There has been a lot of Muslim bashing here recently, and one of the prime jokes about Muslims is their constant reference to the will of Alah in themost minute details of life. Most Americans, and the majority of Christians believe miracles are rare and are unlikely to affect the outcome of scientific investigation. So science has a built-in bias against the assumption of miracle as the first choice choice to explain anything. In fact science has a rather aggressive tendency to assume that nothing is explained by miracles. This is not atheism; it is an attitude necessary in approaching hard problems.