Islam adores ignorance.
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Well, it is the ONE thing that is common amongst all similar nations. The problem is that they have not gone through a Reformation where science, art, technology, and reason are reconciled with with religion. This is a good article overall, but they did leave something out. The majority of modern day countries devote billions to madrassas and other religious schools. Far more than any other studies.