Delusions of grandeur.

Stupid.

Usama Hasan, meanwhile, criticises Muslims for their “childlike” view of evolution, and science in general.

There’s an attempted response by Adam Deen, a Muslim blogger, to Hasan’s views on the need to reconcile evolution with their religious beliefs. Although, I am not sure it is much of a response, and only seems to underline Hasan’s argument about Muslims indulging in bad science…

Update: Abu Hasan in the comments links to another response to Usama Hasan’s article at Ummah Pulse. I don’t think the piece deserves any sort of serious analysis, but at least the author of that piece doesn’t copy and paste snippets of “evidence” found at creationist websites.

And please note: I am not saying Usama Hasan or his views are beyond criticism.

Related: See an earlier Talk Islam post on Richard Dawkins’ views about Muslim creationism and read about the role of the Turkish military establishment in pushing creationism into the mainstream.

In Turkey, 700 academics have filed a case against the government to stem the increasing presence of creationism in science classes. Teachers and academics are concerned that a powerful creationist lobby is exerting more and more influence on the country’s government [...] And, this war between theology and science is creating some strange bed fellows as US Christian fundamentalists are joining forces with Muslim creationists in an effort to change the teachings in Turkey’s classrooms.

The radio programme discusses the involvement of the American creationists, and in particular The Discovery Institute, involved in the Turkish creationist movement. American creationists see their Muslim counterparts as allies in their battle against Darwinism.

The documentary also highlights how the Turkish military dictatorship in the 1980s intended to use American creationist material to combat left-wing political movements.

(Via an emailer.)

http://tinyurl.com/6es7k5

(apropos of this classic post)