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Do clergymen oppose technology and development?
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The teachings of Islam, with their emphasis on knowledge, thinking, and intellectual growth, have laid the foundation for the progress and advancement of Muslims and the establishment of a shining civilization. Islam and the spiritual community have historically been pioneers in the progress, development, and spread of civilization in the world. Western scholars like Will Durant believe that Islamic civilization contributed significantly to the advancement and spread of knowledge and culture, particularly in Western society. Many different fields of knowledge owe their development to the activities of Muslims.
Islamic scholars and Islam oppose the principles and secularism dominant in Western civilization, which, with its one-dimensional and materialistic view of humanity, has eroded moral and spiritual values and led humanity into various crises.