Inspired by the high profile of its Christian American counterpart,
Muslim creationism is becoming increasingly visible and confident. On
scores of websites and in dozens of books with titles like The
Evolution Deceit and The Dark Face of Darwinism, a new and
well-funded version of evolution-denialism, carefully calibrated to
exploit the current fashion for religiously inspired attacks on
scientific orthodoxy and "militant" atheism, seems to have found its
voice. In a recent interview with The Times Richard Dawkins himself
recognises the impact of this new phenomenon: "There has been a sharp
upturn in hostility to teaching evolution in the classroom and it's
mostly coming from Islamic students."
The patron saint of this new movement, the ubiquitous "expert" cited
and referenced by those eager to demonstrate the superiority of
"Koranic science" over "the evolution lie", is the larger-than-life
figure of Harun Yahya.
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