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Yes, the rejection of evolution is a wholly modern phenomenon that has increased in the last 40 years.A "modern" phenomenon? Are you being serious right now? Islam has been dictating the Adam and Eve story since the time of the prophet. You are telling me that the majority of Muslims since the death of the prophet have been actively believing in the theory of evolution and then suddenly Oktar came along and changed all that? haha yeah right. It being MOSTLY caused by Oktar is a ridiculous statement too since its been the position of the four schools since their creation.
And allow me to explain something:
Even if "Islam has been dictating the Adam and Eve story since the time of the prophet", this doesn't mean it is supposed to be taken literally.
With the increase in knowledge and evidence to support that of evolution, many Muslims have been willing to accept it without it harming their faith.
You don't know what you're talking about.Oh here it comes the; "things i like ill take literal; things i don't like is metaphorical". A common creationist tactic used to battle the inconsistencies of their religion.
Islamic scholarship is not science, though, and many Muslims accept evolution.Islamic scholarship is of the view that the Adam and Eve story must be taken literally.
Most Muslims 'accept' human evolution - Gene Expression | DiscoverMagazine.com
http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report-religious-landscape-study-full.pdf
Look at those numbers. 62%, 79%, 78%, 67%...
But I suppose that doesn't matter to you.
Do I? Thanks for telling me.This is hilarious; you take beings like angels and demons or events like the prophet ascending to heaven on a winged horse literally
And it doesn't mean anything that al-Jahiz was a Mutazili. It shows that even before there was so much evidence to back up evolution, Muslims were willing to accept the idea of it because it made sense to them..And BTW Al-Jahiz was a Mutazili---a sect of Islam that would be considered heretics in this day and age. Al-Jahiz was a singular man; he did not represent Islam and his views did not either;
What's futile is discussing with someone whose arguments are so weak that they have to rely on ignorance of Islamic theology. The facts are there, no amount of wishful thinking that Muslims are forced to be creationists will work.using him as an argument for why evolution was or is accepted in Islam is futile.