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Originally Posted by Thor
I hear this a lot when discussing these matters, it usually brings out the racism or intolerance card.
Its just the truth, the way Islam went from a beacon of science, literature, the arts and now is in a dark ages of sorts.
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I'm not accusing you of anything of the sort, I'm just trying to understand how you can lump Muslims countries as diverse as Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, UAE, KSA, Iraq, Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, etc. into a a group you refer to as 'Islam' and ignore their cultures and achievements in business/economic growth, etc and claim the Islamic world is stuck in the dark ages.
Undoubtedly there are far too many examples of backwards thinking in the Islamic world, including some of the countries in this list but the point I've been trying to make is that it is not a homogeneous group as many seem to suggest it is.
Often the argument seems to be that those Muslim countries that are somewhat more progressive or economically successful don't 'count' as being part of Islam, only the backwards nations do.