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A conference exploring the reasons why Islamic countries are backwards in science and technology listed a lack of political leadership in science, low educational standards, a lack of public interest and public spending focused on the military as contributing factors. The delegates were not agreed on whether Islam itself (especially fundamentalist dogmas) hinders scientific and technological progress, or on whether the lack of free expression and creative thinking in Islamic countries is a factor. The GDP of all Islamic countries combined is less than half the GDP of Germany, although Islamic countries are home to 1.3 billion people and 75% of the world's fossil fuel reserves.
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The database of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) shows no statistics regarding the status of research in various Muslim countries or investment and performance in R&D sector, and therefore OIC need to gather data on science, producing figures that are reliable. An overall picture of science and technology indicators of OIC countries is presented by extracting science indicators from official sources and reanalyzing them for OIC group as a whole.
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The young researchers, reformers and industrialists from France have given their opinions on the leading presidential candidates and also on the French research spectrum. They want life science to get top priority and autonomy for the French universities from the central government.
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