AABBOOUUTTTTHHEEAAUUTTHHOORRAdnan Oktar, who writes under the 
pen-name Harun Yahya, was born in 
Ankara in 1956. He studied arts at 
Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University, 
and philosophy at Istanbul 
University. Since the 1980s, the au-
thor has published many books on 
political, faith-related and scientific 
issues. Greatly appreciated all 
around the world, these works have 
been instrumental in helping many to return their faith in 
God, and, in many others, to gain a deeper insight into their 
faith. Harun Yahya's books appeal to all kinds of readers, re-
gardless of their age, race, or nationality, for they focus on 
one objective: to broaden the reader's perspective by encour-
aging him or her to think about a number of critical issues, 
such as the existence of God and His unity, and to live by the 




A special chapter is assigned to the collapse of the
theory of evolution because this theory constitutes the ba
sis of all anti-spiritual philosophies. Since Darwinism rejects
the fact of creationand therefore, God's existenceover the last
140 years it has caused many people to abandon their faith or fall in
to doubt. It is therefore an imperative service, a very important duty to
show everyone that this theory is a deception. Since some readers may find
the chance to read only one of our books, we think it appropriate to devote 


chapter to summarize this subject. 

All the author's books explain faith-related issues in light of Qur'anic verses, and 
invite readers to learn God's words and to live by them. All the subjects concerning 
God's verses are explained so as to leave no doubt or room for questions in the reader's mind. The books' sincere, plain, and fluent style ensures that everyone of every 
age and from every social group can easily understand them. Thanks to their effective, lucid narrative, they can be read at one sitting. Even those who rigorously reject spirituality are influenced by the facts these books document and cannot 

refute the truthfulness of their contents. 

This and all the other books by the author can be read individually, or discussed 
in a group. Readers eager to profit from the books will find discussion very useful, letting them relate their reflections and experiences to one another. 

In addition, it will be a great service to Islam to contribute to the publication and reading of these books, written solely for the pleasure of 
God. The author's books are all extremely convincing. For this reason, to communicate true religion to others, one of the most effective methods is encouraging 
them to read these books. 

We hope the reader will look through the reviews of his other books at the 
back of this book. His rich source material on faith-related issues is very 
useful, and a pleasure to read. 

In these books, unlike some other books, you will not find 
the author's personal views, explanations based on du

bious sources, styles that are unobservant of the respect
and reverence due to sacred subjects, nor hopeless,
pessimistic arguments that create doubts in
the mind and deviations in the


heart. 


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Now writing under the pen-name of HARUN 
YAHYA, Adnan Oktar was born in Ankara in 1956. Having 

completed his primary and secondary education in 
Ankara, he studied arts at Istanbul's Mimar Sinan 
University and philosophy at Istanbul University. Since 

the 1980s, he has published many books on political, scientif

ic, and faith-related issues. Harun Yahya is well-known as the author of important works disclosing the imposture of evolutionists, their 
invalid claims, and the dark liaisons between Darwinism and such 

bloody ideologies as fascism and communism. 
Harun Yahya's works, translated into 57 different languages, constitute a collection for a total of more than 45,000 pages with 30,000 illustrations. 
His pen-name is a composite of the names Harun (Aaron) and Yahya (John), in 

memory of the two esteemed Prophets who fought against their peoples' lack of faith. 
The Prophet's seal on his books' covers is symbolic and is linked to their contents. It 
represents the Qur'an (the Final Scripture) and Prophet Muhammad (may God bless 
him and grant him peace), last of the prophets. Under the guidance of the Qur'an and 
the Sunnah (teachings of the Prophet [may God bless him and grant him peace]), the 
author makes it his purpose to disprove each fundamental tenet of irreligious ideologies and to have the "last word," so as to completely silence the objections raised 
against religion. He uses the seal of the final Prophet (may God bless him and grant 

him peace), who attained ultimate wisdom and moral perfection, as a sign of his 

intention to offer the last word. 
All of Harun Yahya's works share one single goal: 
to convey the Qur'an's message, encourage read

ers to consider basic faith-related issues such 

as God's existence and unity and the 
Hereafter; and to expose irreligious systems' feeble foundations and perverted 
ideologies. 

Harun Yahya enjoys a wide readership in many countries, from India to 
America, England to Indonesia, Poland 
to Bosnia, Spain to Brazil, Malaysia to 
Italy, France to Bulgaria and 
Russia. Some of his 
books are available 


in English, French, German, 
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Urdu, 
Arabic, Albanian, Chinese, Swahili, Hausa, 
Dhivehi (spoken in Mauritius), Russian, Serbo-Croat 
(Bosnian), Polish, Malay, Uygur Turkish, Indonesian, 
Bengali, Danish and Swedish. 
Greatly appreciated all around the world, these works have 

been instrumental in many people recovering faith in God and gain
ing deeper insights into their faith. His books' wisdom and sincerity, to
gether with a distinct style that's easy to understand, directly affect anyone


who reads them. Those who seriously consider these books, can no longer advocate atheism or any other perverted ideology or materialistic philosophy, since 
these books are characterized by rapid effectiveness, definite results, and irrefutability. Even if they continue to do so, it will be only a sentimental insistence, 

since these books refute such ideologies from their very foundations. All contemporary movements of denial are now ideologically defeated, thanks to the books written 
by Harun Yahya. 

This is no doubt a result of the Qur'an's wisdom and lucidity. The author modestly 
intends to serve as a means in humanity's search for God's right path. No material gain 
is sought in the publication of these works. 

Those who encourage others to read these books, to open their minds and hearts 
and guide them to become more devoted servants of God, render an invaluable service. 

Meanwhile, it would only be a waste of time and energy to propagate other books 
that create confusion in people's minds, lead them into ideological chaos, and that clearly have no strong and precise effects in removing the doubts in people's hearts, as also 
verified from previous experience. It is impossible for books devised to emphasize the 
author's literary power rather than the noble goal of saving people from loss of faith, to 
have such a great effect. Those who doubt this can readily see that the sole aim of Harun 
Yahya's books is to overcome disbelief and to disseminate the Qur'an's moral values. The 

success and impact of this service are manifested in the readers' conviction. 
One point should be kept in mind: The main reason for the continuing cruelty, 
conflict, and other ordeals endured by the vast majority of people is the ideological 
prevalence of disbelief. This can be ended only with the ideological defeat of dis

belief and by conveying the wonders of creation and Qur'anic morality so 
that people can live by it. Considering the state of the world today, 
leading into a downward spiral of violence, corruption and conflict, clearly this service must be provided speedily and effective

ly, or it may be too late. 
In this effort, the books of Harun Yahya assume 


leading role. By the will of God, these books 
will be a means through which people in the 
twenty-first century will attain the peace, jus

tice, and happiness promised in the 
Qur'an. 


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arwinism denies the existence 
and oneness of God and the responsibility of all people to our Lord. 
The foundation of materialism and the 

movements that it represents are incompatible with religious moral values. For that reasonout of their ideological concerns, Darwinism's adherents are still making efforts 
made to preserve it, even though it has been refuted scientifi

cally. 

Darwinists and materialists alike maintain that man, the 
universe, and all it contains are all the products of blind chance. 
They claim that because they regard human beings as a species of 
animal, then relationships between humans should be animalis

tic in nature. This perverted view regards selfishness, ruthless
ness, conflict and murder as perfectly justified according to the
survival of the fittest. It regards such feelings as compassion,
love, affection and respect as obstacles that retard the
process of evolution. Under Darwinist indoctrination,
people are brought up to scorn altruism and compas
sionate love for others, and to become cruel, ag
gressive and self-interested. 


For some 150 years 
now, Darwinism has 
been indoctrinating soci


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eties with atheism, immorality, anarchy and conflictand this 
has led to terrible social catastrophes. The 20th century, a period 
of wars, massacres, anarchy and terror, is proof of this. Some nations regarded other populations as species of animals that had 
not yet completed the so-called evolutionary process. They imagined that progress was only possible through conflict, believed 
that the savage laws of nature also applied to human beings, and 
turned the world into a massive lake of blood. 

Darwinist propaganda is still being promulgated intensively 
today. Young people are encouraged to think they have no responsibility to anyone but themselves, and are thus directed towards immorality, to the oppression of others by being told that 
other people are of no worth. They are encouraged toward chaos, 
anarchy and terror, with the claim that these are all justified. 

Given that many countries are struggling with the social 
problems stemming from Darwinism, it is vitally important to be 
warned against Darwinist indoctrination and deceptions, in order 
that such a grave peril be intellectually neutralized. Yet those who 
fail to understand Darwinism and the threats it poses are also unable to comprehend the importance of the intellectual struggle 
against it. 

Rather than joining in the intellectual struggle against 
Darwinism, these individuals resort to various means to ignore 
and avoid it. Some seek to trivialize this intellectual struggle by 
saying, "Darwinism is not actually all that important," and urge 
others to view it in that same light. Others seek a supposed "middle path" between the theory of evolution and Islam, thus seeking 
to reconcile Darwinism and Islam in their own private ways. Yet 
it should be totally out of the question for any Muslim to seek any 
intellectual "reconciliation" between Darwinism and Islam. 


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Moreover, neither the verses of the Qur'an nor the hadith of our 
Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace) contain any 
account that suggests evolution. 

This book concentrates on the importance of the intellectual 
struggle against Darwinism, and also replies to the excuses advanced by those who seek to avoid participating. Eliminating 
these excuses, which stem from a lack of knowledge or of sufficient reflection, will by God's leavereinforce and increase the 
effect of the intellectual fight against atheism. 

The fact that needs to be reiterated is that if people of faith 
regard as harmless a theory completely opposed to the fact of creation, assuming it poses no threat, and if they stand by and watch 
it thrive, they will be indirectly helping spread Darwinism 
throughout society and thus, to the inevitable strengthening of 
atheism. That's why they need to understand the philosophy underlying the theory of evolution, which expresses materialist philosophy under a supposedly scientific guise. And that materialist 
philosophy can be defined as the Religion of Atheism. 

The Qur'an emphasizes the importance of the intellectual 
struggle against elements that disrupt peace and order in the 
verse, "Would that there had been people who forbade corruption in the earth!" (Surah Hud: 116) Darwinism lies at the heart 
of those trends that currently damage the peace of mankind and 
prevent a climate of peace and security. True Muslims must strive 
to be aware of this and to mobilize all their resources in order to 
intellectually eradicate this dangerous idea rather than just ignoring the threat it poses. 




mong those who avoid any 
intellectual struggle against 
Darwinism, the common state of 
mind is a defeatist attitude. Those who 
imagine that the theory of evolution is based 

upon scientific fact assume themselves to be in an untenable position. They imagine that the claims made by evolutionists are supported by verified facts and in the face of sci

ence, it is next to impossible to question those claims. Since 
they think they are unable to respond, they are ready to surrender right from the outset. 

But the fact is, the misconception that the theory of evolution 
is scientific has resulted from intense propaganda on the subject. 
Television reports, and newspaper and magazine articles con

stantly support the impression that evolution is a proven theory, impossible to deny. They imply that supporting the theory 
of evolution means supporting science, and that rejecting it 
means opposing logic and the known facts. Actually, however, scientific facts reveal the exact opposite of this propaganda. Science refutes the theory of evolution, 

rather than confirming it! 

No unbiased person 
who supports science 
can also support the 


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theory of evolution. The reason why evolution is maintained on 
the agenda is not because it's scientific, but because it serves as the 
foundation for materialism and atheism. To put it another way, 
evolutionary propaganda is carried out for ideological concerns. 

The effect of this intense propaganda also lies at the root of 
the way some Muslims subconsciously assume that it's impossible 
to combat Darwinism. The result of this propaganda is the idea 
inaccurate though it may bethat opposing evolution means opposing science. So as not to seem backward and unscientific, people make attempts to find some "middle ground" between Islam 
and the theory of evolutionwhich, again, is imagined to be respectably scientific. Yet actually this represents a way of avoiding 
any intellectual struggle against Darwinism. 

Anyone who reflects honestly and listens to his conscience 
can easily grasp that it is impossible for the theory of evolution to 
be true. It is impossible for life, with all its exceedingly sensitive 
order and flawless mechanisms, to be the result of blind coincidences. Darwinists maintain that a handful of unconscious molecules combined, driven together by the effects of the wind, rain, 
thunder and lightning, can create human beings able to think, 
feel, converse, take pleasure from an attractive landscape, feel affection for a kitten and compassion for the poor, make new discoveries, compose symphonies and erect works of architecture. They say that unconscious molecules gave rise to 
brightly colored flowers, various fruits with all their 

different flavors, and animals with all their 

different perfect systems. The fact, 


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however, is that the structures of living things are far too complex 
and perfect to have formed as the result of successions of coincidences. 

A superior Mind is required for them to come into existence. 
And every new piece of information obtained shows once again 
that living things are the work of an Omniscient and Almighty 
Creatorin other words, of our Lord God. Anyone who closely 
follows scientific publications can see that the theory of evolution 
is in a major predicament. Many evolutionists openly admit that 
Darwinism cannot account for the emergence of life. Moreover, an 
increasing number of scientists are becoming aware of the situation that confronts Darwinismand are turning to the fact of 
Creation. 

Therefore, there is no reason to avoid an open, clear intellectual struggle against Darwinism. Those who fear that science has 
proven evolution, and that they, too, will be influenced by this indoctrination and have their own faith and their world views 
shaken are worrying needlessly. Science points to creation, not to 
evolution. Every one of the claims made by Darwinism has been 
undermined by hundreds of scientific proofs. Muslims need to 
neutralize Darwinism intellectually by making use of these 
proofs. 


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A Passive, Defeatist Mentality Cannot 
Render Darwinism Harmless 

Some Muslims exaggerate evolutionary propaganda carried 
out for ideological reasons and via entirely speculative methods. 
They imagine that they will never be able to overcome it, and thus 
adopt a passive and defeatist stance when they should be joyfully, enthusiastically waging a mental struggle against Darwinism. 

One of the ugliest examples of this passive, defeatist attitude 
is, as we pointed out, an attempt to Islamicize Darwinism. To back 
up this attitude, such thinkers use pagan beliefs left over from 
Sumerian societies and report the words of writers to whom they 
impute great scholarship. They try to give the impression that 
"this is what the religion says." Yet these are evidently excuses to 
avoid engaging in an intellectual struggle against Darwinism 
the ugly result of a passive, defeatist mindset. 

By fearing Darwinism, and imagining that they will be unable to defeat it in the world of ideas, these people have lost before they even begin. Yet this form of struggle is exceedingly belittling for any Muslim who holds a true faith in God and who appreciates His infinite might. It is impossible for a devout Muslim 
to struggle in a half-hearted, defeatist manner. There is no question of his opposing Darwinism with the logic of "We actually 


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maintain the same exact thing." The truth that a Muslim believes 
in is that God has created all things. It is therefore impossible for 
a Muslim to maintain the same theories as Darwinists. A Muslim 
must wage an open, confident intellectual struggle against 
Darwinism. A Muslim with a proper fear of God can never espouse the same ideas and ideology as Darwinism. 

For those who are unaware of the dangers of Darwinism and 
have failed to understand the way it fights belief in God, it would 
be much better to say nothing at all on the subject, rather than to 
employ insincere, erroneous logic. It is a mistake to avoid the intellectual struggle and to resort to faulty, irrational methods out of 
fear that one's strength on a subject is not adequate. Darwinism is 
a grave danger that must be opposed in a serious manner and 
completely eliminated. In the sight of God, it is a grave error and 
a serious responsibility to hinder the intellectual struggle against 
Darwinism by failing to be aware of this threat. 


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The Vain Efforts of Those Who Seek to 
Reconcile Darwinism with Islam 

In the Qur'an, God has revealed many verses about the creation of life and the universe. Yet these verses contain not the 
slightest indication that living things descended from one another, or that there exists any evolutionary relationship between 
them. Of course, had God so wished, He could have created living things by way of evolution. Yet there is no sign of this in the 
Qur'an, and not one verse supports the idea of species developing 
gradually by stages, as evolutionists maintain. If such a manner of 
creation had taken place, we would see detailed accounts of this 
in verses from the Qur'an. Yet, on the contrary, it is revealed in the 
Qur'an that God brought life and the universe into being in a 
miraculous way, by commanding them to "Be!" 

