Typical western arroganceI've never heard of this David Pryce-Jones and am not sure why you would you would consider him a reliable expert on Arabs but I would like to point out to you that not all Muslims are Arabs nor or all Arabs Muslims.
Pryce-Jones considers as an additional retarding factor in Arab society the influence of Islam, which hinders efforts to built a Western style society
This guy is saying that western society is the pinnicle of all human culture.
So all of the brown people of the world must copy the society and culture of the west to be considered a success?
Isn't this the same mind set that led to the almost total genocide of the American Indian?
Now, you know that he is merely saying that Western culture is more advanced and results in happier individuals than the 7th century repressive atavistic culture.
What genocide are you thinking of? Certainlly not the accidental deaths that resulted from diseases that the American Indians were inadvertently exposed to?