities
and Projects
The
Plan
Vision Reality
Challenges

13. Generic Change Model
1. Phases and timelines
2. Roles/Responsibilities
and Projects
The
Plan
Vision Reality
1. Describing our 1. Major crisis
civilization factors
2. Competitive Challenges 2. Fundamental
Objectives capabilities
1. Defining the challenges
2. Overcoming the
challenges

14. The Reality
 What is our situation today ?
 We face some major crisis factors.
1. Behavior and ethics
2. Backwardness
3. Effectiveness
4. Leadership
5. Thought/Ideology and Identity

15. Major Crisis Factors
1. Behavior and ethics
 Behaviorand ethics are defined as
sayings and actions and its
conformity with values (Al-Suwaidan)

16. Major Crisis Factors
1. Behavior and ethics
 Faith and Rituals
 Orderliness/Discipline and Cleanliness
 Respecting time
 Social etiquettes
 Decorum and Grace

17. Major Crisis Factors
1. Behavior and ethics
 Faith and Rituals
− Purity of creed (‫ )العقيدة‬and avoiding the bid'ah
− Mastering the obligations and avoidance
of the major sins
− Concern for the nawafil (superarogatory)
deeds and keeping away from the minor sins
− No feeling of being restrained due to the
vastness of permissible things
− Preference for the priorities
•There are many examples of strange beliefs and practices among Muslims with no basis
from Al-Quran and As-Sunnah.
•A significant percentage of Muslims neglect the obligations and commit major sins.
•There is a decline in the importance of these nawafil deeds and many Muslims are no longer
sensitive toward the minor sins.
•We significantly lack a sense of priorities even in the way we practice our faith and rituals.

18. Major Crisis Factors
1. Behavior and ethics
 Orderliness/Discipline and Cleanliness
− Appearance
− Places of worship (Mosques and Hajj)
− Traffic
− Official authorities
•One can clearly observe the lack of orderliness and cleanliness in the areas mentioned
above.

19. Major Crisis Factors
1. Behavior and ethics
 Respecting time
− Individual appointments
− Family appointments
− Official work
− Projects
− Activities
•In general, we do not respect time and are rarely punctual. It is a negative attitude that begins
with the individual and permeates throughout our societies.

20. Major Crisis Factors
1. Behavior and ethics
 Social etiquettes
− Honoring one's parents
− Complexity in marriage and engagement
− Matters related to divorce
− Development of children upbringing
− Deviations and its treatment (sex, alcohol,
drugs)

21. Major Crisis Factors
1. Behavior and ethics
 Decorum and grace
− Decorum with people
− Buildings and architecture
− Appreciation of the arts
− Beauty in the appearance
•In general, there is a lack of decorum and grace in the way we deal with people in terms of
politeness, courtesy, civic mindedness and basic manners.
•Its painfully obvious that many of the physical artifacts of our history are considered objects of
beauty even by the West but we are far behind in modern architecture, arts and culture.

22. Major Crisis Factors
2. Backwardness
 Backwardness defined – The level of
decline in competitiveness in comparison
to others (Al-Suwaidan)

23. Major Crisis Factors
2. Backwardness
 Knowledge
 Education
 Quality
 Management methods
 Media
 Communications infrastructure
 Military strength
•Examples of critical areas in which we are quite far behind compared to the more developed
countries. Even some of our richer countries like Qatar, Brunei and Saudi Arabia are relatively
far behind in these areas compared to countries with a similar GDP per population ratio.

24. Major Crisis Factors
2. Backwardness
 Knowledge
− Percentage spending on academic research
− Number of patents and inventions
− Number of Nobel Laureates
− Number and Level of research centers
− Encouraging inventors

25. Major Crisis Factors
2. Backwardness
 Education
− Ranking among nations
− Level of the curriculum
− Level of the educators/teachers
− Care for the gifted/talented
− Spending on education
− Quality of primary education

26. Major Crisis Factors
2. Backwardness
 Quality
− Extent of the understanding of quality
− Number of quality certifications
− Number of sectors that grant quality
certificates
− Quality control systems
− Quality in the services (education, health,
training)
− Systems for continuous improvement
•Its obvious that our countries are not equated with quality. One thinks of Japan, South Korea
and Germany.