The Originator of the heavens and earth. When He decides 

on something, He just says to it, "Be!" and it is. (Surat al-

Baqara: 117) 

If, as is claimed, half-ape, half-human life forms had really 
lived before the Prophet Adam (pbuh) had mutations and natural selection exerted an effect on the creation of living things 
then God would have informed us of this in the Qur'an in a very 
clear, distinct, and intelligible way. However, no verse of the 
Qur'an contains any such information. On the contrary, many 
verses tell us that man was created out of nothing, in the finest 
form: 

We created man in the finest mould. (Surat at-Tin:4) 

He created the heavens and the Earth with truth and formed 

you, giving you the best of forms (Surat at-Taghabun: 3) 




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When the Qur'an is viewed as a whole, it can clearly be seen 
that none of the explanations proposed by those who defend the 
idea of evolution have any validity whatsoever. Indeed, one of 
our previous books, Why Darwinism is Incompatible with the 
Qur'an, responds one by one to the claims of those Muslims who 
support the idea of evolutionary creation, and has shown all their 
claims to be completely groundless. (For further detail, see Harun 
Yahya, Why Darwinism Is Incompatible with the Qur'an [Istanbul: 
Global Publishing, March 2003]) 

Due to a lack of sufficient knowledge, some Muslims form 
the mistaken impression that evolutionary creation might be possible. Yet when a sincere Muslim sees that he is on a wrong or mistaken path, he must abandon his error and turn towards the true 
way. In the Qur'an, God tells us that: 

(Those who) do not knowingly persist in what they were 

doing. (Surah Al 'Imran: 135) 

Those who abide by the proper values revealed in this verse 
must see how mistaken it is to Islamicize Darwinism and must 
change their ways as soon as they arrive at that awareness. The 
best indication of that change is to avoid offering Darwinism any 
indirect support, to line up against it in a clear and unequivocal 

manner, and to support intellectual struggles against it. 


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Those Who Seek to Islamicize Darwinism 
Cannot Explain the Creation of the Angels 
and Djinn 

Our Almighty Lord is He Who creates from nothing, from no 
earlier model, in a form and at a time of His choosing. When God 
wishes a thing to exist He commands it to "Be!": 

Our Word to a thing when We desire it is just to say to it 

"Be!" and it is. (Surat an-Nahl: 40) 

God is He Who is unsullied by any flaw or deficiency, Who 
has no need of anything. Therefore, God has no need of any prior 
cause, vehicle or stage in order to create. One must not be misled 
by the fact that everything in this world depends on specific causes. As the Creator, God is unsullied by any of these laws of nature. 

But those who fail to reflect on these facts properly may fall 
into various errors. People who seek to reconcile Darwinism with 
Islam are misled by this lack of reflection. Since they cannot appreciate God's sublime creative might and the perfection in His 
creative artistry, they come up with impossible interpretations 
such as "Islamic evolution." When asked how the angels and 
djinn were created, these peoplewho maintain that man progressed by way of evolutionwill answer, "God created them 
from nothing." These people know that God created the angels 
and djinn, but fail to reason that He created human beings in the 
same way. This is a very grave error. It is astonishing that they 
cannot see that our Almighty Lord, Who created the angels with 


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the command to "Be!", also created man in exactly the same fashion. 
In the Qur'an, God tells us that the djinn were created differently from human beings, out of fire: 

He created man from dry earth like baked clay; And He created the djinn from a fusion of fire. (Surat ar-Rahman: 1415) 

As we are told in the Qur'an, the creation of the angels was 
also very different to that of human beings. One verse tells us this 
about how angels were created: 

Praise be to God, the Bringer into Being of the heavens and 
Earth, He who made the angels messengers, with wings 
two, three or four. He adds to creation in any way He wills. 
God has power over all things. (Surah Fatir: 1) 

As you can clearly see from this verse, angels are also very 
different from human beings in terms of appearance. It is also revealed in the Qur'an that both the angels and the djinn were created before Man. When God was about to create the Prophet 


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Adam (pbuh), the first human being, He commanded the angels 
and iblis, a djinn, to prostrate themselves before the Prophet 
Adam (pbuh). One verse reveals that: 

When We said to the angels, "Prostrate yourselves to 
Adam," they prostrated with the exception of iblis. He was 
one of the djinn and wantonly deviated from his Lord's 
command. Do you take him and his offspring as protectors 
apart from Me when they are your enemy? How evil is the 
exchange the wrongdoers make! (Surat al-Kahf: 50) 

Creation is an easy matter for God. Our Lord is He Who creates without the need for a natural cause. If He created the angels 
and djinns in different ways and out of nothing, then He also created Man as a separate entity out of nothing, without the need for 
any evolution. The same applies to other life forms such as animals and plants. God created these living things out of nothing in 
a single moment, without causing them to evolvein other 
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Examples from the Qur'an of God's Creation 
without Natural Causes 

With their distorted logic, those who err in seeking to establish a "middle ground" between Darwinism and Islam are unable 
to explain the instances of our God's miraculous creation that are 
related in the Qur'an. In these examples, it is revealed that God 
created with no natural cause, in a miraculous manner. Those 
who imagine that the pagan myths from Sumerian legends are actually scientific facts are quite helpless in the face of these examples. 

A Bird Made of Mud by the Prophet Jesus 
(pbuh) Comes to Life 

It is revealed in the Qur'an that something of mud made in 
the form of a bird by the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) came to life, by the 
will of God, when he breathed into it: 

Remember when God said, 'Jesus, son of Maryam, remember My blessing to you and to your mother when I reinforced you with the Purest Soul so that you could speak to 
people in the cradle and when you were fully grown; and 
when I taught you the Book and Wisdom, and the Torah 
and the Injil; and when you created a bird-shape out of clay 


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by My permission, and then breathed into it and it became 
a bird by My permission" (Surat al-Ma'ida: 110) 

This bird came to life out of inanimate matter through no 
natural cause, by God's choosing and through a miracle. The bird 
is one of the examples of God's sublime creation, with no previous model or natural cause. It is impossible for those who wish to 
Islamicize Darwinism to account for this. 

Dead Birds Return to the Prophet Abraham 
(pbuh) 

One example of God miraculously bestowing life is reported 
in a story about the Prophet Abraham (pbuh): 

When Abraham said, "My Lord, show me how You bring 
the dead to life." He asked, "Do you not then have belief?" 
He replied, "Indeed I do! But so that my heart may be at 
peace." He said, "Take four birds and train them to yourself. 
Then put a part of them on each mountain and call to them; 
they will come rushing to you. Know that God is Almighty, 
All-Wise." (Surat al-Baqara: 260) 




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As revealed in the verse, the Prophet Abraham (pbuh) 
released the parts of each of four birds on a mountain, but 
these then miraculously came to life and returned back to 
the Prophet. This is an example showing that our Lord is unsullied by natural causes and that He creates living things 
with no natural causes. 

The Barren Wife of the Prophet Zakariah 
(pbuh) Has A Child 

One of the miraculous forms of creation revealed in the 
Qur'an is as follows: 

Zakariah! We give you the good news of a boy named 
Yahya, a name We have given to no one else before. 
He said, "My Lord! How can I have a boy when my 
wife is barren and I have reached advanced old age?" 
He said, "It will be so!" (Surah Maryam: 7-9) 

As revealed in these verses, creation is a simple matter 
for God. He has no need of natural causes. Our Lord is He 
Who is unsullied by any lack or deficiency. In addition, 
some instances of resurrection revealed in the Qur'an also 
show that in the same way that God creates what He chooses from nothing, at a time and in a form that He chooses, He 
also restores life through no natural means. 

After death every human being will be restored to life 
on the Day of Judgment. This will take place in a manner 
similar to the first creation of Man. This fact is revealed in 
these terms in the Qur'an: 

You have come to Us all alone just as We created you 

at first, leaving behind you everything We bestowed 

on you. (Surat al-An'am: 94) 


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This verse emphasizes that the recreation of human beings 
in the Hereafter will resemble their first creation. A person who 
dies and becomes one with the earth will be restored to life 
through our Lord's resurrection, and assume human form once 
more after being an inanimate substance. God, Who will recreate people's bodies out of nothing on the Day of Judgment, created the Prophet Adam (pbuh), the first human being, out of 
clay, an inanimate substance: 

Your Lord said to the angels, "I am going to create a human being out of clay. When I have formed him and 
breathed My Soul into him, fall down in prostration to 
him!" (Surah Sd: 71-72) 

Thus the first creation of man resembles the recreation in 
the Hereafter, and that will take place miraculously, in a single 
moment, not by stages. 

In addition, God has shown miraculous instances of resurrection to certain of His servants in this world. For example, 
in order to show how He resurrects the dead, our Lord told the 
people of the Prophet Moses (pbuh) to strike part of a cow they 
had previously sacrificed. God then performed a miracle, and 
the tribe witnessed the corpse coming back to life. This account 
is revealed as follows in the Qur'an: 

Remember when you killed someone and violently accused each other of it, and God brought out what you 
were hiding. We said, "Hit him with part of it!" In that 
way God gives life to the dead and He shows you His 
Signs so that hopefully you will understand. Then your 
hearts became hardened after that, so they were like 
rocks or even harder still. There are some rocks from 
which rivers gush out, and others which split open and 




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water pours out, and others which crash down from fear of 
God. God is not unaware of what you do. (Surat al-Baqara: 
72-74) 

Another example is that of someone who refused to believe 
in the resurrection after death. As revealed in verses, God left that 
person dead for a hundred years, then brought him back to life. 
This event is described in these terms in the Qur'an: 

Or the one who passed by a town which had fallen into ruin? He asked, "How can God restore this to life when it has 
died?" God caused him to die a hundred years, then 
brought him back to life. Then He asked, "How long have 
you been here?" He replied, "I have been here a day or part 
of a day." [God] said, "Not so! You have been here a hundred years. Look at your food and drinkit has not gone 
badand look at your donkey so We can make you a Sign 
for all mankind. Look at the boneshow We raise them up 
and clothe them in flesh." When it had become clear to him, 
he said, "Now I know that God has power over all things." 
(Surat al-Baqara: 259) 

Another example on this subject provided in the Qur'an is 
that of the Companions of the Cave. This group consisting of believers fled from those of their tribe who ascribed co-equals to 
God and adopted other deities besides Him, and sought shelter in 
a cave. However, God in a miraculous manner sent the 
Companions of the Cave to sleep for longer than 300 years. He 
then awoke them. This event is described in the Qur'an thus: 

So We sealed their ears with sleep in the cave for a number 
of years. (Surat al-Kahf: 11) 


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They stayed in their Cave for three hundred years and 
added nine. Say: 'God knows best how long they stayed. 
The Unseen of the heavens and the Earth belongs to Him. 
How perfectly He sees, how well He hears! They have no 
protector apart from Him. Nor does He share His rule with 
anyone.' (Surat al-Kahf: 25-26) 

Then We woke them up again so that we might see which 
of the two groups would better calculate the time they had 
stayed there. We will relate their story to you with truth. 
They were young men who had belief in their Lord and We 
increased them in guidance. (Surat al-Kahf: 12-13) 

These examples show, how those who seek a middle road between Darwinism and Islam are mistaken. Because with that logic, people are unable to account for any of the examples revealed 
in the Qur'an. Since these people have been influenced by naturalist dogma, the cornerstone of Darwinists' ideas, they attempt to 
account for the origin of Man and living things through the laws 
of nature. But they make a grave error to think that God created 
living things in a manner limited by these laws (Surely God is beyond that!). Therefore, they believe in a creation by means of one 
species developing into another through such imaginary mechanisms as mutation, natural selection and speciation. 

It is a serious error for a Muslim to fall prey to such a perverted logic. Our Almighty Lord has the power to create in the 
manner of His choosing. A sincere Muslim must be able to properly appreciate Almighty God, He Who is free of all imperfections, and must never be taken in by evolutionist dogma, indoctrination and deception. 




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It Is a Serious Error to
Underestimate Darwinism 


The importance of the intellectual struggle against 
Darwinism is crystal clear, but some people still underestimate it 
by saying, "What's so important about Darwinism?" or else seek 
to obstruct the struggle with a logic running counter to the facts, 
along the lines of, "Nobody believes in Darwinism any more, so 
there's no need to worry about it." These and similar statements 
are really excuses for avoiding the intellectual struggle against 
Darwinism. 

The fact remains that Darwinism was a system of thought 
put forward not as a scientific thesis, but to urge people to deny 
God. The theory of evolution and materialist philosophy are two 
mutually complementary systems. This unity which was born in 
Ancient Greece, re-entered the equation with the primitive scientific understanding of the 19th century. And since the theory of 
evolution supposedly supported materialismwithout no regard 
as to whether or not it was actually scientificit was immediately adopted by materialists. 

It is evident that with the spread of Darwinism and the materialist philosophy that drew support from it, perverted answers 
began to be given to the question "What is Man?" Some, who previously had responded, "Man is an entity created by God who 
must live according to the moral precepts taught by Him," now 
under the influence of much deceptive indoctrination, began, to 
be misled into answering, "Man came into being by chance, and is 
an animal that developed through the struggle for survival." 

The theory of evolution regards chance, time and inanimate 
matter as all-powerful and endows these unconscious concepts 




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with the role of creator. No Muslim can ever adopt such a theory 
based on pagan foundations. Any person of faith believes that 
God created all things from nothing and struggles against all 
ideas and beliefs opposed to this. 
It is a grave error to ignore 
the threats that Darwinism poses 

Darwinism, which claims that human 
beings are merely animals and must 
be ruthless in order to survive, lies 

at the root of the world's 
present current conflict, 
anarchy and terror. 

1. "Terror Is Globalizing," 
Newsweek, 19 February 
2001. 
2. "Europe's September 
11," Newsweek, 22 
March 2004. 
3. "The Slaughter of the 
Innocents," Paris 
Match, 15 September 
2004. 

4. "Tears and Terror," 
Newsweek, 26 April 
1999. 

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by being deceived by its adherents' propaganda. Shortly afterwards, someone who fails to understand the danger of 
Darwinism will begin regarding this perverted ideology as legitimate. Regarding it as legitimate means regarding atheism and 
materialism as legitimate, too. Avoiding the intellectual struggle 
against Darwinism means avoiding the intellectual struggle 
against atheism and materialism. This, of course, is unacceptable 
for any believer. 

Never forget that Darwinism lies at the root of the oppressions, suffering and difficulties experienced by thousands of 
Muslims, and poor women, children and the elderly in various 
parts of the world. The terror that leads to the bloodshed of hundreds of innocents and to thousands living in a state of anxiety, 
doubt and fear is fed by Darwinist indoctrination. Bloody ideologies such as fascism and communism that stamped their mark on 
the last century, drew their justification from Darwinism. The 
moral degeneration experienced in many societies is a result of 
Darwinist propaganda. (This we'll consider in greater detail in 
subsequent chapters.) 

Muslims have a responsibility to wage an intellectual struggle "until no strife remains on Earth." The most serious and dangerous representative of strife today is Darwinism. Instead of being misled by such erroneous statements as "Darwinism is a matter for scientists and of no concern to us," Muslims need to intellectually neutralize this ideology that causes such oppression in 
the world. Otherwise, they may be approving oppressiona 
grave error that no true believer ever wishes to assume. 




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The Responsibility that Results from
Avoiding This Great Intellectual Struggle


Devout believers carry out their responsibilities by striving 
to spread religious moral values with great enthusiasm. In communicating the message, they fully identify elements that obstruct the spread of religious morality values and which prevent 
people from living by it, and wage an effective war against these 
ideas. Darwinism, the allegedly scientific cornerstone of materialism and atheism, is today the most important factor turning people away from religious moral values. For that reason alone, it 
would be exceedingly wrong for believers to remain silent in the 
face of Darwinist propaganda. 

It is pointless to avoid the intellectual struggle against 
Darwinism, as well as to say that one feels uneasy at all the troubles being experienced in the world, at social degeneration and 
the various difficulties facing Muslim peoples. Because those who 
sincerely wish to extend a helping hand to those facing troubles 
and difficulties, who wish to achieve a permanent solution to 
hunger, poverty and injustice, and end conflicts, establish peace, 
who wish Muslims all over the world to be loved and respected, 
and sacred values to be protected as they oughtthese people 
have a duty to fight Darwinism on the intellectual plane. It is impossible for their hopes and desires to become a reality until 
Darwinism is eradicated. So long as Darwinism survives, materialism and atheism will continue to influence people and to turn 
them away from religious morality. These problems just listed 
will inevitably arise in climates in wherever religious moral precepts are ignored. 

In the fight against malaria, the important thing is to eliminate mosquito breeding grounds. In the same way, resolving so


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cial problems entails eradicating their "breeding ground" 
Darwinism. Some may try killing mosquitoes one by one, but unless their breeding waters are dried up, such people can spend all 
their time swatting mosquitoes, but still need to start all over 
again the very next morning. 

It is of course important to engage in separate efforts aimed 
at eliminating injustice, poverty and social inequality and putting 
an end to conflict. But to arrive at a permanent solution and 
achieve the desired outcome, it is essential that Darwinism 
should be literally neutralized. With Darwinism's eradication, 
these problems will come to a natural end, because their intellectual underpinning will have disappeared. 

Thus in the light of that awareness, all Muslims must once 
again consider, what a great responsibility the intellectual struggle 
against Darwinism actually is. God informs us in the Qur'an that 
those who sit back with no good excuse will not receive the same 
reward as those who strive with all the means at their disposal: 

Those believers who stay behind other than those forced to 
by necessityare not the same as those who struggle in the 
Way of God, sacrificing their wealth and themselves. God 
has given those who struggle with their wealth and themselves a higher rank than those who stay behind. (Surat an-
Nisa': 95) 

Naturally, true believers seek to obtain as much of God's approval as they can. For that reason, they have a responsibility to 
use all the means available to them to wage an intellectual struggle against atheism and against Darwinism, which serves as atheism's cornerstone. 

