En islamsk stiftelse som arbeider for kreasjonisme – dvs. er mot evolusjonslæren – vinner utbredelse i Tyrkia, og har oversatt sine bøker til 59 språk.
Kreasjonismen i USA er velkjent, men den har – ikke overraskende – sitt motstykke i den islamske verden.
Det er interessant at det er i Tyrkia en slik stiftelse etablerer seg. Hvis AKP skulle innføre et slikt syn i undervisningen vil det være et stort symbolsk skritt.
“Turkey is now the headquarters of creationism in the Islamic World. This is no longer only Turkey’s problem, it is now the problem of the whole civilized world,” says Haluk Ertan, a professor of molecular biology at Istanbul University. He’s one of a handful of Turkish scientists who have been working to counter creationism’s spread in the country.
Emboldened by its success at home over the past decade, the foundation, known by its Turkish acronym BAV (for Bilim Arastirma Vakfi), is now aggressively trying to export its unique brand of Islamic creationism well beyond the borders of Turkey to the Middle East, Europe, and even the United States.
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“Every Islamic bookshop I know of stocks Harun Yahya’s material. It is so glossily produced. It is very attractive and very colorful and outclasses everything else,” says Inayat Bunglawala, assistant secretary-general of the Muslim British Council, speaking by phone from London.“It is having an effect. Even among Muslim medical students there are a number now who are speaking out against Darwin.”
Islamic creationist group launches glitzy, global blitz
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