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<p class="byline1"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">Dear Friends, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="byline1"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">My dear brother Fawzy always classifies Darwin&rsquo;s evolution as simply a theory, unproven, and it is just what it is, &lsquo;A Theory&rsquo;.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="byline1"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">I would like to say that in science, the word &ldquo;Theory&rdquo; does not mean that the postulation is not definitely wrong. An observation that is called &ldquo;a theory&rdquo; does not, necessarily, mean that it is wrong and could not be proven. When I studied Euclidean geometry in high school, we had to learn how to prove, if my memory serves me, 24 of his theories. Yes, we had to prove what is still called &rdquo;Theory&rdquo;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">The &ldquo;Wikipedia&rdquo; defines the word &ldquo;Theory&rdquo; as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(23, 54, 93);"><span style="">&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="color: rgb(148, 54, 52);">(countable) (sciences) <span style="">&nbsp;</span>A coherent statement or set of statements that attempts to explain observed phenomena. An example is given as in the following statement: <o:p></o:p></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="color: rgb(148, 54, 52);"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="color: rgb(148, 54, 52);"><span style="">&nbsp;</span>&ldquo;There is now a well-developed theory of electrical charge.&rdquo;<o:p></o:p></span></em></strong></p>
<p style="" class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="color: rgb(148, 54, 52);"><span style="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><o:p></o:p></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="color: rgb(148, 54, 52);">Another definition of the word &ldquo;Theory&rdquo; is:<o:p></o:p></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><em><span style="color: rgb(148, 54, 52);">(countable) (sciences) A logical structure that enables one to deduce the possible results of every experiment that falls within its purview. An example is given as in the following statement: <o:p></o:p></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="byline1"><strong><em><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(148, 54, 52);">&ldquo; The theory of relativity was proposed by Einstein.&rdquo;<o:p></o:p></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="byline1"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">Now we all know that the &ldquo;Theory of relativity&rdquo; has been proven and it is still called &ldquo;Theory&rdquo;.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="byline1"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">I am not a hard-core proponent of &ldquo;The Theory of Evolution&rdquo; simply because I do not know enough about it. I have not even read Darwin&rsquo;s book &ldquo;On the Origin of Species&rdquo;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="byline1"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">The Wikipedia tells us that </span><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(148, 54, 52);">Darwin &ldquo;realised and demonstrated that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection.&rdquo;<span style="">&nbsp; </span>The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime. Since the publication of his first book in 1859 a lot of studies were made to refine or add to his theory.</span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="byline1"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">Darwin was not an atheist; he was agnostic. <span style="">&nbsp;</span>Whether one rejects entirely his theory based on religious beliefs is strictly personal. However, I think that accepting the theory of evolution does not mean rejecting one&rsquo;s faith and religious beliefs. No one can argue that the Earth was formed millions of years ago. This is a proven fact using several scientific techniques beyond any doubt. The good books may cut the time to several thousands, less than seven. However, do we really understand them fully? The last of the God sent books, the Qur&rsquo;an, descended about 1400 years ago. People couldn&rsquo;t even count beyond thousands. How could they believe it if the Holy Book mentions numbers in the billions? It would be like explaining the quantum theory to a five years old.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="byline1"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">The question faces us now is &ldquo;can religion and evolution co-exist?&rdquo; In the following article written about a Muslim who teaches integrated science and humanities, Dr. Salman Hameed explains this point. I think it is worth reading.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="byline1"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">May God guide us to the right path.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="byline1"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: rgb(23, 54, 93);">Awni<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="byline1">By Nicole Neroulias</p>