One verse reads, "Those who disbelieve spend their wealth 
barring access to the Way of God. They will spend it..." (Surat al-




The faithful are all responsible for establishing a solution for the pain and suffering being experienced by Muslims all over the world. In order to find a permanent 
solution for malaria, for example, mosquitoes' breeding grounds have to be eliminated, rather than battling with the insects one by one. Darwinism is the breeding ground responsible for the suffering, tears and troubles in the world. 


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Anfal: 36) This indicates that deniers will constantly endeavor to 
spread atheism. It is unacceptable for believers to remain silent in 
the face of these efforts of deniers, ignore the danger, choose passivity and behave timidly. Devout Muslims, aware of the responsibility attendant upon them, go on the 
counterattack against 
Darwinism's threat. 


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They enter upon an active and courageous intellectual struggle, 
and never seek to avoid it by offering up excuses of one kind or 
another. They know that turning a blind eye on such a struggle 
may impose a grave penalty on them in the Hereafter. 

Muslims Must not be Deceived by Darwinist 
Indoctrination 

The theory of evolution has lost all its foundations in the face 
of modern science. Research at the molecular level, and in the 
fields of biology and palaeontology, has totally discredited claims 
that living things came into being as the result of any evolutionary process. However, Darwinists still attempt to mislead the 
public by the use of demagoguery, misrepresentations, sophistry, 
distorted logic and sometimes, even downright fraud. 

A closer examination of Darwinist publications lets you see 
all these evolutionist strategies. Some of their classic tactics and 
propaganda can be enumerated as follows: 

1. Evolutionists Tell Tall Tales, Rather than 
Provide Concrete Facts 
Darwinist publications never provide conclusions based on 
concrete scientific evidence. In a few words, they gloss over the 
basic dilemmas confronting the theory of evolution. To fill the 
void, they write a great many fairy tale-like scenarios on the subject of natural history. They never concentrate on such fundamental issues as how the first life emerged from inanimate matter, the 
huge gaps in the fossil record, or the overwhelming complexity in 
the systems of living things. Because every one of these details, if 




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fully explained, will fall counter to evolutionists' aims and reveal 
the invalidity of their own theories. 

In talking about the origin of birds, for example, Darwinists 
enter into lengthy accounts of how dinosaurs' forearms supposedly grew feathers as they chased after insects. However, they 
never explain how the fly itself, capable of 500 wing beats a 
minute, came into being! Or in describing how a living thing first 
emerged, they spend considerable time setting out the conditions 
on the Earth at that time, listing its atmospheric featuresand 
then quickly mention in passing that the cell, the building block 
of life, formed in a puddle of warm water. They are unable to account, however, for how unconscious molecules gave rise to the 


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Evolutionist publications are filled with stories 
of no scientific value. One of these, constantly 
repeated, is the myth of dinosaurs developing 
into birdsa claim not supported by a single 
piece of evidence, despite being set forth as 
"scientific." All the supposed evidence for 
"missing link" dino-birds put forward to date 
has been discredited. Also, these "fossils" have 
been revealed to be the products of fraud. 

Flawed 
Drawing 

Flawed 
Drawing 

Flawed 
Drawing





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cell, with its exceedingly complex organelles that cannot be reproduced in even our most advanced 21st-century laboratories. 
Nor can they explain how thousands of life forms emerged from 
that cell. They interpret findings from various palaeontological 
excavations according to their own preconceptions and draw up 
charts and diagrams of the supposed evolution of Man. They discover a few bone fragments or stone artifacts, and based on them, 
enter into lengthy descriptions of how human beings of the time 
led primitive lives in caves, dressed in animal pelts. Yet they cannot explain cave paintings tens of thousands of years old that possess a perfect aesthetic understanding, or how people in the supposed Stone Age performed successful brain surgery, or the obvious artistry, capacity and intelligence that have survived in the remains of past civilizations, down to the present day. 

They consistently maintain that all of life developed by hit-
or-miss stages through evolving. According to this claim, countless half-reptile/half-bird, of half-invertebrate/half-vertebrate 
"intermediate forms" should have existed over the course of eons. 
If so, then at least a few specimens of these "in-between" life forms 
should be found in the fossil record. An evolutionist may go into 
a long account of how a fish had to emerge onto dry land because 
of the drying up of a lake, and its offspring allegedly evolved into amphibians, and then into reptiles. If you ask the evolutionist 
which fossil specimen actually confirms this claim, you will never receive an answer! Because Darwinists have never found a single fossilized intermediate form, despite some 150 years of investigation. All the fossils specimens they have found show that 
species emerged suddenlyin other words, they were created. 
Yet for some reason, Darwinist publications never mention this, 
preferring to gloss over the subject of the fossil record entirely. 


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In people who fail to reflect properly or who lack sufficient information, this style that Darwinists adopt may imply that they are 
dealing with a definitively verified scientific theory. Yet that idea is 
completely false. Questions of "Why?" and "How?" will leave 
Darwinists completely nonplussed, because they have no logical 
and scientific answers to give. In short, their theory of evolution is 
a hypothesis. In order for a hypothesis to be accepted as scientific, 
it must be capable of being tested or else confirmed by further findings. But evolutionist fairy tales lack either of these criteria. 

2. Darwinists Claim that Belief in Evolution is a 
Precondition for Scientific Thinking 
One of the best-known forms of Darwinist propaganda is the 
baseless cry of "Anyone who rejects the theory of evolution is just 
dogmatic," or "Anyone who does not believe in the theory of evolution is uneducated." This Darwinist indoctrination can sometimes lead even members of the faithful into error. 

The fact is that evolutionists hold a prejudiced idea of what 
"science" really is. In the Darwinist mindset, science is not a discipline that investigates, researches and interprets evidence in an 
unbiased fashion and then accepts the results to which these findings point. According to Darwinists, science must confirm their 
own beliefs and ideas, and the results that emerge are acceptable 
so long as they are distorted in a manner suited to evolutionist 
dogma. Darwinist "science" is intended to distort and direct the 
facts rather than to look for new ones. 

According to the dogmas of Darwinism, science has to be 
materialistic. That predicates a number of preconceptions and restrictions that are not normally brought to bear in standard scien-




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The evolutionary "news" 
stories that appear constantly in various publications consist of propaganda, and are of no 
scientific value. 

tific research. According to this distorted perspective, every piece 
of data obtained must be interpreted in the light of the pre-existing materialist world view. Therefore, according to this error, any 
non-materialist interpretation is not scientific. 

Kansas State University's Scott Todd sets out this distorted 
Darwinist way of thinking in a letter published in Nature magazine: "Even if all the data point to an intelligent designer, such a 
hypothesis is excluded from science because it is not naturalistic."1 

Indeed, even though all the findings from just about every 
field of science reveal the Fact of Creation, the dogma of "Science 
must be materialist" in certain circles underlies the way that the 
media devotes insufficient space to this information and how aca


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demic circles resolutely ignore it. If Darwinists genuinely want to 
abide by the principles demonstrated by science, they have to accept that science invalidates their theories. For those who are unable to accept the facts revealed by science, it is meaningless to 
make claims in the name of science and to comment on what's scientific and what isn't. 

Therefore, it is totally inappropriate for both Muslims and 
Darwinists to be influenced by this indoctrination. The position 
reached by 21st-century science proves that those who are unscientific do believe in the theory of evolution. 

3. Darwinists Either Conceal or Ignore the 
Scientific Evidence that Refutes Evolution 
Among the ploys that Darwinists resort to in order to sustain 
their theory, manufacturing false evidence and concealing true 
evidence occupies an important place. Faking fossils, perpetrating fraudulent experiments and portraying imaginary illustrations as scientific facts are tactics frequently employed by evolutionists. The history of Darwinism is full of such instances. 

Piltdown Man, touted as "proof" of human evolution for 43 
years, was the result of fitting together human and orangutan 
bones. However, it was kept on public display for years as supposed evidence of evolution. Nebraska Man, constructed on the 
basis of one lone molar tooth discovered in 1922, was another example of evolutionist wishful thinking. Just one tooth became the 
basis for talk of an hypothetical half-man half-ape entity. But it 
later emerged that the tooth actually belonged to a wild boar! For 
years, drawings of embryonic development by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel were used as supposed proof of the process of 




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The history of science is full of evolutionist
frauds. Not a single piece of fossil evi
dence to support the theory of evolution
has been un
earthed in the ex
cavations over
the last 150
years. Confronted
by this lack,
Darwinists have
resorted to pro
ducing faked fos
sils and conjec
tural drawings of
drawings what
missing links
may have looked
like.


Of these fakes, Piltdown Man
and Nebraska Man are the
best-known. Pictured below is
the excavation at Piltdown,
birthplace of the Piltdown Man
scandal, and the fragments
unearthed there. 



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For years, Ernst Haeckel's comparative 
drawings of embryos were taken as evidence for the theory of evolution. Later, 
however, they were revealed to be forgeries. Nonetheless, his faked drawings 
are still being used to mislead people , 
benefiting from a lack of general knowledge on the subject. 

evolution. In fact, however, 
Haeckel had fraudulently distorted 
these drawings, adding various 
imaginary organs to some draw-Ernst Haeckel 
ings of embryos, omitting organs 
from others, and portraying different-sized embryos as having 
the same dimensions. Haeckel's fraud was definitively revealed at 
the beginning of the 20th century. 

Darwinist literature contains many such frauds, of which 
these are just a few examples. Darwinists portray a great deal of 




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distorted data as supposed proofs of evolution, taking advantage 
of their audience's ignorance of scientific knowledge. And on the 
other hand, they also ignore and carefully conceal new evidence 
that undermines their theories evidence that is never shown to 
the public. 

Hundreds of living fossils that prove the Fact of Creation 
have been carefully concealed from the public gaze. These specimens show conclusively that there is no difference between life 
forms that existed millions of years ago and forms alive today; 
and that these living things never underwent any form of evolution. Yet most of the public is unaware of these fossils' existence 
because they are kept hidden in museum basements and university palaeontology department storage rooms. They are never 

A 24-million-year-old caterpillar fossil pre

served in amber shows that caterpillars A 24-million-year-old 

have remained the same throughout the wasp fossil 

passage of aeons--in other words, (in Dominican amber) 

they never underwent evolution. 


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The 210-million-year-old
fossil of a bony fish 


A 55- to 35million-yearold fossilized 
crab 

A 355- to 295-million-year-old fossilized spider 

The 135-millionyear-old fossil of 
a starfish 

A 33.7- to 53-million-year-old frog 
fossil 

A 300-million-year-old 
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This 40-million-yearold lizard, fossilized 
in amber, still contains the animal's 
head, front leg 
bones and various 
tissues. All the features of this lizard in 
the amber are identical to those of modern lizards. 

A 50-million-year-old fossil 
scorpion, fossilized in amber 

There is no evolutionary process indicated in 
the origin of frogs. The oldest known frogs are 
completely different from fish, appear complete 
with their own unique structures, and share the 
same characteristics as present-day frogs. This 
frog preserved in Dominican amber is approxi

mately 25 million 
years old, yet 
there is no differ

ence between it 
and modern living 
specimens. 

A 25-millionyear-old termite fossil 


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A 146- to 65-million-yearold fossilized nautilus and 
a chambered nautilus living today 

A 450-million-year-old horseshoe crab fossil. 
There is no difference between it and horseshoe 
crabs still alive today. This species has possessed 
exactly the same characteristics and attributes for 
the last half billion years or so. This clearly 
demonstrates that no evolution took place at the 
very time when Darwinists maintain that living 
things should have been evolving. 

This 300-million-year-old fossilized cockroach 
has exactly the same features as cockroaches alive today. This "living fossil" 
definitively refutes Darwin's theory 
of evolution. 

A 120-million-yearold fossilized bird 
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A fossilized pine 
cone, some 20 
million years old 

Fossilized leaf of a plane tree 
(Macginitea), 55 million years old 

Left: Pecopteris miltani, a 
plant that lived around 365 to -290 
million years ago, identical to present-day specimens. 

A 35-million-yearold willow 
tree leaf 

Left: A cowslip 
fossil, with a 
modern-day 
cowslip shown 
above 


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A fossilized gingko leaf from 
125 million years ago and its 
counterpart living today. 

This three-dimensional birch tree leaf 
discovered in 
Montana dates back 
to the Palaeocene period (65 to 55 million 
years ago).

A fossilized maple leaf, 
dating back several 
million years, and present day maple tree 
leaves 


This fossil ray, dating back to the 
Mesozoic period 
(245 to 65 million 
years ago) possesses all the same features as ray 
living in the seas today. This creature, 
some 250 million years old, clearly shows that the claims regarding the process of 
evolution are entirely 
illusory. 
A 400-million-year old fossilized 
starfish 

A 25-million-yearold preying mantis, preserved in 
amber 


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brought out where the public can see them. 

Darwinists make efforts to conceal and distort the truth, but 
Muslims must not let themselves be influenced. Thinking that 
"Being scientists, they must be telling the truth" and believing 
every word that evolutionists say are grave errorsbecause evolutionist scientists do not hesitate to conceal the true facts, distort 
scientific data and manufacture fake evidence to support their 
ideology. 

It is exceedingly important to expose Darwinists' frauds and 
deceptions if Darwinism's power is to be broken. Muslims must 
be aware of Darwinists' tricks and by exposing them, prevent others from being misled. This is essential if the nightmares caused 
by atheism are to be eliminated, and for proper moral values to 
prevail on Earth. 

4. They Advance the Falsehood that "If the 
Majority Believes in Evolution, that Confirms 
the Truth of Darwinism" 
One of Darwinists' slogans is the falsehood that "This theory 
is generally accepted by the scientific world." To put it another 
way, evolutionists suggest that they are always in the majority, 
and that the majority is always in the right. They seek to put psychological pressure on the population with false logic: "Since so 
many people support evolution, and since believers in evolution 
constitute the majority in universities, the theory must be true." 
Muslims must not be influenced by such pressure and must not 
be taken in by this Darwinist untruth. 

The number of scientists rejecting the theory of evolution has 
grown rapidly over the last 20 to 30 years. The majority of them 




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have freed themselves from the dogma of Darwinism by 
considering the flawless creation in the universe and living 
things. These scientists have conducted countless studies 
revealing the invalidity of evolution. These individuals, 
each one a member of a respected university in various 
countries, particularly Europe and America, are all career 
academics and experts in such fields as biology, biochemistry, microbiology, anatomy and palaeontology. 

Furthermore, even if evolutionists really are in the 
majority, that's irrelevant. It is wrong to automatically accept any majority view by saying, "They must be right." 
Muslims who avoid the intellectual struggle against 
Darwinism need to know this. As is revealed in the 
Qur'an, a great many pagan communities in the past 
tried to turn people away from the true path, to deny 
God and His religion by saying that they were in the 
majority. God warns believers against this twisted logic and tells us that going along with the 
majority may lead to serious miscomprehension: 

If you obeyed most of those on Earth,
they would misguide you from God's
Way. They follow nothing but con
jecture. They are only guess
ing. (Surat al-An'am:
116)


Anyone who takes careful note of what he reads or 
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deeply, may be aware of the Darwinist propaganda he 
confronts. One particular characteristic of Muslims 
who possess true faith is that they have foresightin 
other words the understanding with which to distinguish between true and false. God has revealed this 
virtue of those who fear Him in these terms in the 
Qur'an: 

You who believe! If you fear God, He will give 
you discrimination and erase your bad actions 
from you and forgive you. God's favour is indeed immense. (Surat al-Anfal: 29) 

Those who act out of a fear of God and who listen to their consciences can easily see, by God's leave, 
the threat posed by Darwinism and how that danger 
can be neutralized. Those who cannot understand 
the importance of the issueeither out of ignorance, a failure to reflect, or heedlessnessmust 
understand the truth when it is explained to them. 
Once again they need to be reminded that 
Darwinism is not some idle supposition that 
believers can accept or regard as possibly legitimate. Darwinism is the religion of atheism. And 
every sincere Muslim 
has the responsibility to 

wage an intellectual 
struggle against atheism. 
Ignoring this 
major responsibility 




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in this life may lead to intense regret in the Hereafter. For that reason, one must immediately abandon any despairing, passive, 
helplessness and defeatist mindset in the face of Darwinism, and 
must employ all possible means to wage a war of ideas against it. 
Helplessness in the face of any atheistic ideology is an attitude 
unbefitting for Muslims to adopt. 

