Back in the day, Islamic society actually made many great notable scientific discoveries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_medieval_Islami...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_in_the_medieval_Islami...
After all, Christianity to a long time to become central in Europe. In 300 they where only something like 10% of the Roman population. Not to mention looking very different from 'Modern' Christianity.