The way I see it is industrial and post-industrial modernity is a largely Christian movement at its core (even if many claim to be atheist). It also comes from what could be viewed as prophetic teaching and thus divinely inspired. The preditory capitalism is certainly more Judaic than Christian though, and in the rabbinic sense of enphasizing the letter of law over the spirit.

That's interesting you mention Arabs having what could be seen as a "white savior" complex, a noteworthy effect of polarized sectarianism that colonization definitely magnifies. We do need an intelectual revival and one that can not just bridge the gap into modernity but carry Islam with certainty into the future.

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