Never forget that the intellectual struggle of true believers 
has already been won. Believers will overcome all atheist ideologies, Darwinism included. God imparts these glad tidings in the 
Qur'an: 

As for those who make God their friend, and His 

Messenger and those who believe: it is the party of God 

who are victorious! (Surat al-Ma'ida: 56) 

 God will not give the disbelievers any way against the 

believers. (Surat an-Nisa': 141) 

Therefore, in their struggle against atheism, the faithful must 
act in the knowledge that they will be victorious and in the honor of knowing that they are defending the truth. By God's leave, 
Darwinism will come to an end and our Lord will make "truth 
victorious over falsehood." The struggle of the faithful must be to 
make that intellectual victory a reality. 

Darwinism Has Been Scientifically Refuted 

The theory of evolution claims that the 1.5 million or so living species in nature came into being as the result of unconscious 
natural events. According to evolutionists, the first cell came into 
being through chemical reactions in inanimate matter. (A great 
deal of scientific evidence shows that this could not actually happen. Researchers have failed to obtain even the smallest building 


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blocks of life in experiments conducted with the gasses determined to have existed in the primeval Earth's atmosphere and by 
combining the conditions that existed at that time.) To claim that 
blind chance achieved something as miraculous as the formation 
of a living organism, something that humans with modern-day 
technology and an advanced level of science have failed to 
achieve despite all their attempts and interventions, is of course 
irrational and illogical. Again according to the evolutionist account, the life that began with this primary cell then became increasingly more complex and diverse. The fictitious process of 
evolution that began with bacteria is then, finally, supposed to 
have led to humans. According to this totally unscientific 
claim, various unconscious mechanisms in nature must 
have constantly caused living things to develop. 

At this point, Darwinism has two mechanisms it proposes as giving rise to evolution: 
natural selection and mutations. Yet scientific findings have revealed that neither 
mechanism is an effective force of the kind 
maintained by evolutionists. 

The idea of natural selection is that the 
fittest and those best adapted to natural 
conditions survive, while the others are 
eliminated and fail to reproduce. For example, in any population, an increasing fall 
in temperature will spell the elimination of 
those individuals less resistant to the cold. 
In the long term, only cold-resistant individuals survive, and the entire population 
comes to consist of their descendents. 




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Alternatively, in a rabbit population endangered by predators, 

those who can run fastest survive. But note that no new charac

teristic emerges here. Creatures already existing do not give birth 

to offspring of a different species, and no different feature is 

passed along. To provide another example, the fastest running in

dividuals in a herd of antelopes exposed to attacks by lions will 

survive, while the slower ones are captured. But these fast-run

ning antelopes will never turn into horses or any other species of 

animal. Therefore, natural selection has no evolutionary force. 

Colin Patterson, chief palaeontologist at London's Natural 

History Museum and himself an evolutionist, admits as much: 

No one has ever produced a species by mechanisms of natur

al selection. No one has ever got near it and most of the cur

rent argument in neo-Darwinism is about this question.2 

Mutations, on the other hand, are the impairments that 

emerge in the genes of living things as a result of external factors 

such as radiation or copying errors in DNA. Mutations may of 

course lead to distinctive changes, but these changes are never 

positive, but always either neutral or destructive. To put it anoth

er way, mutations cannot cause living things to develop. Of all 

the mutations that have so far been observed, most have been 

harmful, and the rest neutral. As it has advanced, science has de

scribed millions of harmful mutations and revealed the inherited 

diseases these lead to. That evolutionist scientists are unable to 

point to a single mutation that has increased genetic information 

represents a serious dilemma for the theory of evolution. 

Pierre-Paul Grass, former director of the French Academy 

of Sciences (Academie des Sciences), has likened mutations to 

"spelling mistakes during the copying of a written text." Like any 

spelling mistake, mutations cannot give rise to information, but 


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rather damage that which already exists. Grass goes on to de

scribe this situation: 
Mutations, in time, occur incoherently. They are not complementary to one another, nor are they cumulative in successive 
generations toward a given direction. They modify what preexists, but they do so in disorder, no matter how As soon as 
some disorder, even slight, appears in an organized being, 
sickness, then death follow. There is no possible compromise 
between the phenomenon of life and anarchy.3 

For that reason, as Grass puts it, mutations can never give 

When chased by a lion or leopard, the fastest runners in a herd will survive. 
But those animals that do survive a predator's attacks will not give rise to a 
new species. In other words, the mechanism of natural selection cannot 
produce any new species or change the genes in an existing one. 


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rise to any evolution, no matter how numerous they may be. We 
may compare this effect of mutations to earthquakes. In the same 
way that an earthquake cannot make a city more developed or 
improve it, so mutations cannot lead to positive changes. From 
this point of view, evolutionist claims regarding mutations are 
completely invalid. 

One proof that demolishes the Darwinist claim that all living 
things are descended from one another is the fossil record. For instance, evolutionists maintain that fish evolved from such marine 
invertebrates as sea worms. That being the case, a very large number of "intermediate forms" should have existed between the two 
groups, in such a way as to permit gradual evolution. In other 
words, we should encounter in the fossil record a large number of 
forms bearing both fish and invertebrate sea worm characteristics. Yet although hundreds of fossils of worms and fish that once 
existed in the ancient past have been found, not one single intermediate-form fossil has ever been discovered. This lack of intermediate forms means that evolution never happened. 

The Swedish evolutionist and professor of botany N. 
Heribert Nilsson, of Lund University, admits this defeat of 
Darwinism in the face of the fossil record: 

My attempts to demonstrate evolution by an experiment car

ried on for more than 40 years have completely failed The 

fossil material is now so complete that it has been possible to 

construct new classes, and the lack of transitional series cannot 

be explained as being due to the scarcity of material. The defi

ciencies [in the fossil records] are real, they will never be 

filled.4 

Even when looked at in very general terms, the invalidity of 
Darwinism and the fact that it is built upon completely erroneous 


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foundations can be seen immediately. This becomes even clearer 
as one examines the fine details. (For more detailed information 
concerning the collapse of the theory of evolution, see Harun 
Yahya, The Evolution Deceit, [London: Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd. 8th 
ed. revised and updated].) 

Since mutations take place at random, they almost always damage the organism in which they occur. Mutations can never endow a living thing with 
any new organ, ability, or characteristics. They merely lead to abnormalities, 
such as an extra leg emerging from the back. The kind of changes caused 
by mutations can be seen in those suffered by human beings at Hiroshima, 
Nagasaki or Chernobyl: deaths, deformities, and handicaps. 




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SOME SCIENTISTS WHO ADMIT 
THE IMPASSE FACING 
THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION 


Charles Darwin, the founder of the theory of evolution, had also 
great reservations about it. He was aware that his theory was unable to explain how living beings came into being and confessed this truth in-between the lines of his books or in his private letters. 

Long before the reader has arrived at this part of my work [The 
Origin of Species], a crowd of difficulties will have occurred to him. 
Some of them are so serious that to this day I can hardly reflect on 
them without being in some degree staggered5 

Such is the sum of the several chief objections and difficulties which 
may justly be urged against my theory I have felt these difficulties 
far too heavily during many years to doubt their weight. 6 

I am quite conscious that my speculations run quite beyond the 
bounds of true science.7 
Also after Darwin, evolutionists who were unable to find even a sin

gle piece of scientific evidence to support the theory of evolution sometimes confessed the predicament they were in. Despite their admissions, 
however, the great majority of them refused to accept the truth, out of an 
unwillingness to break with materialism. 

Below are set out a few statements by scientists admitting that 

Darwinism cannot account for the emergence of life. 
Dr. Robert Milikan, a Nobel Prize-winning evolutionist: 
The pathetic thing is that we have scientists who are trying to prove 
evolution, which no scientist can ever prove.8 
Jerry Coyne, of the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the 

University of Chicago: 
We concludeunexpectedlythat there is little evidence for the neo-
Darwinian view: its theoretical foundations and the experimental evidence supporting it are weak.9 


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Professor Fred Hoyle, Cambridge University mathematician and as

tronomer: 
Indeed, such a theory [that life was assembled by an Intelligence] is 
so obvious that one wonders why it is not widely accepted as being 
self- evident. The reasons are psychological rather than scientific.10 
Stephen Jay Gould, Professor of Geology and Paleoanthropology at 

Harvard University and one of the foremost spokesmen for evolution in 

the second half of the 20th century: 
What has become of our ladder if there are three coexisting lineages 
of hominids (A. africanus, the robust australopithecines, and H. habilis), 
none clearly derived from another? Moreover, none of the three display any evolutionary trends during their tenure on earth.11 

D. L. Stern, evolutionist zoologist: 
One of the oldest problems in evolutionary biology remains largely 
unsolved. Which mutations generate evolutionarily relevant phenotypic variation? What kinds of molecular changes do they entail?12 
B. G. Ranganathan: 
There is no evidence in the fossil record of one kind of creature becoming another kind. No transitional links or intermediate forms between various kinds of creatures have ever been found And this is 
true between every major plant and animal kind.13 
Dr. Albert Fleischman, evolutionist zoologist: 
The Darwinian theory of descent has not a single fact to confirm it in 
the realm of nature. It is not the result of scientific research, but purely the product of imagination.14 
Norman Macbeth: 
Unfortunately, in the field of evolution most explanations are not 
good. As a matter of fact, they hardy qualify as explanations at all; 
they are suggestions, hunches, pipe dreams, hardy worthy of being 
called hypotheses.15 



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The Intellectual Struggle against
Darwinism Must Not Be Ignored


Those who avoid engaging in the intellectual struggle 
against Darwinism not only fail to fully comprehend the threat, 
but also ignore the struggle itself. The fact is, however, that a very 
wide-ranging struggle against Darwinism has been waged especially in Turkey over the last two decades. That effort is now bearing fruit worldwide. For example, the November 2004 English-
and German-language editions of National Geographic magazine, 
previously known for its evolutionist stance, ran a cover story 
headed "Was Darwin Wrong?" The story discussed individuals 

A National Geographic 
magazine article about 
the intellectual struggle 
against Darwinism 


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and groups who set out the errors of the theory of evolution, and 
referred to Harun Yahya and his work which, the report went on 
to say, was causing considerable unease among Darwinist circles: 
Harun Yahya, author of a recent volume titled The Evolution 
Deceit, who points to the six-day creation story in the Koran as 
literal truth and calls the theory of evolution 'nothing but a deception imposed on us by the dominators of the world system. 

The world-famous magazine New Scientist made the follow

ing comment in its 22 April 2000 edition: 
Harun Yahya became an 
'international hero" in 

communicating the fallacy of the theory of 
evolution and the fact 

of creation. 
Another well-
known scientific journal, Science, carried 
an article written by 
Robert Koenig in its 
18 May 2001 edition 
titled "Creationism 
Takes Root Where 

This report describes Harun Yahya 
as an "international 
hero." 




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Europe, Asia Meet." This 
carried a lengthy description 
of Harun Yahya's scientific 
struggle against the deceptions of the theory of evolution, the international success of his book The 
Evolution Deceit, and the despair of Turkish evolutionists. The article underlined 
how this movement, aiming 
at the scientific demolition 
of the theory of evolution, 
was the world's strongest 
anti-Darwinist movement 

outside North America and that is being expanded to other 
Muslim countries as well. 

Another matter emphasized in the article was the international success of the book The Evolution Deceit and how some 
Turkish evolutionist scientists complained that these books are 
more effective than the curriculum being taught in schools in 
some parts of the country. Turkish evolutionists' alarm was described in these words: "Various evolutionist scientists are concerned that evolutionists lose reputation in front of Turkish creationists in the face of public opinion." 

Another example reflecting the effect of the powerful intellectual campaign being waged against Darwinism was a report in 
a journal published by the American National Centre for Science 
Education (NCSE). Supported by the American Academy of 
Sciences and despite being basically pro-evolution, the journal de


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WHO IS HARUN YAHYA? 

Adnan Oktar, using the pen-name "Harun
Yahya" devoted his life to explaining the ex
istence and the unity of Allah and the mag
nificence of the morals of the Qur'an. He
spent all his life serving for this purpose
from his early ages. He has never given up
against the difficulties he faced. The biog
raphy states that Oktar entered university
in 1979 and has authored over 100 books
since 1986 - a remarkable output indeed for
a single person.


voted its November-December issue to Harun Yahya's work dealing with the collapse of the theory of evolution, which was described in detail under the heading, "Islamic Scientific 
Creationism in Turkey." 




arwinism, maintaining that all 
life and the universe are the work 
of blind chance, is the most dangerous 

ideology facing us today. It has served as the suppos
edly scientific foundation for all the damaging move
ments based on ideological concernsparticularly material
ism, communism and fascismthat have wreaked such terri


ble harm on mankind for the last 150 years. 

However, people with an insufficient knowledge of 
Darwinism or who fail to reflect sufficiently deeply on its materialist ideology may still be unaware of the danger that it poses. 
Since they are not aware of what terrible social and moral disasters the theory of evolution has led to since it was first put for

ward, they may be unable to comprehend the vital importance 
of the intellectual struggle against Darwinism, which denies 
the existence and oneness of God and the fact that human be

ings have a responsibility towards our Lord. 
The fact is, though, that Darwinist ideology prepares the groundwork for terrible ruin by suggesting 
that human beings are the products of blind 

chance and merely a 
species of animal. It regards life as a battle


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ground wherein the weak are condemned to oppression and defeat, and claims that only the strong will survive. That is why the 
intellectual struggle against Darwinism is so vital and urgent 
and why it is a grave error to seek to depict this struggle as "unnecessary" or "unimportant." 

Anyone who wishes to understand the importance of the intellectual struggle against Darwinism should examine the claim 
with which the theory emerged, its origins and the terrible damage it has inflicted over the last 150 years. This enquiry will show 
not only that the theory of evolution can never be reconciled with 
belief in God, but that it's totally impossible to find a middle way 
between belief in God and the theory of evolution. The reason for 
this lies in Darwinism's materialist, atheist origins. 

When we examine the negative effects on social life that 
Darwinism led to, two completely different periods of history become immediately clear: pre-Darwinism and post-Darwinism. In 
pre-Darwinism, materialist ideology was weak, not generally 
supported by society as a 
whole. Its influence was restricted to a few small, mi


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nority groups. Most individuals attached great importance to 
moral values based on fear and love of God. Most people responded to the question of "How did Man and the universe come 
into being?" with the answer that "God created them." Most of 
society greeted materialist and atheistic views with hostility, because they had no theory with which to back up their denial. 

The theory of evolution was put forward as a supposedly 
scientific foundation for materialism anddespite the fact that it 
was devoid of any element of truth was depicted as a theory 
that accounted for the emergence of life. People were indoctrinated by such wide-ranging propaganda techniques as fake evi-

Religious moral values bestow virtues such as love, affection, compassion and understanding. Darwinism, on 
the other hand, encourages irresponsibility and ruthlessness. Darwinist indoctrination leads to the formation of pitiless, selfish, self-directed individuals, far removed from feelings of sympathy for their fellow human beings. 


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dence, deception, fraud, forgeries, distortions, sleight of hand and 
demagoguery. As a result, evolution began to receive general acceptance. 

The support that Darwinism provided for atheism, first in 
Britain and then in all of Europe and America, is described by 
Professor Alister McGrath of Oxford University: "There is no 
doubt that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution caused the smouldering crisis of faith in Victorian England to burst into flames. If 
any scientific development can be said to have converted the 
Western world to atheism is the theory originated by the book 
Origin of Species and subsequently developed by Darwin ..."16 

As the sections that follow shall detail, the theory of evolution, though discredited by science, is still highly influential in 
many parts of the world today, especially in Russia, China and 


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some European countries, and still causes people to turn aside 
from religious moral values. 

Due to Darwinism's irrational and unscientific indoctrination, children from a very early age are led down a path that will 
often end in suffering and oppression. The world's schools, high 
schools and universities deceived young people into thinking 
that Man is an advanced species of animal, that the law of the jungle reigns even in civilized communities, that the strong are always in the right and will oppress the weak, and that life is a 
struggle for survival. This, understandably, causes major problems for the societies in which they grow up. The Darwinist system raises generations far removed from human love, who are 
cruel, aggressive and selfish and attach no importance to moral 
values. As a result, many countries suffer major problems from 
the hands of their own citizens. Hooligans, neo-Nazis, fascists, 
communists, anarchists and terrorists make these nations unbearable to live in. Although their governments are perfectly well 
aware of the root of this problem, they lack the power to put matters right. 

What needs to be done is to eliminate the root of the problemin other words, to intellectually neutralize Darwinism. 
Many events have shown that by themselves, judicial and military measures are not sufficient. Pruning back nettles does not do 
away with nettles altogether. They merely grow back stronger 
and thicker. The solution lies in uprooting them entirely. 
Darwinist indoctrination lies at the root of the moral and social 
problems facing a great many societies today, and no permanent 
solution can be achieved until the error of this Darwinist indoctrination is brought into the light of day. 




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The cover story of Newsweek 
magazine's 12 February, 2001 issue discussed addiction and emphasized that it has become a major problem in many countries. 

Time, 23 November 
1998 

A Time magazine 
report entitled "Lost 
Generation" emphasized the moral degeneration among 
today's young people. 

