Islamic Opposition To The Darwinian Theory Of Evolution

Riexinger, Martin

doi:10.1163/ej.9789004187917.i-924.137

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“…While these are just two examples, discussions about Harun Yahya can be found in a wide range of sources (Edis and Bix ; Edis ; Enserink ; Guessoum ; Riexinger , , ; Hameed , ; Numbers ; Thomas ; Bigliardi , , ; Edis and BouJaoude ; Clément ; Aechtner ; Dupret and Gutron ; Carlisle et al. ; Unsworth ), reinforcing the assumption of Harun Yahya's high relevance .…”

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“…The second chapter within the same edited collection to make an explicit claim of the influence of Harun Yahya can be found in an article about Turkey by Martin Riexinger, who has undoubtedly made invaluable contributions to the understanding of Muslim perceptions of evolutionary science, particularly among members of the Islamic clergy (Riexinger , ). In his chapter on Turkey in Creationism in Europe , Riexinger says of Harun Yahya, “Thus he [Oktar] gained enormous popularity, especially in the Western diaspora and Southeast Asia” (Riexinger , 188).…”

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Harun Yahya's Influence in Muslim Minority Contexts: Implications for Research in Britain, Europe, and Beyond

Moran¹

2019

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In 2006, the Turkish Harun Yahya Enterprise published and distributed thousands of copies of its anti‐evolutionary text Atlas of Creation to educational institutes in the West. Although this was little more than a publicity stunt, it resulted in Harun Yahya becoming a mainstay in discussions about creationism in Europe. Although Yahya is often presented as the “go to” representative of European Muslim perceptions of evolution, one would be hard pressed to find the literature about Islamic creationism in Europe that does not engage in a discussion of Harun Yahya. However, little evidence exists to support the notion that Harun Yahya warrants such extensive attention, or that Harun Yahya has a substantive influence among European Muslims. This article will explore existing claims about the popularity of Harun Yahya, before drawing on recent research into Muslim perceptions of evolution to argue that Harun Yahya is relatively unknown among Muslims, at least in the British context, and is not influential even among those who are familiar with his work.

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Harun Yahya's Influence in Muslim Minority Contexts: Implications for Research in Britain, Europe, and Beyond

Moran¹

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“…) "I was in three historical conditions" it is used in the sense of a transition from on condition to another. the genre of scientific commentary on the Qur'an (tafsir 'ilmi), common in the twentieth century, which aims to demonstrate that the information in the Qur'an is 'scientific' and that there is nothing to contradict scientific progress [Riexinger 2011] .…”

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