Muslims make up about 20 % of the world population but only produce 1 % of the worlds scientific papers (according to the IOP). Thats a pretty strong correlation in itself, but the pattern also holds for the best part of the last 800 years.
Science in the Muslim world
Given that this is clearly a strongly detrimental aspect of the religion, it really does fall down to those who care about Western Civilization, and the Fountain of Knowledge upon which it is founded, to identify the aspects of this religion that make it so effective at inhibiting scientific research and take appropriate steps to diminish its effects in the West.
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Same logic shows why religion flourished in the so-called Dark Ages.
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