28 February 2004, daily Tercman, "Amazing 

Prostitution Report" 

17 January 2005, Akflam, "Drug-use age falls to 10" 

23 February 2004, daily G.zc , 
"Satanism back on the rise!" 

14 May 2005, daily Trkiye, "Europe in 
quicksand" 


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Darwinist indoctrination lies behind the increasing moral degeneration and 
rising crime rate, particularly among the younger generation. It is inconsistent to constantly tell young people that conflict is supposedly a law of nature, they are a species of animal, that they are worthless and have no purpose, and then to wonder why they behave in unlawful ways. Moral degeneration can be halted only by putting an end to Darwinist indoctrination and 
communicating religious moral values. 


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When the Darwinist 
falsehood that 
"Nature is a sphere 
of struggle and conflict" is taken seriously by societies, 
the result is suffering, blood and tears. 


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Darwinism Lies at the Heart of Savage 
Ideologies 

Those who look for a supposed middle way between 
Darwinism and Islam, who imagine that they can Islamicize this 
theory, ignore the harm it inflicts on mankind. They ignore the 
fact that savage ideologies such as fascism and communism have 
drawn their justification from Darwinism. Yet when we examine 
the wars, conflicts, anarchy and chaos experienced in the 20th century, we invariably confront Darwinism behind them. 

Soon after it was proposed, the theory of evolution broke out 
of the fields of biology and palaeontology and began influencing 
a great many areas, from human relationships to the interpretation of history, and from politics to social life. When the Darwinist 
falsehood that "Nature is a place of struggle and conflict" was applied to human society, then all sorts of twisted ideas assumed an 
allegedly scientific guise: Hitler's establishment of a "master race," 
Marx's perceiving the history of mankind as the history of class 
conflict, capitalism's expectation of the strong oppressing the 
weak, imperialist nations' ruthless exploitation and inhuman 
treatment of Third World countries, and the racist attacks and discrimination inflicted on people of color Those who regarded 
human beings as a more advanced species of animal had no hesitation about treading on the weak in one way or another, eliminating the sick and feeble or carrying out "ethnic cleansing" to do 
away with races they regarded as inferior. Their theory, which 
had now assumed a scientific mask, told them that such actions 
obeyed a "law of nature." 




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The Darwinist Foundations of Fascism 

This philosophy was the intellectual starting point of fas

cism, because: 
1) Darwinism endowed racism with a supposed legitimacy. It 
proposed the lie that the European white race was superior to 
other races such as Asiatics, blacks and Turks. By that justification, it claimed that the superior race could rule the weaker 
by whatever means. 

2) Darwinism supposedly justified bloodshed. It claimed that 
throughout nature, there was a "fight to the death for survival"; 
that human individuals and races also engaged in this; and 
that it was natural for both the race and the individual to 


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"eliminate" others in 
their own interests. 

Nazism was one of 
Darwinism's darkest manifestations. Hitler believed that the 
Aryan race, as embodied in the 
German nation, was superior to all 
other races and had been destined 
to rule over them. He dreamed 
of a 1,000-year world empire 
or "Thousand-Year Reich" 
soon to be constructed by 
the Aryan race. 

His supposed scientific basis for these 




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Darwinism's influence on Hitler is evident from his book 

Mein Kampf 

["My Struggle"]. 

racist theories was 
Darwin's theory of 
evolution. As he stated in his book Mein 
Kampf, he had been 

inspired by the very "struggle for survival" that Darwin imagined 
to exist in nature. Just as Darwin had, Hitler attributed ape-like 
status to non-European races and wrote, "Take away the North 
German Europeans from the history of mankind, and nothing remains but a monkey dance." 17 

At the 1933 Nuremberg party rally, Hitler proclaimed that 
"Higher race subjects a lower race to itself a right which we see 
in nature and which can be regarded as the sole conceivable 
right"18 Believing in the Aryans' alleged superiority, Hitler 
claimed that superiority had been imparted by nature. That was 
the Nazi movement's ultimate objective, and their first step to 
achieving it was to separate inferior races from the Aryan "master 
race," and isolate them. At this point, the Nazis moved to implementing the theory of eugenics, which again had its roots in 
Darwinism. 

Darwinism Approves and Confirms Eugenic 
Slaughter 

Eugenicswhich mustered a large number of supporters in 


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the first half of the 20th centurycalled for "improving" a race by 
means of the removal of the sick and handicapped and increasing 
the numbers of strong, healthy individuals. According to the theory of eugenics' perverted teachings, in the same way that animal 
breeds could be improved by mating superior specimens, so 
could the human race. As one might expect, it was Darwinists 
who came up with the concept. Charles Darwin's nephew, Francis 
Galton, and his son Leonard Darwin were the leaders of the eugenics movement in Britain. The idea was clearly a natural consequence of Darwinism, as was especially emphasized in publications supporting the concept, which said, "Eugenics is mankind's 
directing its own evolution." The first person to adopt and spread 
eugenics in Germany was the evolutionist and biologist Ernst 
Haeckel, a close friend and supporter of Darwin. He recommended the immediate killing of handicapped newborn babies, suggesting that this would accelerate society's "evolution." He went 
even further in his cruel attitude, maintaining that lepers, cancer 
sufferers and the mentally handicapped should also be killed, lest 
these people pose a burden on society and slow down its "evolution." 

Haeckel died in 1919, but the Nazis inherited his ideas. 
Shortly after coming to power, Hitler initiated an official policy of 
eugenics, which he summarized in these words: 

In the popular state, the education of the mind and the body 

will play an important role, but human selection is just as im

portant The state has the responsibility of declaring as unfit 

for reproductive purposes anyone who is obviously ill or ge

netically unsound ... and must carry through with this respon

sibility ruthlessly, without respect to understanding or lack of 

understanding on the part of anyone  Stopping reproduction 




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of the bodily degenerate or psychically ill for a period of only 
600 years would lead to an improvement in human health 
that can hardly be envisaged today. If the fertility of the healthiest members of the race were realized and planned, the result 
would be a race that would have lost the seeds of bodily and 
spiritual decay which we now carry.19 

As a requirement of Hitler's ruthless policy, the mentally 

Scientists who had undergone Darwinist 
indoctrination set out imaginary criteria 
by measuring human skulls. They later 
used these measurements to describe 
certain people as supposedly "less advanced" and took that as an excuse to inflict unbelievable suffering on them. 


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handicapped, the crippled, people born blind and with inherited 
diseases were rounded up into special "sterilization centers." 
These people were regarded as parasites impairing the purity and 
progress of the German race. Indeed, these people separated from 
society as a whole began being killed shortly afterwards, on the 
basis of a secret order from Hitler. 

The true cause of the countless disasters inflicted on the 20th 
century was the ruthless nature of such atheists as Hitler's Nazis 
followers. These people denied the existence of God and believed 
the lie that human beings were animals who had progressed by 
evolving. They regarded themselves as unfettered individuals 
with responsibility to no one. Since they had no fear of God and 
the Hereafter, their immorality and cruelty knew no bounds in 


their ruthless slaughter of millions. 

The Darwinist Slaughter
Perpetrated by the
Fascist Mussolini


The support the theory of evolution gave fascism was not limited to 
Hitler's Germany. Hitler's 
contemporary and ally 
Benito Mussolini relied on 
Darwinism in forming his policies, using of 
the same concepts and claims in order to set Italy on 
imperialist foundations. Mussolini was a thorough Darwinist, 
who believed that violence had been a propelling force in history 


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and that war led to revolution. For him, "the reluctance of 
England to engage in war only proved the evolutionary decadence of the British Empire."20 

Mussolini's warlike, aggressive and oppressive policies led 
to the slaughter of large numbers of people, to their being left 
homeless and alone, and to the ruin of nations. He founded quasi-military units known as the Blackshirts who carried all kinds of 
violent, and despotic acts, and applied violence and oppression in 
other countries as well as his own. He occupied Abyssinia (now 
Ethiopia) in 1935, and had slaughtered 15,000 people by 1941. He 


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was not slow to portray the invasion of Abyssinia as justified according to Darwinism's racist views. According to Mussolini's 
perspective, the Abyssinians were inferior because they were 
black, and they should have seen it as an honor to be ruled by 
such a superior race as the Italians. The oppression inflicted on 
Muslims began with the invasion of Libya on 3 October 1911, and 
attacks against them even gained pace. The occupation of Libya 
only came to an end after Mussolini's death, with an agreement 
signed on 10 February 1947. Before that time, 1.5 million Muslims 
were ruthlessly slaughtered and hundreds of thousands injured. 

As can be seen from these examples, Hitler's and Mussolini's 
fascism regarded the strong and oppressive as in the right. Brute 
force, violence, war and aggression were the only ways to 
progress an implementation of Darwin's lie that the strong survive, the weak die, and there has to be a struggle to the death for survival 
that led to the oppression of millions. 

World War II, in Which Millions Died, 
Originated in Darwinism 

Inspired by Darwinism, fascist ideologues regarded war as a 
necessity. Based on that claim, they inflicted numerous sufferings 
on both their own peoples and on other peoples of the world, and 
initiated World War II. Given their point of view, it's completely 
accurate to say that Charles Darwin was one of those chiefly responsible for the suffering experienced during the World War II. 
Dr. Jerry Bergman has made this analysis of Darwinism's influence: 

The evidence is very clear that Darwinian ideas had a tremen

dous impact on German thought and practice In 


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fact, Darwinian ideas had a tremendous influence on causing 
World War II, the loss of 40 million lives, and the waste of 
about 6 trillion dollars. Firmly convinced that evolution was 
true, Hitler saw himself as the modern savior of mankind By 
breeding a superior race, the world would look upon him as 
the man who pulled humanity up to a higher level of evolution.21 

Of course, there had been countless wars before Darwin ever 
proposed his theory. But under the influence of the theory of evolution, war was for the first time legitimated and supported by 
science. In an article titled "The Philosophy and Morals of War," 
which elicited a huge reaction in America, Max Nordau stressed 
Darwin's negative role on the subject of war: 

The greatest authority of all the advocates of war is Darwin. 
Since the theory of evolution has been promulgated, they can 
cover their natural barbarism with the name of Darwin and 
proclaim the sanguinary instincts of their inmost hearts as the 
last word of science.22 

Darwinism led the way for all the ideas that would result in 
war and its supposed scientific foundations. Despots who viewed 
war as an indispensable condition for human progress caused the 
slaughter of millions. Historians, sociologists and even evolutionists themselves, openly express the savagery for which 
Darwinism laid the foundations. It is obviously a grave error to 
try to reconcile Darwinism with Islam, the religion of peace, love 
and tolerance. Muslims must scrupulously avoid such a mistake 
and must have no hesitations about waging an intellectual struggle against Darwinism, an ideology that legitimizes the ruthless 
slaughter of innocents. 




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In the 19th century, Charles Darwin put forward the false claim that life 
was not created, but emerged by chance and that Man was merely the 
most highly developed mammaland had emerged by chance from an 
imaginary ancestry shared with other animals. But most people of his 
day could not foresee the consequences this would have. In the 20th century, however, terrible suffering resulted from Darwin's claims. Those who 
regarded other human beings as merely advanced animals had no hesitation in eliminating others to advance themselves, eliminating the sick and 
handicapped, and trying to eradicate races they regarded as inferior. 


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PRESENT-DAY EXPONENTS OF DARWINISM:
NEO-NAZIS


Fascist leaders like Hitler and Mussolini and the organizations loyal 
to them (the SA, SS and Gestapo, or Mussolini's Blackshirts) have vanished 
from the stage of history. But neo-fascist groups that follow their ideology 
are still active today. In recent years, especially racist and fascist movements have re-arisen in various European countries. Heading the list are 
the neo-Nazis in Germany unemployed street youths, drug addicts and 
people with violence in their hearts, bearing all the traits of the fascist character. 

Just like Hitler and the original Nazis, the neo-Nazis have adopted a 
Darwinist mentality. Their websites, prepared with the aim of spreading 
racist propaganda, contain quotes from and praise of Darwin. Their web 
pages portray Darwinism as a theory that must be accepted. 

These groups, the successors of Darwin and fascists such as Hitler, 
are still continuing to attack and kill. Judicial measures alone are insufficient to restrain these inhuman groups. The one sure way of putting an end 
to their barbarity is waging a serious intellectual struggle alongside law-
and-order measures. So long as these people regard racism as a law of nature and are not defeated on the plane of ideas, there will be no end to their 
savagery. 


10 August 2005, 
daily Trkiye, 
"Savagery in 
Berlin, 8 dead, 
including 5 
children" 

5 July 2005, daily Akflam, 
"Anti-Turkish Neo-Nazi 
Summit" 

5 July 2005, daily G.zc, "Skinhead Nazis increasingly hostile to 
Turks: A disgusting campaign!" 

24 October 2004, daily Milliyet, 
"Neo-Nazis spread violence" 


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Darwinism is a State Policy for Communist 
Leaders 

Communism, without doubt the most harmful ideology of 
the 20th century, was founded by two German philosophers, Karl 
Marx and Friedrich Engels. Reaching its historic peak in the 19th 
century, it shed far more blood worldwide than the genocides of 
the Nazis and imperialist states. It massacred innocents, spreading violence, fear and despair. No matter if communism is regarded as having collapsed in 1991, it has left its wreckage behind. The darkness of communism and Marxism, and the materialist philosophy that averts people from religious moral values 
continue to influence those societies where communism once 
reigned supreme. 

This ideology, which spread terror across the world in the 
20th century, actually embodied an idea that's been around since 
ancient timesmaterialist philosophy, which regarded matter as 
the sole absolute. Communism, building on that philosophy, entered the world agenda in the 19th century. Marx and Engels, communism's intellectual fathers, sought to describe materialist philosophy by means of a new method known as "dialectics," the assumption that all progress in the universe was obtained as the result of conflict. Based on that hypothesis, Marx and Engels attempted to interpret all of world history. Marx claimed that the 
history of mankind was one of conflict, that the present conflict 
was that taking place between workers and capitalists, and that 
the workers would soon rise up and carry out a communist revolution. 

The earliest founders of communism, like all materialists, harbored a deep hostility towards belief in God. Marx and Engels, 


both dyed-in-the-wool athe-
ists, thought that for commu-
nism to succeed, it was essen-
tial for religious faith to be 
eradicated. However, Marx 
and Engels were lacking one 
element; they needed to give 
their ideology a scientific ap-
pearance in order to influence 
wide masses of people. At 
that point was born the dead-
ly alliance that led to so much 
suffering, chaos, mass slaugh-
ter, and fighting and sepa-
ratism that erupted in the 20th 
century. The main claims pro-
posed by Darwin in his book 
The Origin of Species were just what Marx and Engels were looking 
for. Darwin maintained that living things emerged as the result of 
a "fight for life" in other words, through a "dialectical conflict." 
Furthermore, he had rejected religious beliefs by rejecting creation. 
This was an opportunity that Marx and Engels couldn't miss. 
So great was Darwinism's importance to communism that as 
soon as Darwin's book was first published, Engels wrote to Marx, 
"Darwin, whom I am just now reading, is splendid."23 In his reply on 
19 December, 1860, Marx wrote, "This book contains the basis in na-
ture for our view."24 On 16 January 1861, in a letter to another so-
cialist, his friend Ferdinand Lassalle, Marx wrote, "Darwin's work 
is most important and suits my purpose in that it provides a basis 
in natural science for the historical class struggle"25 again empha-
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Communist ideology, which caused so much bloodshed 
over the last century or so, was always closely linked to 
Darwinism. Even today, communists are among the main 
proponents of Darwinism. When one examines the most 
determined adherents of Darwinism in almost any 
nation, one inevitably sees Marxists at the forefront. That is because--as Karl Marx said--the 
theory of evolution represents the basis of 
communist ideology and provides significant, albeit false, "scientific" backing for 
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sizing Darwinism's importance for communism. 

