Knowledge is Haram

After a debate, a contentious topic remained unresolved, the question of whether knowledge in Islam is "haram", forbidden.
I analyse the claim and show that knowledge regarding nature and natural events is, indeed, "haram", forbidden, or at least discouraged.


Sources:

Debate Islam or Atheism which makes more sense
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxoCjZ1TvUI

star, a planet and a moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FaNg_nxqns

Epistemology
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/


h-r-m
http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=Hrm

Al-Masjid al-Haram
http://mypercept.co.uk/articles/meaning-masjid-al-haram-Quran.html
http://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/islamabad-freelance-columnist-800-million-muslims-out-of-1-4-billion-are-illiterate/
http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html
http://www.worldliteracyfoundation.org/snapshot-of-illiteracy-in-pakistan/\
http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_251_300/status_of_muslim_societies_aroun.htm
http://www.icssr.org/Hardwar.pdf
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13349398
http://iosminaret.org/vol-3/issue14/women_university.php
http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-09-08&nid=64385

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Stars

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