"Waldo – I can understand your point. But did you ever think why Muslims contributed so much towards science after Quran was revealed. Because that is where they got the guidance."
Or is it more to do with an expansion of the Islam states through military might resulting in the asimilation of the then centres of scientific thought, upon which they then built? I know which answer makes more sense to me, especially since...
"When they gave that up or started looking here and there then look at them now."
The decline of the Islamic golden age (and thus their scientific innovatioon) again coincides with military campaigns, this time, going against the Islamic states, which relates to what Jake the Peg was talking about to me. I'm not going to pretend to be an expert in the religious beliefs of scientists, but it's fairly well established that religoius belief tends to decline with education (which is why education is often feared by those of a religious nature). However, this is not to say that there aren't many scientists with a religious faith. Wikipedia contains a list of significant Muslim scientists, many of whom are contemporary:
http://en.wikipedia.o..._of_Muslim_scientists
"How many well-known scientists are Muslims?"
How many well-known scientists are there full stop? I would bet that most people would only be able to name a few regardless of what religion they had. I would imagine that the three or four most people could name in Pakistan would be more likely to be Muslim than the three of dour most people in the UK would name.