The Turkish Author Harun Yahya Is the Central Focus of Anti-Evolution Debates - 01.01.2010 Egypt/Egypt Today

The January 2010 issue of Egypt Today, published in Cairo since 1979 with a circulation of some 15,000 and with subscribers in 40 countries, carried a report concerning the way the theory of evolution is not widely accepted in the Muslim world. The report stated that the Turkish author Harun Yahya is the central focus of the anti-evolution debates in the Middle East. The fact that the author’s works have been translated into many languages and are easily accessible on the internet was described as one reason behind the spread of anti-evolution ideas.

Islamic Creationism On The Rise - 02.12.2009 Australia/ABC1 TV

ABC1, Australia’s official television established in 1932 with worldwide broadcasting, has reported an interview with Adnan Oktar by Middle East reporter Ben Knight in the “Lateline” news programme dated 2 December 2009. (You can watch the interview from here and read the deciphered document from here.)

In the item titled “Islamic Creationism On the Rise”, the effectiveness of the works of Adnan Oktar, as the leader of Islamic Creationism, was pointed out and it was noted that “Turkey is becoming more religious”. Part of the news item cited as follows:

... lately, there have been new voices in the Islamic world denouncing Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. That shouldn't be surprising, I suppose, as in many Middle Eastern countries, religious belief and observance are surging. Particularly in Turkey, where our Middle East correspondent Ben Knight met a leading campaigner for Islamic creationism... Adnan Oktar has carved himself out a niche as the leading Islamic voice against the theory of evolution.

ADNAN OKTAR, ISLAMIC CREATIONIST: Darwinism removed love from the face of the world. It caused the deaths of more than 350 million people. It led to the outbreak of more than two world wars as well as communism, fascism and satanism. It has legalised terror and anarchy.

And he rejects the idea that religion might have caused its own share of conflict and suffering. I asked him about the Crusades and September 11.

ADNAN OKTAR: All of the people who committed the 9/11 events in America had Marxist tendencies and had Darwinist, materialist training in America and England. They believed in Lenin's theory suggesting that terror is the solution. There has never been a war originating from religion -they merely used religion.

Adnan Oktar claims to have published more than 300 books but that he doesn't take any royalties. But what brought him to the attention of the West was this: his massive Atlas of Creation. It shows page after page of fossils and compares them with the same living things today, claiming there's been no change, and therefore, no evolution.And he claims to have single-handedly demolished Darwinism, beginning in his native Turkey:

ADNAN OKTAR: In Turkey it is now embarrassing to defend Darwinism. In order to defend such a deceit, one should have a really thick skin on his face. That is to say a person should really be something different in order to tell such an explicit obvious lie, looking directly into people's eyes.

Adnan Oktar says he doesn't want evolution teaching banned from schools.

ADNAN OKTAR: In schools Darwinism is being taught, but for the children, it's like a comedy show. It just makes them laugh.

Additionally, the interview was published on the channel’s web site as both text and video.

The Bravest Man in the Middle East - 14.02.2010 USA/FM Talk 101.1

FM Talk 101.1, one of the main radio stations broadcasting from the U.S. state of North Carolina, carried a live interview with Mr. Adnan Oktar on February 9, 2010. The radio is listed in the Talkers Magazine Heavy Hundred, that is in the top 100 radio show of the country. (You can listen to the full interview from here.) Allan Handelman introduced the interview, conducted by him, from his own web site under the caption “The bravest man in the Middle East” and went on to say:

Adnan Oktar... has been a prominent advocate of Islamic creationism in the creation-evolution debate. More notably, he advocates tolerance by Muslims of other religions, and he publicly denounces anti-semitism and terrorism, which he says are products of Darwinism.

The Atlas of Creation Has Provoked a Huge Reaction in Switzerland!

On 3 and 4 May, 2007, Blick, one of Switzerland’s largest newspapers, carried two reports examining the works of Harun Yahya. The reports concentrated on the impact of those works on the fact of Creation, particularly the Atlas of Creation. In summary, these reports, which emphasized how work on the fact of Creation had risen to the top of the Swiss agenda, contained the following comments:

Report by Lucas Füglister and Silvana Guanziroli dated 3 May, 2007

Quotes from the report:

They want to rewrite our schoolbooks!

The Atlas of Creation: An 800-page book against Darwin’s evolutionary teachings

There are those who wish to reproduce also in Switzerland what the creationists have achieved in some states of the USA: Creationism must replace the theory of evolution in classrooms. What is more, as a scientific fact in biology books…

Unexpected support for this way of thinking has come from Turkey. According to Le Monde, the Atlas of Creation, published by Global Publishing, has been sent to schools in Western Switzerland. This initiative, belonging to the author Harun Yahya, has come from Istanbul. The book has already been sent to schools in France and Germany.

The Atlas has also been sent to journalists and scientists. The book is 800 pages long and describes why Charles Darwin’s evolutionary teachings are wrong. Life did not evolve, but was created by a Creator.

In the same way, the Earth was also created by God…

Martin Scheidegger, director of the religious groups and sects advisory board, says that Creationism first appeared in the 1970s. Today, creationists are celebrating their successes. Nevertheless, Scheidegger believes, “It is absolutely impossible for Creationism to be placed on the curriculum in Switzerland.”… But is that really the case? The results of a poll in which Science magazine asked people in 34 countries what they thought about the theory of evolution say not. According to the survey, four out of 10 Swiss do not believe in Darwin’s teachings.

Report by Silvana Guanziroli dated 4 May, 2007

Quotes from the report:

The aim behind the Turkish author Harun Yahya sending the Atlas of Creation to Swiss schools is for education to be provided in biology books that is compatible with belief in Creation, not with Darwin‘s theory of evolution.

… Whole Switzerland is now discussing the issue. Heated and emotional