No, the Scandinavian countries, for instance, are everything but socially backward. In fact, Sweden took this to such an extreme that their open borders policy has led them to pretty much lose control of parts of their own country to Muslim immigrants. Given enough ammo (see uneducated people) religion will always trump progress. I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but the "crazies" you mention are predominantly religious zealots, Christian, Muslim, Jew or other.