<p class="byline1">RELIGION NEWS SERVICE</p>
<p class="pubdate">Published: February 14, 2009</p>
<p><a name="content1"></a>Growing up in Pakistan, Salman Hameed navigated freely between his Muslim beliefs and his secular studies. Now, as an assistant professor of integrated science and humanities at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, he teaches about the scientific origins of the universe, including Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.</p>
<p>But in recent visits to his homeland, Hameed, 38, has discovered a contrary theory rapidly gaining ground -- Islamic creationism.</p>
<p>Championed by a prolific Turkish author, Harun Yahya, this growing movement surprised Western scientists and academics in 2007, when they began receiving unsolicited copies of Yahya's colorful, 850-page <em>Atlas of Creation</em>.</p>
<p>In response, Hameed wrote &quot;Bracing for Islamic Creationism&quot; in the December 2008 issue of the journal <em>Science</em>.</p>
<p>Some answers have been edited for length and content.</p>
<p><strong>Q. How did Islamic creationism come to your attention?</strong></p>
<p><strong>A.</strong> When I was visiting Pakistan in the late 1990s, I started seeing Harun Yahya's work everywhere, with special sections in very good bookstores devoted to his books. These are glossy, expensive books, sold very cheaply. In Pakistan, for kids going to school, the textbooks are not as good, in terms of the paper. That can, potentially, be a problem.</p>
<p><strong>Q. How does Islamic creationism differ from the traditional Christian views on the issue?</strong></p>
<p><strong>A.</strong> Young-Earth creationism -- the notion that the earth is 6,000 years old -- is completely missing in the Muslim world. The Quran is ambiguous -- it deals with a six-day creationism, but at one place it said the length of a day may be 10,000 years, at another point it says the length of each day may be 50,000 days. So, Muslims had accepted the scientific answer to the age of the Earth, which is in billions of years. There was no conflict with scientists.</p>
<p><strong>Q. Does this difference reflect that the Quran was revealed 2,000 years after Genesis, when people had more scientific knowledge about the world?</strong></p>
<p><strong>A.</strong> That's more of a question for the Quranic scholars. The Quran simply doesn't have creation accounts laid out, as in the book of Genesis. A lot of biblical scholars say that Genesis can be interpreted in different ways; with the Quran, the creation accounts are more ambiguous.</p>
<p><strong>Q. How was Darwin's theory of evolution originally received by Muslims?</strong></p>
<p><strong>A.</strong> The Quran has a lot of detail about the creation of Adam. It says that Adam was created out of dirt, but in another place it talks about life being created from water. People can use their imaginations. You can bring in a theistic evolutionary theory -- that God used evolutionary processes to create Adam.</p>
<p>After the publication of Darwin's <em>On the Origin of Species</em>, a lot of reformers thought that evolution can still be worked out in an Islamic context, so the debate did not play a central role in science and religion in the Muslim world. It's happening now, though.</p>
<p><strong>Q. Why is creationism gaining ground in the Muslim world?</strong></p>
<p><strong>A.</strong> Now you have more access to the Internet, to false and true information about evolution. In the next five to 10 years, views will solidify over what is the perspective of Islam regarding evolution. We do not have a central pope-like authority, especially in Sunni Islam, and there are different parties jockeying to be spokespersons.</p>
<p>At the present time, the most dominant voice we have is from creationists like Harun Yahya, defining evolution as a Western propaganda or worse, linking it purely with atheism.</p>
<p>For Muslims, if evolution gets equated with atheism, they will reject it because religion plays a central role in their culture.</p>
<p><strong>Q. There are Christians all over the world who reject evolution. Why is it so problematic if more Muslims do, too?</strong></p>
<p><strong>A.</strong> The danger is that the Muslim world is already behind in scientific development. The 20th century was the century of physics, but the 21st century is going to be the century of biotechnology. If Muslims reject evolution -- we're talking about one-sixth of the world's population -- that will be detrimental to the development of science and of those countries themselves.</p>
<p><strong>Q. What do you propose should be done to promote evolution in the Muslim world?</strong></p>
<p><strong>A.</strong> Educators and scientists should stand up and present it as a fact of science, independent of one's beliefs. You can always say, if you are a believer, the process either was set forward by God, or the laws of natural selection were decided by God. If evolution gets defined in the context of atheism, a vast majority of the Muslim population may end up rejecting evolution. The key point to make is that Islam and science are compatible.</p>
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