Creationism in the Muslim World

By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, October 1, 2009.
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The creationist movement has long battled Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory. The issue has become a cultural tinderbox, largely pitting scientists and evolution educators against Christian fundamentalists here in the United States.

Paleontologist and evolution proponent Stephen Jay Gould once called creationism "a local, indigenous, American bizarrity." Gould was premature. Creationism is catching on in the Muslim world.

Salman Hameed teaches science and religion at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, and blogs at the site Irtiqa. He’s leading a conference called "Darwin and Evolution in the Muslim World," which begins Friday.

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