27. Major Crisis Factors
2. Backwardness
 Management methods
− Increase efficiency (Reduce the effort,
time and cost)
− Methods of decision-making
− Management of meetings
− Management of the working group
− Administrative structures
•We are definitely not there in pioneering modern management practices. We are still far
behind in adopting good management and governance practices.

28. Major Crisis Factors
2. Backwardness
 Media
− Achieving the functions of the media
(entertainment, guidance,
education, enlightenment,
reporting, incitement, mobilization)
− Changing the human
(thought, interests, skills,
relationships, role models)
•In general, our media is too biased toward entertainment and being a propaganda machine.

29. Major Crisis Factors
2. Backwardness
 Communications infrastructure
− Fixed and mobiles phones
− Internet

30. Major Crisis Factors
2. Backwardness
 Military strength
− Army census
− Number of nuclear warheads
•We may be able to provide numbers for our armies but we import a large percentage of our
weapons. When it comes to advanced weapons we rely almost exclusively on Western
countries.
•Although Iran and Pakistan purportedly have some nuclear capability it is not known to surpass
that of Israel and India.

31. Major Crisis Factors
2. Backwardness (Military strength)

32. Major Crisis Factors
3. Effectiveness
 Effectivenessdefined - Degree of
productivity in comparison to competitors
– Al-Suwaidan

33. Major Crisis Factors
3. Effectiveness
 Individual
− The productivity of the individual Muslim,
compared with the rest of the world
 Family
− Family working as separate scattered
individuals and not as a collective unit
 Organizations
− Extent of institutional integration
in organizations

34. Major Crisis Factors
3. Effectiveness
 Countries
− Ranking of our countries in global
competitiveness
− Value of the purchase of weapons
− Political systems
 Movements
− Institutional integration and the degree
of innovation and efficiency
− Freedom of assembly
− Freedom of the press

35. Major Crisis Factors
3. Effectiveness
 Global
Competitiveness Report by the
World Economic Forum
− Best reference with data available today that
relate to nation competitiveness.
− Model may have shortcomings and biased to
the Western concepts of economic
development and competitiveness but it is a
good model to start with. Easily referenced to
benchmark areas of improvement.
− Highest ranked Muslim country in 2010-2011
is Qatar – 17. In the 2011-2012 report Qatar
improved its position to 14. Saudi Arabia also
moved from 21 to 17.

36. Major Crisis Factors
4. Leadership
 The previous three crises are a reflection
of the crises in thought and leadership.
 Thus the priority is to solve our thought
and leadership crisis.
Behavior and Backwardness Effectiveness
Ethics Crisis Crisis Crisis
Leadership Thought
Crisis Crisis
•Poor leadership and some flaws in our thought/ideology are the two cornerstones of our crisis.

37. Major Crisis Factors
4. Leadership
 Leadershipdefined – Ability to move
people toward the goal. (Al-Suwaidan)

38. Major Crisis Factors
4. Leadership
1. The importance of leadership
2. Levels and fields
3. Manifestations of the crisis
4. Knowledge of leadership
5. Plan for preparation of leadership

39. Major Crisis Factors
4. Leadership
1. The importance of leadership
− Comparison in the field of da’wah
− Comparison in relief work
− Comparison in charity work
− Comparison with the Prophet’s experience
− Comparison with the Malaysian experience

40. Major Crisis Factors
4. Leadership
2. Levels and Fields
− Governments and Ministries
− Institutions and Companies
− Family
− Islamic work

41. Major Crisis Factors
4. Leadership
3. Manifestations of the crisis
− Freedom
− Innovation
− Individualism
− Efficiency
− Ethics (‫)األخالق‬

42. Major Crisis Factors
4. Leadership
4. Knowledge of leadership
− Concepts and Principles
− Characteristics, tests and measures
− Types (administrative, voluntary, specialized)
− Leadership Training
− Islamic leadership

43. Major Crisis Factors
4. Leadership
5. Plan for preparation of leadership
− Scientific methodology
− General preparation
− Specialist preparation
− Categories (talented individuals,
women, children, adolescents)
− Benefiting from real experiences

44. Major Crisis Factors
5. Thought Crisis
Thought Defined - Realization of the
mind in something to reach a new opinion
regarding it (Al-Suwaidan)
Thought includes the belief,
principles, values, aspirations
and understanding of life and analysis
of the past and the present and foreseeing
the future.

