Very true, Phil. However, I don't see that this forum is the place to debate such views.
Well, I agree with that. But if such views are stated here, then I feel duty-bound to challenge them. After all, in the main, the very people whose knowledge and experience we seek to emulate and re-create are quite likely to be followers of Islam, and I for one do not wish them to be led to believe that the majority of members of this forum are Islamophobes, For much the same reason, really, <pedantry>
as that</pedantry> yesterday, when I learned that the young man who took my money for petrol at a service station in Pembury was from Romania, I said "Welcome to Britain" to him, so that he was re-assured that not all Britons are xenophobic racists.
** Phil.