Despite lack of appropriate resour- ces and difficult weather and cli- mate the Muslim world has valu- able natural resources. t 5. The major natural resource of ther Muslim world is mineral oil which is produced and sold in terms of pet- roleum. With reference to the oil trade a Saudi Arabia, UAE, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, Brunei, Kuwait, Libya are important countries. Algeria and Egypt have limited - quantity of mineral oil.

Besides this, gas (natural gas) is another mineral resource of the Muslim world. Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Li- bya, Iraq, Kuwait, Indonesia have gas resources in their areas. Here coal, iron, copper, lead, tin, r rock salt, raw chemical, gold, j,ci nickle, zinc and silver are other small scale natural resources. Muslim countries having river Li valleys are fertile and enriched with water resources. Sea food like fish, prawns etc. ! are their main products. Egypt the valley of Nile has the beautiful structure The Nile river provides water f food and economic stability to its country This valley has a history of million years, ater 1960, Egypt became y enabled to boost its sea food products and agriculture. Electricity, agriculture, fruits and vegetables are also important re- sourses of this valley. Pakistan is situated in Indus valley region of South Asia.

Bangladesh is fed by the river Bra- t hamputra of the Ganges valley Turkey, Iraq and Syria are part ofuss Tigris and Euphrates river valleys. Nile also touches Sudan and itt links with Egypt. Agricultural products grow by these rivers. Fruits, Vegetables and natural vegetation are also grown in the river valley parts of the Muslim world. In Asia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia are fa- mous for nice fruits like bananas, mangoes, pineapples, oranges apples and coconuts. Olive is the famous fruit product of Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., Egypt, Syria, Iraq etc. Saudi Arabia is much famous for u its delicious and energy feeding dates. Therefore it is rightly to say that SU the whole of the Muslim world is self dependent in oil product. This wealth is the strongest eco- nomic power of the Muslim coun- tries.