45. Major Crisis Factors
5. Thought Crisis
1. Features of Our Thought
2. Some flaws in the thought (process)
3. Inviolability of the civilization
4. Refinement process
5. Tools to propagate the inviolability (of
the thought)

46. Major Crisis Factors
5. Thought Crisis
1. Features of Our Thought
− Civilizational
 Humane, purposeful, fair, balanced, global
− Practical
− Rational
− Renewed (having gone through various stages
of renewal)
− Flexible

47. Major Crisis Factors
5. Thought Crisis
2. Some Flaws in the Thought (Process)
− Prejudices and affiliations
− Customs and traditions
− Patriarchal
− Fascination, dependence and sanctification
− Influenced by reality
− Freedom of worship and religion
•References of our thought are the pure sources of Al-Quran and As-Sunnah. But many times
we allow our customs and traditions to define our thought and thought processes without
questioning its basis. We also allow our prejudices and affiliations particularly with the various
Mazhab to influence the thought process.
•At times our fascination with the sacredness of some of our customs prevent us from looking at
the issues at hand objectively. A simple example is the mass celebration of the birthday of our
beloved Prophet in some Muslim countries. It is sensitive to point out that such celebrations
were not observed during the time of the Prophet or rightly guided Caliphs.

48. Major Crisis Factors
5. Thought Crisis
3. Inviolability of the civilization
− Defining the inviolability
 Quality of thought, and the degree of spread
and its application
− Manifestations of the loss of inviolability
 Culture, arts, clothing, food
− Causes of the loss of inviolability
 Difficulty/complexity thinking, isolation of the
scholars (from real, practical experiences),
Globalization
− Models of civilizational inviolability
− Improvement of the inviolability

49. Major Crisis Factors
5. Thought Crisis
4. Refining the Thought
− The objectives of the refinement process
(Treatment of the flaws and the renewal of the
features)
− Scientific methodology (Delphi)
− Independence
(From governments and political parties)
− Individual roles
− Institutional roles

50. Major Crisis Factors
5. Thought Crisis
5. Tools to propagate the inviolability
− Media (traditional and new)
 Number of satellite channels
 Proportion of Internet users
− Education
− Publication
− Speeches
− Direct contact

51. Fundamental capabilities
Reality
1. Major crisis factors
2. Fundamental capabilities

52. Fundamental capabilities
Competitive advantages
Fundamental capabilities defined - These
are the fundamental strengths which
appears in all the
products (compared with competitors) –
Al-Suwaidan

53. Fundamental capabilities
Fundamental capabilities - examples
− Company example
 Honda and engine capability
− Individual example
− Example for a nation
 The Zionist entity (Please refer to the book
“Start-Up Nation – The Story of Israel’s
Economic Miracle” by Dan Senor and Saul
Singer)

54. Fundamental capabilities
Example for a nation - The Zionist entity
− Argument/Controversy (Dealing with the
Apostles)
− Insolence (the Zionist army)
− Not being afraid of failure

55. Fundamental capabilities
What are your personal capabilities ?
What are our ummah’s capabilities ?

56. Fundamental capabilities
What are our ummah’s capabilities ?
− Intense emotion and courage
− Love for religion (Islam)
− Honor and desire for dignity
− Reproduction
− Nation with a large youth population

57. Fundamental capabilities – Our
Love for Islam
Survey results on question - Is religion an important part of your
daily life ?

58. Fundamental capabilities –
Reproduction
Data from Gapminder World

59. Fundamental capabilities – Youth
Population
Data from Gapminder World

60. Fundamental capabilities
What are our ummah’s capabilities ?
− How do we invest in building the basic
capabilities of our nation to increase its
effectiveness in competing with other nations?

61. The Vision
Vision
• Where are we heading?
• What is the ideal picture of our civilization
that we consider our strategic goal?
• Elements of Islamic Civilization
(We may need between 50 to 100 years to
achieve)

62. The Vision
Vision
1. Describing our civilization
2. Competitive Objectives

63. Elements of Islamic Civilization
Faith based elements
− Belief system that is consistent with human
nature
− Rituals that drive building of the civilization
− Belief that is coupled with deeds
− The world as a preparation for the Hereafter
− Science that does not lead to disbelief

64. Elements of Islamic Civilization
Legislative elements
− Use of the intellect guided by revelation and
the traditions of the Prophet
− Legislation to ensure the greater good
− Justice to support benevolence
− Rights balanced with duties and
responsibilities
− Rule and power to complement religion

