It is very hard to see the difference between the Christian writings and the Islamic writings....
A Call for Action
Here are a few suggestions:
If there should be a clash in the 21st century, it should not be between Islam and the West, but between theism and materialism.
Muslim Students: Go and learn about Intelligent Design. Learn why Darwinism is wrong. Then raise this issue in your classrooms. Question your biology teachers and your textbooks. Form Muslim Student Associations and get in touch with the Intelligent Design groups in your area. Organize lectures by ID scientists and write under the title “The Fall of Darwinism, The Greatest Myth Ever.”
Muslim Families: If you have children in schools, pay attention to their biology classes. Are they being indoctrinated by the myths of Darwinism? If so, appeal to your school board and question this theory by appealing to the work of the ID scientists. Get help from Christian families who support the Intelligent Design cause in your school board.
Muslim Intellectuals: Write and speak about this in your newspapers, magazines, Web sites, lectures, speeches, khutbahs (sermons), and the like. We cannot raise a Muslim generation by merely speaking about the Islamic victories in the past; we have to do something for today. And don’t think that Darwinism is compatible with Islam by referring to some vague theories of limited evolution developed by some medieval Muslims. The real issue at stake here is not whether some organisms have a common ancestor or not. The real issue is whether life is created by God or evolved by itself. We cannot be neutral on this. We have to defend faith against unbelief. This is our raison d’être, the reason why we exist.
If Muslims get involved in this debate, they will help both themselves and Western society. They will also see their common values with Christians more clearly. This alliance will help counter the doomsday calls for a “clash of civilizations.” In fact, if there should be a clash in the 21st century, it should not be between Islam and the West, but between theism and materialism. And since the battlefields in this clash are labs, lecture halls, and Web sites, it will be a much safer place for controversy.
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It is very hard to see the difference between the Christian writings and the Islamic writings....
I'm assuming your remark is only in the context that both Christians and Muslims are theists, opposed to materialism and want to make sure they've got a seat at the educational table. If that is your point, what's wrong with that?
Scientist have failed miserably in linking the evolutionary theory from start to present animal groups and phyla to sell materialism to most people who truly look at it with an open mind. Too many holes. They cannot even explain how the eye evolved.
The complex nature of the eye and the probability that it came about by chance is a reason for me to believe that it was designed by a higher power. Ditto with fingerprints and DNA.
Until scientists can show continuous proof from the beginning to present animal groups and phyla, materialism cannot dismiss theism and it is arrogant for them to try.