There is a strong distinction between Islamic culture and western culture at understanding the religion, as far as I can see.
Westerns consider the developed modern era as secular, whereas the dark era as religious.
Muslims consider their developed era as reason age, whereas the dark era as an ignorance age, and both as religious.
Islamic culture is more religious.
However, I’m skeptic about any essence distinctions between modern societies that the serious distinctions are because of the difference in circumstances.