65. Elements of Islamic Civilization
Ethical elements
− Ethics that elevate the human being
− Freedom that serves virtue
− Art that conforms to values and ethics
− Innovation
− Science

66. Elements of Islamic Civilization
Elements related to the practice of Islam
− Care of the body that is related to spiritual
deeds
− Power that defends right
− Halal (Legitimate) wealth expended in the
correct avenues
− Balance of body and soul, mind and emotion
− Education that complements legislation

67. Elements of Islamic Civilization
Social Elements
− The individual that is an organized part of the
family and society
− Society that does not dominate the individual
− The state that establishes the practice of
religion
− Shura council that is governed by evidence
from Quran and Sunnah
− The nation open to the world

68. Elements of Islamic Civilization
Graph of History
− Timeline of the rise and fall of the Muslim
Ummah
 http://www.youtube.com/changeproject1#p/a/u/2/
u-1EwAPCMKI
− Minority Religions
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMHTBHuHs
kY
− World Religions
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muydBtULO
K8

69. The Vision
Vision
1. Describing our civilization
2. Competitive Objectives

70. Competitive Objectives
Nations compete economically in 12
areas
These are identified in the Global
Competitiveness Report prepared by the
World Economic Forum
− In our research we find this model to be the
most complete and fully substantiated with
available data. It is not a perfect model and is
devoid of many of the salient features of the
Islamic civilization. However the 12 general
areas mentioned are relevant as a benchmark
for Muslim countries to improve upon.

71. Competitive Objectives
The overall objective is to increase the
performance of each Islamic country by two-
thirds in each area over the next 20 years
The Arabic version of this presentation details
out the 12 areas of competitiveness, the 2010-
2011 rankings of the top nations and also that
of selected countries in the Middle East and
other Muslim countries.

72. Competitive Objectives
The data used in these slides are taken from the
2010-2011 Global Competitiveness Report. The
full report can be downloaded from
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCom
petitivenessReport_2010-11.pdf
The World Economic Forum recently (in August
2011) released the 2011-2012 report.

73. Competitive Objectives - Global
Competitiveness Index (GCI)
 The GCI includes a weighted average of many different components,
each measuring a different aspect of competitiveness. These
components are grouped into 12 pillars of economic
competitiveness.
 While the pillars are aggregated into a single index, measures are
reported for the 12 pillars separately because such details provide a
sense of the specific areas in which a particular country needs to
improve.
1. Institutions 7. Labor market efficiency
2. Infrastructure 8. Financial market development
3. Macroeconomic environment 9. Technological readiness
4. Health and Primary Education 10. Market size
5. Higher Education and Training 11. Business sophistication
6. Goods market efficiency 12. Innovation

74. Challenges
Challenges
What prevents us from realizing our
objectives?

75. Challenges
Challenges
1. Defining the challenges
2. Overcoming the challenges

76. Defining the Challenges
Political despotism
Weakness of the legal (Sharia) education
Financial Corruption
Foreign intervention
Attrition in the conflict with the Zionist
entity

77. Transparency International Report –
Corruption Index

78. Overcoming the Challenges
Political despotism
Weakness of the legal (Sharia) education
Financial Corruption
Foreign intervention
Attrition in the conflict with the Zionist
entity
The various projects proposed in the section on “The Plan” partially address how to
overcome the above challenges.

79. The Plan
The Plan
How do we reach our vision ?
1. Phases and timelines
2. Roles/Responsibilities and
Projects

80. The Plan - Phases and Timelines
 Four phases of 5 year periods
Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
Phase 2 (2016 to 2020)
Phase 3 (2021 to 2025)
Phase 4 (2025 to 2030)

81. The Plan - Phases and Timelines
Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
• Crystalize the Plan
• Treatment of the crisis
factors
Phase 2 (2016 to 2020)
• Building the institutions
Phase 3 (2021 to 2025)
• Engage in institutional
competitiveness
Phase 4 (2025 to 2030)
• Engage in nation
competitiveness
• Forming the Islamic
confederation

82. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
− General Projects
 Treatment of the crisis factors
Faith and Rituals
Veneration of Allah (SWT)
Love of the Prophet (SAW)
Tazkiah an-Nafs (Purification of the self/soul)
Tablis Iblis (The Devil's Deception)
Reverence of the Prophet’s family and Companions

83. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
− General Projects
 Treatment of the crisis factors
Social and Moral
Honoring one's parents
Family bonding (See works by Dr. Jasem Al-
Mutawwa’)
How to raise your children
Publication on ethics
Fight against smoking, drugs and alcohol

84. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
− General Projects
 Treatment of the crisis factors
Manifestations of civilization
Respect for time
Aesthetics
Commitment to good traffic manners

85. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
− General Projects
 Treatment of the crisis factors
Thought
Free your mind
Equity for the woman
Return to the original sources
Cleansing history
Simplifying the thought/ideology
Freedom as a fundamental
Contemporary application of the Sharia
Constitution of the Islamic State

86. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
− General Projects
 Treatment of the crisis factors
Leadership
The leadership specialization
 Dissemination of the intellectual (Please refer to the project at
mofaker.net)
 Informational/Media leadership
 Political leadership
 Investor leadership
 Leader/Commander (Leadership academy)
 Teacher
 Trainer
 Icons (See romooz.com)
 Faqih (Jurist)

87. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
− General Projects
 Treatment of the crisis factors
Leadership
The Leadership Curricula
 Incubation level (Kindergarten, Pre-School)
 Primary school level
 Middle school level
 Secondary school level
 University level (Al-Ruwwad : ‫)الرواد‬
 Adults (Al-Ibda’ : ‫)اإلبداع‬

88. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
− General Projects
 Improving Global Competitiveness
Development of curricula for basic education
Curricula of development of teachers
Center for quality control/supervision of education in the
Arab world
Arab Center for the control/supervision of the quality
of health
Arab Center for Transparency
Center for spreading democracyand political
freedom/liberty
Center of encouraging innovationand Scientific Research

89. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
− General Projects
 Media-based projects
Value-based campaigns
Production of value-based programs for children
Programs for building personal leadership
Production of dramas that inculcate positive values
Development of Arab films
Production of international films
New Media (Internet, Mobile)

90. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
− Special Projects (For each country)
 Center for preparation of leaders
 Promoting political freedom
 Fight against financial and administrative corruption
 Improving country effectiveness
 Development of education
 Quality of health
 Scientific research
 Development and activation of the Stock Exchange
 Development and activation of the Endowments (‫)األوقاف‬
 Center for Privatization

91. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
− Projects for Palestine
 Support the resistance
 Media Jihad (‫)الجهاد اإلعالمي‬
 Electronic Jihad (‫)الجهاد اإللكتروني‬

92. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 1 (2011 to 2015)
− Other projects
 Activating the Islamic movements
 Networking the innovators/creative individuals

93. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 2 (2016 to 2020)
− Raise the rank of Arab states in the following
competitive criteria by half
 Institutions
 Infrastructure
 Health and Primary Education
 Higher Education and Training

94. Institutions
Future Rank Current Rank Country
25 51 Kuwait
7 15 UAE
4 9 Qatar
16 32 Saudi Arabia
9 18 Oman
15 30 Bahrain
28 56 Egypt

95. Institutions
Future Rank Current Rank Country
57 115 Algeria
32 64 Morocco
11 23 Tunisia
33 67 Libya
12 25 Jordan
28 57 Syria
50 100 Mauritania

96. Infrastructure
Future Rank Current Rank Country
25 50 Kuwait
3 6 UAE
19 39 Qatar
18 36 Saudi Arabia
15 29 Oman
13 27 Bahrain
27 55 Egypt

97. Infrastructure
Future Rank Current Rank Country
49 99 Algeria
35 70 Morocco
18 37 Tunisia
52 105 Libya
21 42 Jordan
40 79 Syria
59 118 Mauritania

98. Health and Primary Education
Future Rank Current Rank Country
36 73 Kuwait
10 20 UAE
4 8 Qatar
35 71 Saudi Arabia
46 92 Oman
18 37 Bahrain
42 84 Egypt

99. Health and Primary Education
Future Rank Current Rank Country
38 77 Algeria
43 87 Morocco
15 30 Tunisia
52 104 Libya
28 57 Jordan
35 70 Syria
57 114 Mauritania

100. Higher Education and Training
Future Rank Current Rank Country
41 82 Kuwait
14 29 UAE
12 25 Qatar
26 53 Saudi Arabia
33 67 Oman
24 48 Bahrain
44 88 Egypt

