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  1. With all due respect, the Golden Age of Islam did not see a decline in scientific advancement, any more than the Dark Ages did several hundred years earlier. These are both modern-day myths started in the 19th century, borne out of a societal sense of superiority to 'backwards people.' Just as the 'Dark Ages' saw a boom in political and architectural experimentation, so did the Islamic Golden Age see a boom in historical documentation and preservation (of Ancient Greek and Persian texts) and huge advancements in mathematics (I remind you of Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi, the inventor of algebra, and Ibn Al-Jayyani, who was one of the inventors of the sine function. It may not fit your worldview, but Islam, as any other religion, is fairly neutral in that it is always subject to interpretation by humans. The extremes of interpretation are, of course, bound by the literal words in the holy book, Islam being the most violent in its call to action, but that doesn't mean its political success bore no fruits later on. Islam has helped the world, and I think you need yo accept that.
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