Yes it is not about relegion but let me ask a question, suppose that you have a very good university, but all the students graduating from that university are faliures, wont that tell you something about their university......Islam is great, I will not argue and I beleive in it deeply, but most of Muslims really sucks, the Islamic world is the worst place in the planet, democracy sun is shinning allover the world, while the only truely free islamic country in the world according to a report prepared few years ago was Mali!!!!!
Any way back to sand storms, I think they have one gread advantage, they sheild the scorching sun away