Marx demonstrated his admiration towards Darwin by dedicating his most important work, Das Kapital, to him. He penned 
these words in the German edition of the book: "To Charles 
Darwin, from Karl Marx, a true admirer."26 

Engels expressed his admiration for Darwin elsewhere: 

"Nature operates not as metaphysics, but as dialectic. In that regard, the 
name of Charles Darwin must be remembered above all others."27 

Engels praised Darwin in a manner comparable to Marx, 
saying, "In the same way that Darwin discovered the universal 
law in organic nature, so Marx discovered the universal law in the 
history of mankind."28 The connection between Darwinism and 
Marxism is a fact accepted by everyone today. Even in biographies of Marx, this connection is emphasized. One biography of 
him describes the link in these terms: "Darwinism presented a whole 
string of truths supporting Marxism and proving and developing the 
truth of it. The spread of Darwinist evolutionary ideas created a fertile 
ground for Marxist ideas as a whole to be taken on board by the working 
class Marx, Engels, and Lenin attached great value to the ideas of 
Darwin and pointed to their scientific importance, and in this way the 
spread of these ideas was accelerated."29 

Mao, one of the bloodiest murderers in history, was also a 
confirmed Darwinist. As a result of Mao's commands, some 10 
million people were killed directly, while another 20 million who 
refused to obey him died in prisons. Mao describes the philosophical basis on which he built this order this way: "The foundation of Chinese socialism rests upon Darwin and the Theory of 
Evolution."30 

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this early day 'Great Leap Forward' in literacy would be the writings of Charles Darwin and other materials supportive of the evolution paradigm.31 When the Chinese communists seized power 
in the 1950s, they adopted the theory of evolution as the foundation of their ideology. But in fact, Chinese intellectuals had already adopted it long before that: "During the 19th century, the 
West regarded China as a sleeping giant, isolated and mired in ancient traditions. Few Europeans realized how avidly Chinese intellectuals seized on Darwinian evolutionary ideas and saw in 
them a hopeful impetus for progress and change. According to 
the Chinese writer Hu Shih, when Thomas Huxley's book 
Evolution and Ethics was published in 1898, it was immediately acclaimed and accepted by Chinese intellectuals. Rich men sponsored cheap Chinese editions so they could be widely distributed 
to the masses."32 

All these facts go to underscore the enormous error made by 
those who exhibit a passive and defeatist attitude in the face of 
Darwinism and either ignore or underestimate the intellectual 
struggle against this perverted theory. Those who imagine 
Darwinism as harmless must not forget that they are faced with a 
theory that all Marxist ideologists fiercely supported, the cornerstone of communist ideology. The easiest way for those who try 
to reconcile Islam with the theory of evolution, constantly espoused by Marxist, Leninist and Maoist publications and referred 
to by such leaders, to see how seriously they have been misled is 
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Darwinist Communism's Cost in Human 
Suffering 

Terrorists who adopted the Darwinist-materialist worldview 
sought shelter up in the mountains, like the animals they imagined their "primitive" forerunners to have been, and lived in caves 
under squalid conditions. They were quite capable of murdering 
babies, the elderly and the innocent without a moment's thought. 
Since they did not regard themselves or other humans as beings 
with a soul, mind, conscience and understanding created by God, 
they treated themand one anotherjust like animals. The resulting cost in suffering is summarized as follows in The Black 
Book of Communism: 

International Communist Movement 
and communist parties not in power: around 10,000 dead 
Latin America: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150,000 dead 
Eastern Europe: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 million dead 
Vietnam: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 million dead 
Afghanistan: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.5 million dead 
Africa: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.7 million dead 
Cambodia: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 million dead 
North Korea: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 million dead 
USSR: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 million dead 
China: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 million dead 
The total of dead approaches 100 million.33 


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Communism and materialism's hostility toward religion revealed itself in its full intensity during and after the Bolshevik 
Revolution. Stalin ordered dozens of churches and mosques torn 
down, a sign of communism's hatred of religion. Although the 
great majority of the Russian population was religious, they were 
prevented from fulfilling their observances. The tradition of a 
common holiday on Sundays, when Christians attend church, 
was abandoned. Everyone was to work for five days, resting on 
any of the other days of the week. By 1936, 65% of the mosques 
and 70% of the churches had been demolished. In 1967, Enver 
Hodja, the communist leader of Albania who was renowned for 
his atheism, declared Albania to be the world's first religion-free 
state. 

Clergymen were arrested for no reason, and some were 
killed while in detention. In 1948 two bishops and 5,000 clergy 
were executed. Muslims were being murdered in the same way. 
The country's daily Nendori announced that a total of 2,169 
mosques and churches, 327 of them Catholic places of worship, 
had been closed. 

Today, dialectical materialism and 
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lapsed. Yet that is misleading, because in a cunning manner, the 
same ideology is continuing its activities under different names in 
a great many countries of the world, and is even organizing terrorist actions in Turkey. Materialism is active in secret, and rational people of good conscience must not relax their guard. The intellectual struggle against these dangerous ideologies and against 
their foundation, Darwinism, is essential. 

Darwinism Produces Followers who Regard 
Savagery as Justified 

Both communism and fascism are enemies of mankind. They 
order their adherents to burn and destroy, to inflict fear, doubt, 
alarm and savagery on others, to attack the military and police 
forces in their own countries, and to kill without batting an eye. 
In both fascist and communist systems, a common mindset prevails: Such human emotions as compassion, sympathy and conscience are entirely eliminated. Society is turned into an arena 
where wild animals fight to live and survive. Just as a wild animal will fight to the death members of its own species to obtain 
food and territory, so human beings are expected to behave in exact the same way. Charles Darwin's dogma teaches them that they 
are essentially animals, who need to fight for survival in the same 
way that animals do. 

In his book Evolution for Naturalists, P. J. Darlington, himself an 
evolutionist, admits that savagery is a natural consequence of the 
theory of evolution and that even this belief needs to be regarded 
as perfectly legitimate: "The first point is that selfishness and violent are inherent in us, inherited from our remotest animal ancestors Violence is, then, natural to man, a product of evolution."34 


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As can be seen from his admission, for evolutionists who accept ideologies that have adopted Darwin's theory as their guide, 
it is perfectly natural to perceive other humans as animals, to treat 
them in an appropriate manner, and to oppress them generally. 
By approving Darwinist ideology, such a person forgets that we 
have a Creator, his purpose on Earth and that in the Hereafter, he 
will have to account for his deeds in this world in the presence of 
God. As a result, like all others who have lost their fear of God, he 
becomes selfish, ruthless and oppressive, thinking solely of his 
own advantage, and perhaps even a cold-blooded killer. 

For the last 150 years, certain Western nations have raised 
their young people with Darwinist and materialist ideology, producing aggressive and ruthless young people known as "communists" or "fascists" or "neo-Nazis." They then attempt to prevent 
these crime machines of their own making from shedding blood 
and becoming hostile to the state. These countries' gravest error is 
first, to create these criminal types through Darwinist education 
and then desperately hunt for some way to rein them in. 

But what actually needs to be done is obvious: Darwinism 
needs to be eradicated by means of a war of ideas. The way to do 
this is to abandon Darwinist education and to explain to people 
that they are not irresponsible animals but individuals created by 
God, possessed of souls, who will have to account for their actions in the Hereafter. 

With the intellectual eradication of Darwinism and the harmful ideologies it supports, just one single truth will remain: the 
fact that God created the universe and all human beings. People 
realizing this will sincerely turn towards religion. As people turn 
to religious moral values, the suffering, troubles, slaughter, catastrophes, injustices in the world will come to an end, and be re-




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placed by enlightenment, well-being, wealth, abundance, health 
and plenty. In order for that to happen, all superstition and dangerous ideas must be intellectually demolished and replaced by 
true ideas that will bring goodness to mankind. Responding to 
fire with fire, to aggression with still more aggression, is no solution. The solution is to defeat the ideas held by those who act that 
way and to patiently and gently explain to them the one Truth 

that needs to replace them. 

Those are mistaken who imagine that con

flict, anarchy, terror, revolt, chaos, violence, 

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weak are inevitable. What is natural for human beings is a climate 
of peace, security, trust, brotherhood, friendship, honesty, tolerance, love, affection, understanding and respect. This 
can only be ensured by the sovereignty of religious moral values and the intellectual elimination of Darwinism. 

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Darwinist View of Life Results in Moral 
Degeneration 

Those who underestimate or ignore Darwinism's effects are 
also unaware of the reasons why people abandon religious moral 
values in favor of atheism. But no doubt that the worst catastrophe Darwinism inflicts is how it leads people to atheism. In any 
society that turns its back on religious moral values, a moral and 
spiritual collapse soon follows. Examples of this can be seen 
throughout societies today. 

Today, the numbers of those who consciously support 
Darwinism are not large. However, this minority shapes social life 
in just about all spheres and has the means to indoctrinate large 
masses of others with their own world views. For example, the 
most university teachers, many cinema directors, and the editors 
of world-famous publishing houses, newspapers and magazines 
are predominantly materialists and/or Darwinists. Therefore, the 
audiences they address get taken in by their indoctrination and 
adopt evolutionary ideas incompatible with religion. As a result, 
these atheistic ideas enjoy widespread acceptance. 

This widespread dominion that Darwinists enjoy has a very 
powerful and literally "hypnotic" effect over society. Young people in particular are easily deceived by new ideasin this case, 
Darwinist and materialist indoctrination. It is a simple matter to 
shape young people's view of the world through the books and 
magazines they read, the films they watch, the plays they see or 
the music videos and song lyrics they listen toas well as, most 
importantly of all, the education they receive. In fact, this intense 
Darwinist propaganda is the reason why people for the last 150 
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despite all its deceptions and lack of scientific credibility. 

Another point to emphasize is that atheist propaganda is seldom carried out openly these days. Atheist and materialist circles 
mock religious matters or piety with well-known celebrities. 
They employ terms disrespectful of God, destiny and religion in 
song lyrics, novels, films, newspaper headlines and jokes (surely 
God is beyond that). And these are only a few examples of their 
covert methods. 

Subjects related to Darwinism, on the other 
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ploys most frequently. The lie that our forerunners were apes is 
frequently repeated in even the most irrelevant contexts. When it 
comes to analyzing human psychology, evolutionist claims are 
even stated "between the lines'by implication. Thus even if they 
claim to believe in God and religion when asked, the result is still 
communities who take religion, the Hereafter and moral responsibilities very lightly (surely God is beyond this), who fail to reflect properly, who lack any fear of God and do not truly believe 
in Him. People with no fear of God or faith in Him, know no 
bounds in any matter and start behaving like the animals they 
imagine to have been their forebears. One cannot expect people 
with no fear of God to maintain the bounds He has set, because 
they imagine that no such bounds exist. They may engage in all 
forms of immorality so long as they keep it hidden from other's 
gaze. 

Indeed, the present day is seeing the increasing spread of a 
mentalityamong young people and certain sections of society 
in particularthat exceeds these bounds and ignores moral values. This is the consequence of a turning away from religious 
morality as a result of Darwinist indoctrination. Those who imagine themselves unrestrained and accountable to no one exhibit 
more degenerate behavior with every passing day. 

Adultery, which is very nearly praised and esteemed and 
even actually encouraged in some media, causes nobody to raise 
an eyebrow. Closer examination shows atheism at the heart of 
murder, prostitution, falsehoods and fraud, bribery and corruption in short, of all forms of immoral behavior. The most effective method of spreading this atheism is repeated indoctrination 
with the Darwinist lie that Man emerged as the result of uncontrolled chance." 


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Ken Ham, author of The Lie: Evolution, draws attention to the 
irreligiousness to which Darwinism leads: "If you reject God and 
replace Him with another belief that puts chance, random 
processes in the place of God, there is no basis for right or wrong. 
Rules become whatever you want to make them. There are no absolutesno principles that must be adhered to. People will write 
their own rules..."35 Some people may think that moral values can 
be preserved with the rules they themselves set, and that social 
order can thus be established. Yet this is not a correct diagnosis. 
Of course there must be laws and rules to make social order possible, and these help preserve moral values. However, these laws 
can be abided by fully and order acceptable to everyone be maintained, only through the moral virtues that a belief in God and the 
Day of Judgment brings with it. 

Theodious Dobzhansky is one of those Darwinists who admit that Darwinism prepares the foundations for moral degeneration. He describes how the idea of natural selection, the basis of 
Darwinism, weakens a society's moral values: 

Natural selection can favor egotism, hedonism, cowardice in

stead of bravery, cheating and exploitation, while group ethics 

in virtually all societies tend to counteract or forbid such "nat

ural" behavior, and to glorify their opposites: kindness, gen

erosity, and even self-sacrifice for the good of others of one's 

tribe or nation and finally of mankind.36 

Dobzhansky draws our attention to a very significant fact: 
the Darwinist mindset can never accept proper moral virtues 
such as generosity, self-sacrifice, loyalty, faithfulness and helpfulness. Darwinism regards them as elements that retard the supposed evolutionary process. According to Darwinism, in order for 
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ruthless, selfish, unloving and disloyal. Obviously it's impossible 
to speak of peace, security and stability in any society in which 
such an understanding receives wide acceptance. Careful examination soon reveals the deep havoc wrought by the Darwinist 
mentality. Societies are indoctrinated with the idea that people 
living with no bonds of mutual aid, self-sacrifice, love or respect, 
alienated from one another, are the result of a supposedly progressive civilization. The lie is constantly repeated that this selfishness needs to be tolerated if there is to be greater production 
and progress. In fact, however, this is the result not of progress 
and civilization, but of people lowering themselves to the level of 
animals. But human beings are entities created by God with a 
mind and consciousness, a conscience and 
a soul that distinguish them from all 
other living things. Under the spell of 
Darwinist-materialist morality, 
some forget these attributes and 
descend to the kind of superfi


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25 June 2003, daily Cumhuriyet, "What Is Happening to the 
Youth of the World?" 

17 April 2003, daily Cumhuriyet, "Young People Must Have 
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ciality, immorality, lack of conscience and awareness rarely to be 
seen even in animals. They then offer a supposedly scientific excuse for their lack of consciousness and will by saying, "We descended from animals, so these traits are our genetic inheritance." 

Based on that distorted way of thinking, many Darwinist behavioral scientists claim that the reason why human beings commit crimes is the inheritance bequeathed to them from their animal forebears and still lodged in their "old" or "reptile brain." In 
his book Ever Since Darwin, the evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould reports this claim, which was first made by the Italian physician 
Cesare Lombroso: 

Biological theories of criminality were scarcely new, but 
Lombroso gave the argument a novel, evolutionary twist. Born 
criminals are not simply deranged or diseased; they are, literally, throwbacks to a previous evolutionary stage. The hereditary characters of our primitive and apish ancestors remain in 
our genetic repertoire. Some unfortunate men are born with an 
unusually large number of these ancestral characters. Their behavior may have been appropriate in savage societies of the 
past; today, we brand it as criminal. We may pity the born 
criminal, for he cannot help himself37 

In other words, Darwinists maintain that such behavior as 
killing, the infliction of suffering, theft and conflict are all genetic 
inherited from our supposedly ape-like ancestors. Therefore, according to this groundless claim, a person's crimes are not attributable to him at all, and must be excused. As these irrational and 
illogical claims show, the Darwinist way of thinking totally disregards our human conscience, willpower and ability to make decisions and judgments, and regards Man as a mindless creature that 
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cept maintains that if a savage lion cannot display virtuous behavior by restraining its inner aggression, overcoming its anger, 
and exhibiting patience and forgiveness, so will a human being 
inevitably behave in the same exact way. Obviously, any society 
that harbors such people will lack peace and security, and be in 
constant conflict and chaos. 

According to the errors of Darwinists and materialists, the 
entire universehuman beings includedis the product of a series of coincidences. As people are indoctrinated with this concept, they begin to imagine they are untrammeled and answerable to no one. A person with no aims does not reflect or set out 
to improve himself. He is uncaring, mocking, insensitive, unable 
to use his conscience, recognizing no bounds or rules. He possesses no virtues or redeeming features. According to his own 
twisted view, he should spend his time in this world in the same 
way as othersadvanced animals like himselfafter meeting 
certain basic needs, enjoying himself as much as possible and 
then waiting for death. This is a vision of life in the animal kingdom adapted to human beings. And on closer inspection, you can 
see how a great many people live these lives predicted by 
Darwinists, even if they remain unaware of the technical details 
of Darwinism itself. 

But such people fall prey to deep pessimism, depression and 
despair because they live aimless lives that must inevitably come 
to an end. Believing that with death, everything will vanish and 
be as nothing causes people to close in on themselves and become 
unhappy. One of the underlying causes of depression, psychological disturbances, and suicides are the negative impact of the 
Darwinist philosophy on people's minds. 

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created the entire universe out of nothing and has also created 
everything with a purpose inevitably condemn themselves to a 
moral and spiritual collapse. By themselves, wealth, well-being 
and economic prosperity cannot bring peace and security. When 
people do not obey their reasons and consciences, and regard 
themselves as aimless and purposeless, many things cause them 
to fall victim to unhappiness, and hopeless pessimism. For these 
people who imagine that they will come to nothing when they 
die, what matters most is the regret and despair they will feel upon seeing the Hereafter. 

Yet anyone who believes in God and the existence of the 
Hereafter recognizes that true life lies in the Hereafter, not in this 
world. He always feels the joy and hope of obtaining God's approval and the Paradise. He submits to God in all things and thus 
never falls victim to hopelessness or pessimism. 

As we have seen, it is absolutely impossible for Darwinism's 
world view to be reconciled with Islamic moral values, for the 
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moral values advised by Islam are rejected by Darwinist ethics. 
Love, affection, compassion, sharing, solidarity, helping the 
needy and self-sacrificevirtues that form the very foundation of 
Islamic moral valuesare regarded as weaknesses in Darwinism. 
Therefore, those who try to depict Darwinism as something innocent that can be reconciled with Islam need to think again and 
abandon their weak, helpless and passive attitude. The evolutionary propaganda they see in newspaper reports, magazine articles and on television programs have a meaning way beyond being work supposedly carried out "in the name of science." Every 
task performed in favor of Darwinism is as a deadly poisoned arrow directed at the minds of people ignorant on this subject. It is 
of vital importance to prevent this poisonous propaganda, realize 
the scale of the danger it poses, and lose no time in the intellectual struggle against the threat. 

