Can pure Islamic thinking only exist in underdeveloped or repressive environments?

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Re: Can pure Islamic thinking only exist in underdeveloped or repressive environments

@ravage

Development is again a measurable quantity. Iran does OK, it is ranked 70th out of 160 countries, basically about midway. Without incurring argument, it is clear that some measure of suppression is required in keeping modernity at bay, as evidenced by the recurring protests.

I will try to come back to the modernity debate later.

Just a side note about Iran & its scientific progress.

According to the New Scientist magazine, Iran is the fastest growing country in the world in terms of science.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18546-iran-showing-fastest-scientific-growth-of-any-country.html

In areas of medical science such as rheumatology, hematology, and bone marrow trasplantation, Iranian medical scientists are among the world leaders. Their academics contribute an amazing proportion of the contemporary research in the fields such as Chemistry, Physics, and Biology and is among all science producing countries. Iran ranked 15th in 2009 in the field of nanotechnology in terms of presenting articles. Take a look at this: Science and technology in Iran - Wikipedia