Thats your understanding. Where in any article does FFI refer to mordernism .Then in that case what FFI says is false or naive.  
 While the rest of the world has become mordernized??? WHAT PART f the world  do you live. 
 do make a check on stats as in what percentage of the world lives a mordernized life.  
 Tolerant of each other: Mr. Sina cant tolerate a muslim and says that a muslim will go to hell. 

 In Ireland there are still fights between the protestants and the catholic. In India the Hindus have recent burned to death a christian missionary family and its belongings. Africa is under seige not by islam but by greed of money and power. Check these violent behaviour http://religiousfreaks.com/2007/01/04/beware-christian-vandals-on-the-loose/ 
 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/assam-pastor-beaten/ 
 http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/india-state-closes-church-for-singing-loud-amid-violence-against-believers/ 
 http://www.rickross.com/reference/jews_for_jesus/jews_for_jesus29.html 

 Islam has "prevented" something. That means for 1400 years something has been prevented by Islam. Is that a pro or con. What do you mean by backward???