Verify as to the number of papers published?  No, I don't have that information.

Verify as to the "the will of Allah"?  Try reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali or watching some of her videos.  According to her, yes, the constant refrain of "it is the will of Allah" is detrimental to creative original thinking.

 Rich,

Using this source,  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind10/pdf/c05.pdf  (see page 31)

I estimated the number of publications in science and engineering in 2007 by countries with Islamic traditions. 

I've got about 16700 articles, which is ~2.2% of the total volume of papers.

Note that Turkey is #19 in the list, and Iran is #27.

I think that our estimate is incorrect because it only includes articles published in American, European, and a few Asian journals recognized by NSF and Thompson Reuters.  I am sure, that thousands of articles in countries such as Iran, Pakistan, or Egypt are published in local journals in domestic language; and since those journals are not recognized internationally, the articles are not counted in statistics.

Summarizing, I would be very careful in using scientific output statistics as an argument for or against any religion.  

For example, China was a closed atheists' country and it did not produce much of research papers.  Now it publishes more papers and it is building more churches.  Conclusion: atheism is bad.  I think you understand my point.

Best,

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Well Ken, I find that it is interesting that the idea of hospitals has anything at all to do with Islam. However, I would love to see a source. Preferably, a source that confronts the fact that the Knights Hospitaller were, in fact, an order of the Catholic military during the crusades.

      Well I read it about 15 years ago in a journal of medicine,(I think) or a article in ancient healing.Anyway this seems like a good link  www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_12.html     PS.it sounds like you made up the name the Hospitallers  lol  !!!

I don't have a source since my college books are at home, but I remember reading that Muslims in Baghdad were responsible for recovering and translating many 'lost' Greek medical texts and using that knowledge combined with original research to create the first authoritative medical encyclopedias.  For a few hundred years, starting in the 9th century, Islam was responsible for the bulk of scientific advances in medicine.  Those encyclopedias were actually what the Europeans used as source material once they started to claw their way back into significant research.  There was a lot of wealth in the region, and many of the rich supported medical philanthropy as part of their religious charitable duty.

I remember reading in some big book at my doctor's reception area that a Muslims were the first to use real scientific methods for large scale medical research too, during the same time period.

No cites though and I don't want to look it up, so ymmv.