Terror Finds the Scope to Exist through 
Darwinism 

In recent years, terrorism has become a danger facing the 
most advanced countries in the world. No country is now safe 
from the threat of terrorist attacks. Precautionary measures, new 
laws and increased security precautions are a long way from 
eliminating the threat. By now, everyone is aware what a huge 
danger terrorism represents, yet most are unaware that 
Darwinism is actually this scourge's ideological foundation. The 
lie that "Man is a fighting animal" inculcated into people's subconscious minds has an obviously major effect. Darwinism sets 
out for people a "world view" and "method", whose basic concept 
is "Conflict with anyone who is not of one's own group." 


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Throughout the world, there are various beliefs, worldviews 
and philosophies that may respect the existence of others not like 
themselves, seek to establish dialogue with them and to follow a 
"humane" path. Or else they may choose the path of conflict and 
try to secure an advantage for their own philosophy by damaging 
others not like themselves, in other words, to behave like animals. 

The spread of terrorism in the world is the result of the second path. To combat terrorism, therefore, what needs to be done 
is to eliminate its fundamental basis: to engage in an intellectual 
struggle against Darwinism. Once Darwinism on the intellectual 
plane has been eliminated, terrorist organizations will collapse, 
because no scientific foundation remains to them. And the 
scourge of terror will finally come to an end. 

But so long as efforts are made to preserve Darwinism, and 
as long as people are indoctrinated with Darwinist ideas, it will be 
impossible to put an end to terror. Teaching Darwinism in 
schools, we cannot be surprised at young people who join terrorist organizationsbecause in order to become a terrorist, one 
must first believe that the other party is not fully human, that conflict is a law of nature, that killing and murder are therefore legitimized, and that one has no responsibility toward anyone else 
in other words, one must accept Darwinism. It's meaningless to 
speak of love, tolerance, compassion or peace to anyone who was 
brought up for long years on the falsehoods that unconscious 
molecules combined to give rise to life, that they themselves are a 
species of animal, and that progress without conflict is impossible. Neither asking how he manages ruthlessly killing innocent 
people can do any good. It is pointless to expect such an individual to show any respect for others, to abide by the law, or to obey 
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It bears repeating that those who have received a Darwinist, 
materialist education are behind the brutal killings, the oppression inflicted on their fellow humans, terror, separatism and hostility to religion and the state. It is essential, therefore, to put an 
end to Darwinist education, particularly in the West. The education system in most countries attach considerable importance to 
materialism and Darwinism and spend millions on teaching this 
to their young students. Then they later spend millions more to 
forestall terrorist events in their countries. In a country in which 
Darwinist-materialist principles are taught in schools and universities and where the Darwinist mindset is inculcated on the media, it is insincere to ask "To what can anarchy and terror be ascribed?" States that provide a Darwinist-materialist form of education and then later criticize the actions that result are behaving 
with grave inconsistency. 

If they sincerely wish to prevent terror, first they must halt 
the Darwinist-materialist education that serves as the cornerstone 
of anarchy and terrorism and that supposedly justifies conflict 
and the "fight for life" in which the strong will be victorious. If 
they spent those millions on teaching how materialism and 
Darwinism are ideas very far removed from being scientific, that 
they are full of nonsense and completely unrealistic, then the 
problem would resolve itself entirely. 

The facts presented so far make it clear what a grave threat 
Darwinism poses. Those who nonetheless imagine, that 
Darwinism either represents no danger, or else is over and done 
with and who seek to disseminate these errors areknowingly or 
unknowinglyhelping the theory to grow and develop. When 
they spread that kind of information, society forms the view that 
there is no such danger. What follows as a result is an intellectual 
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doctrination; and precautions fail to be taken. On the other hand, 
proponents of the theory of evolution continue to make their own 
preparations, using their outdated information, and defend their 
theory strongly at every opportunity. They work hard to keep 
their theory alive, albeit by using with fraud and distortion. 

All Muslims have an important responsibility to eliminate all 
ideas opposed to religious moral values and which deny the existence of God, and to use the truth in order to eradicate superstition. 
It would be a grave mistake to ignore this responsibility and seek 
to come to an "understanding" with the proponents of denial on 
some supposed common ground, to make concessions to the other 
side, or to surrender to their ideas. For that reason, certain Muslims 
who have been taken in by the evolution deception should reconsider the position they defend. For instance, it is not a Muslim's duty to seek to "Islamicize communism" in any society in which communism has taken hold. That dead end bears no positive fruits and 
which, on the contrary, will actually benefit communism. A 
Muslim's duty is to completely demolish communism as a philosophy, to tear it down intellectually and in its place, to reveal the 
truth of Islam. In the same way, a Muslim's duty in the face of 
Darwinism is not to seek to Islamicize it, but to undermine that 
great intellectual lie and replace it with the fact of creation. 

All Muslims must therefore act out of that awareness and not 
ally themselves with the Darwinism that underlies all the atheistic philosophies on Earth. That being so, what they need to do is 
refuse to permit young people to be brainwashed anywhere at 
allin educational institutions, books, in press or publishing organs, or on social platformsbut instead to direct them to reflect 
on the rationality foreseen by the Qur'an and now confirmed by 
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years, it is devoid of any scientific worth and easy to overcome. 

To date, many sincere Muslims may have accepted the hypothesis of evolution, sought means of reconciling it with Islam, 
and have even actively supported this conjecture under various 
circumstances. Yet the moment a Muslim identifies his error, 
Islamic moral values require that he must immediately turn towards the true path. Supporting Darwin's hypothesis before one 
becomes aware of its destructive effect on society is by no means 
the same as supporting this superstitious belief 
even after learning of the harm it has wreaked 
over hundreds of years. After a person learns 
the facts, the proper and virtuous approach is 
to listen to the voice of his conscience and 
to go into action right away in supporting the intellectual struggle against 

this damaging ideology. If Muslims 
come together as one to wage an 
intellectual campaign against 
Darwinism, they will definitely 
produce results in a very short 
time, and this outdated theory will 

duly be consigned to the history 
books. Hopefully, certain 
Muslims who have mistakenly aligned themselves with 
Darwinism will not 
persist in their erroneous 
attitude and not close their 

eyes to the truth. 




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Increasing violence in schools is a serious problem in European countries as 
well as in America. Darwinist indoctrination plays a major role in the way young 
people are turning increasingly towards 
violence. Schools teach children that human beings are supposedly animals and 
that it is a "law of nature" to be selfish 
and aggressive. No wonder students are 
able to kill their classmates or teachers 
without batting an eye. 
If Western societies genuinely wish to end 
violence in schools, they must renounce 
Darwinist education. 

1. A Time magazine report titled 
"Armed and Dangerous" emphasised 
the violence in American schools. 
2. A Newsweek magazine report described violent acts committed in an 
Arkansas high school. 
3. A Newsweek magazine examined another school massacre. The two young 
people shown caused the deaths of 13 
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Darwinism's Harmful Influence Still
Persists


As we have frequently emphasized earlier in this book, some 
of the faithful imagine that the concept of evolution is a thing of 
the past that receives no acceptance from modern science, so there 
is no reason for Muslims to worry over any dangers it poses. They 
therefore regard the revealing of the theory's frauds, its unscientific claims, and the terrible disasters it has wreaked on the world, 
as unimportant. They undervalue those engaged in the intellectual struggle against Darwinism, and dismiss their activities as unnecessary. 

Yet these people are making a serious error, having closed 
their eyes to manifest truths. Contrary to what they imagine, the 
theory of evolution still attracts support from a wide cross-section 
of society, solely because of its ideological features. In many countries, Darwinists remain highly influential in the universities, the 
media and educational institutions. In addition, their influence is 
constantly on the rise. Although scientific facts have buried this 
theory and deprived it of all its foundations, there has been no 
weakening in their devotion to Darwinism. Evolution, which constitutes the supposed scientific basis of the materialist and atheist 
worldview, is still supported uninterruptedly by certain circles, 
no matter what the cost. 

The fact that Darwinism is supported out of ideological concerns is described by the American professor Phillip Johnson, one 
of the scientists who criticizes the theory of evolution. In an article, he analyzes the claims made by the Marxist zoologist Richard 
Lewontin: 

Darwinism is based on a priori commitment to materialism, not 


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on a philosophically neutral assessment of the evidence. 

Separate the philosophy from science, and the proud tower 

collapses. When the public understands this clearly, 

Lewontin's Darwinism will start to move out of the science 

curriculum and into the department of intellectual history, 

where it can gather dust on the shelf next to Lewontin's 

Marxism.38 

Evolutionists have literally pressured the scientific world. 
Scientific publications constantly issue biased interpretations, in 
which, the theory of evolution is portrayed as established fact. 
The popular media, which has a great influence over a wide public, reports irrelevant findings and subjects as if they were new 
proofs of evolution. These reports distort the true facts, and mislead the public. The schools and universities of a great many 
countries support Darwinist academics, and make efforts to obstruct the careers of scientists who believe in God. Since they reject Darwinism, their books and articles do not get published, and 
they are inaccurately accused of "backwardness." If scientists in 
most Western countries want to pursue academic careers, they are 
obliged to turn a blind eye to Darwinist nonsense or even to support it against their will. Otherwise, it is very difficult to rise in 
one's academic career or even enjoy tenure in a university. 

Professor of Biochemistry Michael Behe describes how materialism dominates the world of science and how science is presented: "So information about the universe works almost invariably passes through a rigid materialistic filter before it reaches to 
the general public."39 

This attitude of Darwinists is also clearly described by the 
evolutionist Frank Harold in his book The Way of the Cell: 

We should reject, as a matter of principle, the substitution of 




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intelligent design for the dialogue and necessity; but we must 
concede that there are presently no detailed Darwinian accounts of the evolution of any biochemical system, only a variety of wishful speculations.40 

Harold admits that the theory of evolution cannot account 
for the emergence of life, although he still denies the existence of 
any Sublime Intelligence that created the order in the universe 
and living thingsin other words, God. He says this would be a 
violation of his "principles." The principles he refers to are materialist ones, very common in the scientific world. 

Phillip Johnson described how the theory of evolution is 

wielded as a weapon against religious belief: 
The leaders of science see themselves as locked in a desperate 
battle against religious fundamentalists Darwinism plays an 
indispensable role in the war against fundamentalism. For that 
reason, the scientific organizations are devoted to protecting 
Darwinism rather than testing it, and the rules of scientific investigation have been shaped to help them succeed.41 

As Johnson states, evolutionist scientists have established a 
kind of dictatorship in academia and universities. They transform 
some universities into Darwinist training academies, producing 
students who imagine that materialist philosophy is science. They 
think that people with religious beliefs should not enjoy academic careers. One of the most prominent examples of this in Turkey, 
where the evolutionist Professor Ali Demirsoy makes clear the 
prejudiced evolutionist perspective by saying things along the 
lines of, "If a scientist believes in God in any way, he has no place 
at a university. I would expel a believer in God from university." 

Most of the scientific world, especially institutions and academies where materialist thinking reigns, react very strongly when 


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scientists produce scientific evidence for creation, though they 
never oppose any atheist or materialist propaganda. Phillip 
Johnson again describes the position: 

The Academy makes no protest when Richard Dawkins (the 

Selfish Gene) uses the authority of science to promote atheism, 

or when Carl Sagan proclaimed in his Cosmos series that "the 

Cosmos is all there is, or ever was, or ever will be." On the con

trary, the National Academy gave Sagan its Public Welfare 

medal."42 

Being unaware of these facts, some people of faith may perhaps look on the situation with mistaken optimism and therefore, 
not regard Darwinism as posing any threat. Yet with the support 
they receive from Darwinism, materialist and atheist circles are 
engaged in a serious campaign targeting religious moral values 
and believers. Muslims all over the world are exposed to pressure, oppression and policies of attrition from materialist and 
atheist circles. Because of this Darwinist dictatorship, Muslims 
are unable to live by their beliefs, express their thoughts, or relate 
the true facts. 

It's therefore a matter of urgency that Muslims who claim, 
"Darwinism does not pose a threat" remedy their error. At a time 
when the theory of evolution is waging a worldwide war of ideas 
against religious moral values, it's a grave mistake to regard 
Darwinism as harmless. 

Darwinism is Still Deceiving People 

Never forget that Darwinism is an organized, worldwide 
movement. The theory of evolution still enjoys very great public 
acceptance, especially in several countries of the European Union, 




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Russia, China and many other nations, and the fact of creation is 
rejected. Universities all over the world regard the theory of evolution as the only valid one, and right from their primary-school 
years students are taught the theory of evolution as if it were a scientific fact. Mention of the fact of creation has been banned in 
some countries, and that is how matters have stood for many 
years. 

Surveys carried out in European countries, especially France, 
Germany and Great Britain, have revealed that in those countries, 
the great majority of people regards the theory of evolution as a 
scientific fact. Taken in by evolutionary misrepresentation, they 
have turned away from faith in God and religious moral values. 

In addition, according to a survey conducted by the scientific magazine Nature, the world of science rejects the existence of 
God more now than at any time in the past. A survey of members 
of the American National Academy of Sciences stated that only 
7% believed in God, while 93% said they had no religious faith. In 
the face of these results, the well-known evolutionist biologist 
Ernst Mayr comments that they all have become atheists.43 

As already stated, this demonstrates the exact opposite 
of what some believers say. Darwinism still influences 
broad masses of people, and its view of life still 
dominates the scientific world. Not only is 
Darwinism not scientific, it is also one of the 


main reasons why 

people turn away 

from faith in God. 

Research published in 

Nature in 1914 put the number of 

people believing in God at 35.2%. In the 90 or so 

years since, a great majority of scientists have turned 

their backs on belief in God and have adopted a materi

alist, atheist mindset. The most important fact to be noted 

here is that this is the same period during which the theory 
of evolution came to rule the scientific world.44 

Lack of faith is also widespread in a number of the Asian 
countries that play a major role in the world economy. China 
heads the list, with 71% of its population describing themselves as 
agnostic or atheist.45 Various studies, books and articles have examined this state of affairs, particularly in European countries 
where there has been a turning-away from religious moral values. 
Europe's rejection of its Christian roots, the rapid abandonment of 
religious moral values, the strengthening of atheism, the weakening of devotion to the Church, the way that work opposed to 
Darwinism in America has failed to be reflected in Europe, 
Europe's determination to teach the theory of evolution in schools 
and refusal to give space to opposing viewsall this represents 
the basis of these studies. [The] Associated Press published a sur-




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vey indicating that secularism was on the rise in Western Europe. 
France has strict curbs on public religious expressions and, according to the poll, 19% of French are atheists. South Korea was 
the only other nation surveyed with a high percentage of nonbelievers.46 

These debates increased still further during the preparation 
of the European Union's Constitution. Religious circles strongly 
criticized the absence from this constitution of any expression of 
religious belief, but their objections were definitively rejected. As 
even a Vatican official noted: "If you look at modern-day Europe, 
it's not a society based on Christianity."47 An article titled "Is 
Europe the New 'Dark Continent'?" in CBN said that "Europe became a center of Christian civilization for more than 1,000 years, 
but there are signs that Europe's Christian era has come to an 
end."48 George Weigel, author of The Cube and the Cathedral: 
Europe, America and Politics without God and one of the directors of the Washington Ethics and Public Policy Center (or EPPC), 
made this comment in an interview regarding the rise of atheism 
in Europe: 

European man has convinced himself that in order to be mod

ern and free, he must be radically secular. That conviction has 

had crucial, indeed lethal, consequences for European public 

life and European culture. Indeed, that conviction and its pub

lic consequences are at the root of Europe's contemporary cri

sis of civilization morale. That crisis of civilization morale, in 

turn, helps explain why European man is deliberately forget

ting his history.49 

A survey conducted by the UN offers more evidence of the 
rise of Darwinism and atheism in Europe. According to their 
questionnaire, only 18% of Europeans believe that God created 


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Man, with the other 82% maintaining that humans came into existence by evolving from other species. In terms of individual 
countries, the situation is as follows: 

1. Germany: Only 14% of the population35% Catholic 
and 36% Protestant believes in Creation. 
2. France: Some 18% believe in the fact of creation. The 
level of atheism in France stands at around 19%.50 
3. Great Britain: 22% of the population believe in Creation. 
The level of those believing in the theory of evolution stands at 
around 48%. 69% wanted evolution taught as part of the science curriculum.51 Research shows that Great Britain is heading rapidly down the road to atheism, that only immigrants 
live according to their religious faith, and that the British population has turned its back on religion. According to another 

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report in the press, there is a plan for atheism to be taught in 
British schools.52 

4. Spain: The great majority of the population is 
Catholic, yet the level of belief in the fact of Creation stands at 
13%. 
5. Norway: 
population. 
6. Finland: 
Believers in Creation make up 19% of the 
16% believe in Creation. 
7. Sweden: The percentage of those believing that God 

created Man is 12%. 

