Islamic Creationism is the literal belief that God - Allah - created the universe in six days as written in the Qur'an and the Bible. Some scholars dispute this interpretation of the Qur'an, however, pointing out other passages that describe creation as a "succession of stages from one point to another."Lambert Dolphin: The Islamic View of Creation
Islamic Creationist Beliefs
- Man is a special creation of Allah
- Adam and Eve were both formed out of clayComment is Free (Guardian): The Evolution of Daft Ideas May 29, 2007)
- Evolution by natural selection without the direction of Allah is not possible
- Similarities of current organisms to prehistoric fossils prove evolution did not happenHarun Yahya: How fossils Overturned evolution
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Adnan Oktar, writing as Harun Yahya, is a chief exponent of Islamic Creationism in TurkeyTruman State University: Harun Yahya and Islamic Creationism
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Jamal al-Din Afghani criticizes Darwin
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Movement reportedly borrows ideas from American creationist groupsComment is Free (Guardian): The Evolution of Daft IdeasMay 29, 2007)
