Surely you're taking the proverbial bloody piss. The Arabic world WAS without parallel in science, architecture, mathematics, literature, preservation of Greco-Roman doctrine/philosophy etc.-- until the 13th century. Then it shut down. It hasn't advanced since.
I suppose if you include the Turks in the grouping- if only for the common faith of Islam- they had their day, making inroads into eastern/southern Europe, but again- what the hell have they done lately.
Sorry, but European culture-and by extension Australian, Canadian, until recently American, etc.- is the most civilized, the most advanced. I'm not saying for a minute that the western model is perfect--anyone can list a thousand of its flaws--but at least women aren't treated like subhuman shite here. At least we can listen to Anathema without having our testicles lopped off. At least we can grow our hair long, provided we still have any!
Arabic culture is going to bring about the end of the world as we know it--soon. Now, I think the U.S. war against Iraq was wrong, but when the fanatic Muslim fucks provoke GW again, that's it. Then we get into nuke territory. I don't think I'll 'thank' the Arabic world for this...