Muslim Scientist Promotes Religion

On a John Templeton Foundation webpage.  The title is, "Why Should Scientists Care About Religion?".

He defines religion as:

"“Religion” relates to an organized system of beliefs (theology), practices (rules and rituals), and relations, at both individual and communal levels (church, community, society, etc.)."

And then simply asserts this:

"Now, assuming that one is dealing with such an advanced, open-minded, open-ended, and “updated” theology or religion, should scientists take it seriously?"

Emphasis mine.  I don't buy that assumption.

Later he writes,

"Faith, spirituality, and religion, on the other hand, are optional sets of ideas that one may choose to carry or not, in one version or another. However, educated and discerning people in particular, must strive to make faith, spirituality, and religion, as sophisticated, open, and updated as possible. Once the above two caveats are effected, science and religion can have much to bring to one another and to humanity."

If one extracts from religion, that bodies of knowledge we science, history, philosophy, etc.  What is left to make sophisticated, open and updated?

Nothing.

The JT Foundation's goal is to give religion an equal status as science.

Scientists should care about religion and how it affects people's behavior.  And then point out that it's really all about nothing.