101. Higher Education and Training
Future Rank Current Rank Country
51 102 Algeria
49 99 Morocco
16 32 Tunisia
37 75 Libya
21 42 Jordan
52 104 Syria
66 132 Mauritania

102. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 2 (2016 to 2020)
− Building the following institutions:
 Organization to spread the call for political
freedom
 Education Development
 Development of a free economy
 Islamic Foundation for Waqf (Endowment)
 Sophisticated health system

103. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 3 (2021 to 2025)
− Raise the rank of Arab states in the following
competitive criteria by half
 Goods market efficiency
 Labor market efficiency
 Financial market development
 Technological readiness
 Business sophistication

104. Goods market efficiency
Future Rank Current Rank Country
30 63 Kuwait
5 10 UAE
10 21 Qatar
15 29 Saudi Arabia
16 33 Oman
11 22 Bahrain
43 87 Egypt

105. Goods market efficiency
Future Rank Current Rank Country
49 97 Algeria
34 68 Morocco
20 39 Tunisia
60 119 Libya
21 43 Jordan
50 101 Syria
55 111 Mauritania

106. Labor market efficiency
Future Rank Current Rank Country
30 59 Kuwait
8 16 UAE
7 14 Qatar
35 71 Saudi Arabia
15 33 Oman
17 35 Bahrain
63 126 Egypt

107. Labor market efficiency
Future Rank Current Rank Country
64 127 Algeria
65 129 Morocco
49 98 Tunisia
66 132 Libya
53 106 Jordan
64 128 Syria
48 95 Mauritania

108. Financial market development
Future Rank Current Rank Country
31 63 Kuwait
16 33 UAE
17 35 Qatar
26 53 Saudi Arabia
21 43 Oman
15 30 Bahrain
42 84 Egypt

109. Financial market development
Future Rank Current Rank Country
45 90 Algeria
48 96 Morocco
43 87 Tunisia
61 122 Libya
26 52 Jordan
62 123 Syria
65 129 Mauritania

110. Technological readiness
Future Rank Current Rank Country
32 63 Kuwait
16 33 UAE
17 35 Qatar
26 53 Saudi Arabia
21 43 Oman
15 30 Bahrain
42 84 Egypt

111. Technological readiness
Future Rank Current Rank Country
45 90 Algeria
48 96 Morocco
43 87 Tunisia
61 122 Libya
26 52 Jordan
62 123 Syria
65 129 Mauritania

112. Business sophistication
Future Rank Current Rank Country
25 50 Kuwait
10 19 UAE
18 37 Qatar
17 35 Saudi Arabia
28 57 Oman
30 61 Bahrain
36 72 Egypt

113. Business sophistication
Future Rank Current Rank Country
64 128 Algeria
38 78 Morocco
27 54 Tunisia
55 111 Libya
25 49 Jordan
45 90 Syria
62 125 Mauritania

114. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 3 (2021 to 2025)
− Raise the rank of Arab states in the following
competitive criteria by two-thirds
 Institutions
 Infrastructure
 Health and Primary Education
 Higher Education and Training

115. Institutions
Future Rank Current Rank Country
17 51 Kuwait
5 15 UAE
3 9 Qatar
11 32 Saudi Arabia
6 18 Oman
10 30 Bahrain
19 56 Egypt

116. Institutions
Future Rank Current Rank Country
38 115 Algeria
21 64 Morocco
8 23 Tunisia
22 67 Libya
8 25 Jordan
19 57 Syria
33 100 Mauritania

117. Infrastructure
Future Rank Current Rank Country
17 50 Kuwait
2 6 UAE
13 39 Qatar
12 36 Saudi Arabia
10 29 Oman
9 27 Bahrain
18 55 Egypt

118. Infrastructure
Future Rank Current Rank Country
33 99 Algeria
23 70 Morocco
12 37 Tunisia
35 105 Libya
14 42 Jordan
30 79 Syria
39 118 Mauritania

119. Health and Primary Education
Future Rank Current Rank Country
24 73 Kuwait
7 20 UAE
3 8 Qatar
24 71 Saudi Arabia
31 92 Oman
12 37 Bahrain
28 84 Egypt

