Contemporary Challenges Quotes

“The elites which rule Muslim countries today have shown little ability – or even desire - to address the myriad problems and challenges of a modern world. Of these, the development of science and a rational culture are perhaps the most important. Indeed, compared with non Muslim countries possessing roughly equivalent resources and a comparable level of cultural development, Muslim states do poorly.”
― Pervez Hoodbhoy, Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality