If you ask any person on the street in an Arab state if they believe in science, the likely answer will be a resounding yes. But ask the same person if they believe in evolution, and you will be lucky if all you get are some degrading looks. Normal reactions might turn downright hostile and offensive and chances are you’ll be called an atheist...
Imagine a religion whose founder claimed to be a scientist, its holy book a treatise with a supposedly scientific message, and its devotees people who think of themselves as learned. This religion has penetrated into almost every civilization, and some of you have come under its influence.
Intelligent design, like creationism, has strong following in the Muslim world. These movements came to oppose evolutionist theory that insist that all living creatures naturally evolved and descended from common ancestry. But do these movements make scientific sense? Physicist Taner Idis thinks not.