120. Health and Primary Education
Future Rank Current Rank Country
26 77 Algeria
29 87 Morocco
10 30 Tunisia
35 104 Libya
19 57 Jordan
23 70 Syria
38 114 Mauritania

121. Higher Education and Training
Future Rank Current Rank Country
27 82 Kuwait
10 29 UAE
8 25 Qatar
18 53 Saudi Arabia
22 67 Oman
16 48 Bahrain
29 88 Egypt

122. Higher Education and Training
Future Rank Current Rank Country
34 102 Algeria
33 99 Morocco
11 32 Tunisia
25 75 Libya
14 42 Jordan
35 104 Syria
43 132 Mauritania

123. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 4 (2026 to 2030)
− Raise the rank of Arab states in the overall
competitive criteria by two-thirds

124. Overall Rank by 2030
Our Ambition by Current Rank Country
2030 From 133 Nations
13 39 Kuwait
8 23 UAE
7 22 Qatar
9 28 Saudi Arabia
14 41 Oman
13 38 Bahrain
23 70 Egypt

125. Overall Rank by 2030
Our Ambition by Current Rank Country
2030 From 133 Nations
28 83 Algeria
21 73 Morocco
13 40 Tunisia
29 88 Libya
17 50 Jordan
31 94 Syria
38 113 Mauritania

126. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 4 (2026 to 2030)
− Creating a Confederation of Muslim countries
through the unification of
 Foreign Policies
 Finance
 Defense
 Travel (Freedom of cross-border travel)

127. The Plan – Roles and Projects
 Phase 4 (2026 to 2030)
− Creating a Confederation of Muslim countries
to be led by the following countries
 Turkey
 Malaysia
 Saudi Arabia
 Egypt

128. Generic Change Model
How do we reach
our vision ?
The
Plan
Vision Reality
Where are we heading ? Where are we
today ?
Challenges
What prevents us from
realizing our objectives?

129. Generic Change Model
1. Phases and timelines
2. Roles/Responsibilities
and Projects
The
Plan
Vision Reality
1. Describing our 1. Major crisis
civilization factors
2. Competitive Challenges 2. Fundamental
Objectives capabilities
1. Defining the challenges
2. Overcoming the
challenges

130. Concluding Remarks
 The basics of strategy management require that we define a
clear vision of the future, and in our case, a clear picture of
how the Muslim ummah will look like in the future. It simply
cannot be generic statements like “an Islamic state”, “an
Islamic Khalifah”, “to implement Shari’ah”. It must be in
some tangible form, preferably quantifiable and with
timelines.
 That is what we have tried to clarify in our vision statement
for the ummah over the next twenty years; to quantifiably
improve the level of economic competitiveness for each Muslim
country and to enhance the unity and cooperation among the
Muslim countries by proposing a confederation united in the
four suggested areas.

131. Concluding Remarks
 Is the proposed vision complete and perfect ? We do not claim
it as such but we believe it is definitely a good start.
 When we started on this project in 2008, many considered the
vision far-fetched considering the economic and political
situation then. Now events have changed significantly.
− The financial crisis in 2008 is crippling the economies of the West
and weakening their financial institutions. The biggest economy in
the world, the United States, is facing a major debt crisis.
− The spring uprising in 2011 will change the political landscape in
the Middle East. It’s opening the doors of freedom and greater
autonomy for the common people. It will help overcome our first
challenge factor; political despotism.

132. Concluding Remarks
 This work is very much still in progress. We are encouraged
by the many positive responses we have received indicating
that although the work is not perfect, we are on the right
track.
 We have created a web portal in Arabic (for now) to share our
ideas and invite comments and participation from all
interested Muslims.
− http://www.change-project.co
 We certainly invite comments and suggestions to improve
upon it.
 Kindly distribute report on this humble work to your circle of
friends.

133. Concluding Remarks
 The one who intends to do a good deed and actualizes it will be
rewarded by ten multiples and the one who intends to do a
good deed but does not actualize it will still be rewarded with a
single multiple of the deed.
 So make your intentions sincere and proceed with the deeds.
Don’t forget us in your prayers.

134. Dr.TareqAlsuwaidan
suwaidan@alresalah.net
www.suwaidan.com
00965 25761010

135. • This summary is prepared in collaboration with ANSI
Systems Sdn Bhd in Malaysia.
• The company also produces e-books of selected topics in
Islam that I have lectured on.
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