Nuclear physicist/Muslim cleric fights to get back job, security clearance
Another imam in legal limbo
Dr. Moniem El-Ganayni is not the only imam to have served as a chaplain inside a state prison. But he may be the only one who is also a nuclear physicist working on classified U.S. military projects that require a security clearance.
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It all began with a book, “The Miracle in the Ant,” one of numerous volumes published by Harun Yahya, an Islamic creationist from Turkey. The book details ant anatomy and behavior, and argues that these characteristics disprove the theory of evolution.
Dr. El-Ganayni had ordered the book for the Forest prison library and was passing out photocopied chapters for the Muslim inmates housed in segregation to read in their cells. Eventually, he came to the chapter called “Defence and War Tactics,” about ants that produce acid, use camouflage or enslave other ants.
Then there’s this passage, under the heading “Walking Bombs”:
“The ultimate in public service is to destroy enemies by committing suicide in defense of the colony. Many kinds of ants are prepared to assume this kamikaze role in one way or another, but none more dramatically than a species of Camponotus of the saundersi group living in the rain forests of Malaysia.”
A quick Internet search shows that this passage and others (minus the creationism) were lifted almost verbatim from “Journey to the Ants,” by Pulitzer Prize winning biologists Edward O. Wilson and Bert Holldobler. “Journey” was published by Harvard University Press in 1994, six years before the Harun Yahya version.
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08034/854427-85.stm
One of those must read it all articles
“...working on classified U.S. military projects...”
OPINION: Sometimes the right words just can’t be found.
Thanks for the ping Velveeta.
I’ll read it.
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