How long before the condemnations start

The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, made a strong speech in which he criticized Muslims for their lack of contributions to the world over the last few centuries. While he acknowledged the contribution made by Muslim scholars in the far past, the last few hundred years were not productive.

How soon till the story is pulled, the UK Telegraph is forced to issue an apology for running the story and Carey will claim he was misquoted.

But the question remains, is he correct?

Look at any other people group and when you ask what have they done in the last few hundred years for society, the ones that have contributed scientific, economic, political, medical etc. work to the world at large seem to be more developed, have more stable governments and more willing to adapt to the changes in the world. Since the 1500's, what are the major accomplishments from scholars, scientists, that have come from the Islamic world? Please let me know as I can't think of any at this time.