8. Denmark: 9% of the public believe in Creation. 
9. Belgium: 10% believe in the fact of Creation. 
10. Switzerland: 24% of the public believe in the fact of 
Creation.53 
The following table shows the distribution of atheists and nonbelievers in European countries, according to population: 

Country Percentage of atheists and non-believers 

Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-85% 
Denmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43-80% 
Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-72% 
Czech Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54-61% 
Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28-60% 
France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43-54% 
Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-49% 
Hungary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32-46% 
Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-44% 


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Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-44%
Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42-43%
Switzerland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17-27%
Austria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-26%
Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-24%
Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16%
Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-15%


Source: http://www.pitzer.edu/academics/faculty/zuckerman/atheism.html 
These data prove once again the importance of describing 
how the scientific facts refute Darwinism, how Darwinism is 
merely the product of 19th-century imagination, and how scientific facts reveal the truth of Creation. It is a matter of the greatest 
urgency for Muslims to unite and engage in a comprehensive intellectual struggle to eliminate the Darwinist world view that prevents people believing in God, in the Day of Judgment and the 
Hereafter, and in living in a way that God approves of. It is a 
grave error to attempt to hinder or underestimate these activities, 
or to make others regard them as trivial. 




ecause Darwinism targets all 
societies and inflicts catastrophes 
on the whole of mankind, the intellectual campaign to be waged against 

Darwinism should be both comprehensive and global. In
the face of the Darwinist propaganda intensively conduct
ed through newspaper and magazine articles, documentaries
and television programs, everyone must be made aware that
this perverted ideology is actually worthlessand of the kind
of threats it poses. The more people who realize that the theory
of evolution is in scientific collapse and that Darwinist "facts"
consist of hollow indoctrination, the less effect the scourge of
Darwinism will have. With the intellectual elimination of
Darwinism, which leads to atheism and loss of faith, religious


moral values will spread rapidly, and peace and security will 
prevail on Earth. 
In his own works, the great Islamic scholar 

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1878-1960) also emphasized 
the intellectual struggle to be waged against 
Darwinism and materialist philosophies. He drew 
particular attention to the 
fact that this intellectual 
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portance in the End Times. Bediuzzaman stated that the Dajjal 

(Antichrist), the greatest source of corruption of the End Times, 

would assume the leadership of Darwinist and materialist move

ments, and warned Muslims in the following words: 
A tyrannical current born of Naturalist and Materialist philosophy will in time become strong and spread at the end of time 
by means of materialist philosophy, reaching such a degree 
that it denies God And the greatest of them, the Dajjal, who 
will come to lead them, will manifest awesome wonders, a sort 
of spiritualism and hypnosis. He will go even further, and 
imagining his tyrannical, superficial rule to be a sort of dominion. He will proclaim his deity."54 
As Bediuzzaman makes clear, 
Darwinism is the most important vehicle of the system of the Dajjal, and 
stands at the head of his philosophy. 
In leading people towards denial, 
atheism and immorality, the Dajjal 
will use Darwinism as a supposed 
scientific mask for atheism. 
That being the case, some 
Muslims suggesting that the intellectual struggle against Darwinism 
is unnecessary is the equivalent of 
saying that struggling against the 
system of the Dajjal is unneces-

Bedizzaman Said Nursi, the 
great Islamic scholar 


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sarywhich is something no Muslim should ever do. Asking, 
"Why do we need to fight Darwinism?" means "Let the Dajjal 
spread all the strife he likes; that's no concern of ours." Saying, 
"As an issue, Darwinism isn't all that important" means ignoring 
or concealing the plans of the Dajjal. No true Muslim can by his 
own efforts deliberately conceal the workings of the Dajjal. On 
the contrary, he will seek to eradicate them by exposing all their 
strategies and trickery. 

Muslims' struggle against the organization of the Dajjal 
and Darwinism, the weapon that organization usesmust be an 
absolutely intellectual one. Darwinism cannot be eradicated by 
means of arms, acts of violence or aggression, only by expounding the scientific facts. In one of the hadith, our Prophet (may 
God bless him and grant him peace) has revealed that in the End 
Times, the plans of the Dajjal will dissolve "like salt in water." The 
water referred to here is the understanding that will eradicate it 
on the intellectual plane: "When the Dajjal faces him [Jesus], he 
[the Dajjal] will begin to dissolve like salt in water"55 

The "water" that will dissolve the plans of the Dajjal in the 
End Times is knowledge. Burning or bombing salt cannot dissolve it; it dissolves only in water. Darwinism too will dissolve 
like salt in water when the invalidity of all the theory of evolution's claims are made clear in high schools, universities and other educational establishments. With the defeat of Darwinism, aggressive and radical movements such as communism, fascism, 
racism, terrorism and anarchism will lose their supporters. The 
philosophy of the Dajjal that leads to strife and corruption on 
Earth will thus be eliminated. 

Every Muslim who wishes to neutralize the corruption of 
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Darwinism. To that end, it is essential to set out, copy and distribute all the evidence refuting the theory of evolution... For 
someone who has learned that not a single protein can come into 
being by chancethat life cannot emerge spontaneously from 
inanimate matter, that the complex structure of the cell and its organelles cannot be explained in terms of chance, that there exists 
not one single fossil to show that living things are descended from 
one another and that mutations and natural selection cannot produce a new speciesit is impossible to be taken in by the deceits 
of Darwinism. 

Such a wide-ranging, global intellectual struggle will, by 
God's leave, have a very rapid impact. By mustering all the means 
at their disposal for God's approval, the intellectual struggle that 
Muslims will wage will result in a most auspicious outcome for 
mankind. Efforts made in a spirit of union and unity, with complete sincerity, will be a means for truth to overcome superstition, 
as promised by God in the Holy Qur'an. This promise of 
Almighty God's is a source of great joy and enthusiasm for all believers: 

Rather We hurl the truth against falsehood and it cuts right 

through its brain and it vanishes clean away! Woe without 

end for you for what you portray! (Surat al-Anbiya': 18) 

All Muslims have a Responsibility to Strive 
against Darwinism on the Level of Ideas 

The technological opportunities available in the present day 
are a great blessing for Muslims, making the intellectual struggle 
to be waged against Darwinism and materialism much easier 
and faster. The important thing is for no one to fall into the error 


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of thinking, "What good can my efforts do?" What matters is how 
much people use their abilities, no matter what their scope, and 
how much sincere effort they make. At the end of the day, it is 
Almighty God Who will appreciate them. 

God rewards the work of those who make sincere efforts in 
the finest possible manner. The Qur'an tells us that everyone will 
be fully recompensed for their efforts: 

 that no burden-bearer can bear another's burden; that 
man will have nothing but what he strives for; that his 
striving will most certainly be seen; that he will then receive repayment of the fullest kind that the ultimate end is 
with your Lord. (Surat an-Najm: 38-42) 

All people of faith and conscience have a responsibility to 
spread the moral values of the Qur'an. God has informed the 
faithful of this in these verses: 

Let there be a community among you who call to the good, 
and enjoin the right, and forbid the wrong. They are the 
ones who have success. (Surah Al 'Imran: 104) 

One important stage in communicating the moral values of 
the Qur'an is eliminating the intellectual elements that turn people away from them. When ideologies that prevent people living 
by religious moral values are eradicated, it will be much easier for 
them to see the truth. Another verse tells us: 

... So compete with each other in doing good. Every one of 
you will return to God (Surat al-Ma'ida: 48) 

The intellectual defeat of materialism and atheism is one of 
the most auspicious actions that can be taken in our time. By 
God's leave, this work will put an end to atheism and be a means 
whereby religious moral values come to prevail on Earth. For that 




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reason, all Muslims must work to the full extent of their means for 
the intellectual eradication of Darwinism and the communication 
of the moral values of the Qur'an. 

One erroneous line of thinking on this subject is along the 
lines of, "Those who have the means are already doing all they 
can, so there's no need for me to do anything." In fact, everyone 
has a responsibility to apply the stipulations revealed by God in 
the Qur'an: to live morally, and to fulfill his responsibilities. In the 
same way that no one can be responsible for the errors of another 
or the sins that person commits, once the requisite warnings and 
reminders have been issued, so none should enjoy any reward 
from another's good behavior, unless they too have supported it. 
On the Day of Judgment, everyone will appear alone in the presence of our Lord and give accountagain alonefor all their 
deeds of commission and omission. 

This fact is also revealed in the Qur'an: 

You have come to Us all alone just as We created you at first, 

leaving behind you everything We bestowed on you. (Surat 

al-An'am: 94) 

As on other matters, all Muslims will have to account, alone, 
for the efforts that they made in the intellectual struggle against 
denial and for the propagation of religious moral values. That being so, they need to do all they can to put an end to atheism, without being misled by the excuses or by Earthly desires. God will 
guide and assist those who strive sincerely on His path. Our Lord 
has imparted these glad tidings to believers: 

Those who were expelled from their homes without any 
right, merely for saying, "Our Lord is God." If God had not 
driven some people back by means of others, monasteries, 
churches, synagogues and mosques, where God's name is 
mentioned much, would have been pulled down and de


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Darwin examined life using the primitive 
means available in the 19th century, for 
which reason he was unaware of the complexity of life and made the mistake of thinking that it could be the work of blind chance. 


Darwinism, the product of a primitive level of science, collapsed in 
the second half of the 20th century in the face of scientific advances and findings. 

stroyed. God will certainly help those who help Him  God 

is All-Strong, Almighty. (Surat al-Hajj: 40) 

Scientific Evidence Needs to Be Expressed
Clearly and Distinctly


Darwinists claim that their theory is "scientific" and constantly engage in propaganda on its behalf. Therefore, Muslims' 
response to Darwinism should also be scientific, and it's important that all claims made in the name of science also be refuted by 
means of science. 

It's essential to closely follow all the scientific developments 
that oppose Darwinism, to collect the facts these reveal, and to lay 
them out clearly and distinctly. Imagining that Darwinism can be 
overcome intellectually merely by citing a few familiar, tired 
counter-arguments such as, "Since human beings are descended 
from apes, why are apes still around? Why haven't they turned in-




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to human beings, too?", not submitting 
sufficient information and evidence stems 
from a failure to consider the scale of the 
problem. Obviously, anyone exposed to constant Darwinist propaganda from a variety of 
sources will not change his way of thinking in 
the face of a few facile, clichd counter-arguments. Therefore, those who imagine that 
science supports the theory of evolution 
need to be shown why evolution is in 
fact unscientific, by presenting 
them with the facts revealed by 

science itself. 
It must be revealed 
that natural selection 

is not an evolutionary forcewith scientific evidence like 
this to back it up: 
The moths that supposedly darkened in the 
soot of the Industrial 
Revolution, depicted for 
years as proof of evolution, 
do not in fact support 
evolutionist claims at 
all. It is impossible to 
account for the 
Cambrian Period 
findings in terms of evo


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lution. Mutations damage the structures of living things, rather 
than causing them to progress and develop. 

People must be told, clearly and distinctly, that the fossil 
record shows that living things did not come into existence gradually, by one species developing into another. The fossil specimens indicated by evolutionists are all fakes. According to the 
fossil record, not even the slightest change has been seen in the 
structure of living things over millions of years. "Living fossils" 
represent an insoluble dilemma for the theory of evolution. The 
supposed family tree of man has been discredited by hundreds of 
pieces of evidence. It is impossible for proteins, the cell, DNA and 
RNA to have come into being by chance. 

Rational examples must be cited to explain that life cannot 
emerge from collections of inanimate matter. Atoms cannot combine to give rise to human beings who think, love, take pleasure 
from being loved, are compassionate, laugh and possess the ability to make judgments. The flawless order in organs such as the 
eye and ear cannot have come into being by stages. Variation 
among subspecies constitute no evidence for evolution. 
Antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria exhibit no proof of evolution. There is no such thing as vestigial organs. Similarities between living things do not support for Darwinism. Molecular homogeneity is a groundless claim. The theory of evolution has no 
embryological basis. All these facts must all be set out with supporting evidence. 

Since most people are unaware of the above facts, they are 
easily taken in by Darwinist indoctrination. But when these facts 
are laid out with explanatory examples, scientific findings and evidence, many will see the truth. Instead of offering superficial 
replies and vague explanations, Muslims must demolish 




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Darwinism with evidence. It is impossible to defeat Darwinism 
on an intellectual basis using any other tactics, though it is easy to 
vanquish it once the evidence is set out. 

Therefore it is also important for Muslims to educate themselves and improve their knowledge of these issues. Anyone with 
sufficient knowledge to refute the claims made by atheists, materialists, and Darwinists has no reason not to participate in the intellectual struggle against Darwinism. All grounds for a passive 
and helpless attitude, for defeatism, hesitation or unease, therefore will vanish. That person can then engage in an open, victorious intellectual campaign against Darwinism in a manner befitting a true Muslim. In the same way that the staff of the Prophet 
Moses (pbuh) swallowed up all the sorcerers' trickery, the evidence put forward will neutralize all the deceptions of 
Darwinism: 

We revealed to Musa, "Throw down your staff." And [in the 
form of a serpent] it immediately swallowed up what they 
[Pharoah's magicians] had forged. So the Truth took place 
and what they did was shown to be false. (Surat al-A'raf: 
117-118) 

By the will of God, and as revealed by our Lord in the 
Qur'an, the truth will emerge and the deniers will suffer a terrible 
defeat. 

Satan Seeks to Keep Muslims from
Participating in the Fight against
Darwinism


As a requirement of the tests created in the life of this world, 
satan constantly seeks to divert people away from the way of 


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God, and does all in his power to weaken believers and draw the 
life out of them, to impair their excitement and enthusiasm, and 
thus reduce their eagerness. Satan's objective is to deceive people 
in this world by whispering into their hearts false concerns and 
worries and thus leads them to ruin. His activity in this regard is 
revealed in the following verse: "[Satan said,] 'I will lead them 
astray and fill them with false hopes.'" (Surat an-Nisa': 119) As 
he does with everyone, satan strives to approach believers in various ways and to portray good and auspicious things as evil. By 
making tasks appear difficult, he strives to make people apathetic and encourages them towards pessimism. By encouraging laziness, he seeks to slow people down and weaken their resolve. 

One of the areas in which satan seeks to divert Muslims is in 
their intellectual struggle against Darwinism. He tries to prevent 
Muslims from taking part by depicting Darwinism as a scientific 
fact, suggesting that it is impossible to defeat it on the level of 
ideas, and causing Muslims to harbor unjustified fears. 

However, it is noted in the Qur'an that all satan's endeavors 
and trickery are actually very feeble: 

He [satan] makes promises to them and fills them with 

false hopes. But what satan promises them is nothing but 

delusion. (Surat an-Nisa': 120) 

Those who believe fight in the way of God. Those who do 
not believe fight in the way of false deities. So fight the 
friends of satan! Satan's scheming is always feeble. (Surat 
an-Nisa': 76) 

People of faith need to be aware of this and must refuse to allow satan's suggestions to influence them. For anyone who uses 
his or her mind and conscience to the full, there can be no ques-




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tion of avoiding the intellectual struggle against Darwinism. On 
the contrary, a devout believer wages this struggle using the most 
effective and rational methods, with great enthusiasm and determination. 

Confronted by Darwinism's falsehoods, believers explain the 
existence and oneness of God, set out the proofs of His sublime 
creation, and undertake a most honorable service. In this intellectual struggle, therefore, Muslims must enthusiastically compete 
to perform good works, be determined and strong in the knowledge that inevitably they will be victorious, and never forget our 
Lord's promise: 

Do not give up and do not be downhearted. You shall be 

uppermost if you are a believer. (Surah Al 'Imran: 139) 

The Intellectual Struggle against
Darwinism Requires Unity


For such a wide-ranging struggle to be effective, it is vital 
that Muslims act in a spirit of union and unity. God has revealed 
in the Qur'an that Muslims must act as one in the intellectual 
struggle against the moral values of atheism. We are told in one 
verse that if Muslims fail to act together, corruption will emerge 
on Earth: "Those who do not believe are the friends and protectors of one another. If you do not act in this way there will be 
turmoil in the land and great corruption." (Surat al-Anfal: 73) 

At a time when atheism is widespread over much of the 
world, when terror and anarchy threaten everyone, and when 
many innocents are subjected to cruelty and oppression, true believers need to muster all their resources to wage an intellectual 
struggle against Darwinism, the touchstone of atheism. Muslims' 


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inability to establish union on the grounds of differences of opinion among them will lead to their strength being diminished in 
this essential struggle. Under the current circumstances, it is vital 
that they set aside their differences of opinion and join forces to 
disseminate religious moral values. 

In the Qur'an, God commands believers thus: 

Obey God and His Messenger and do not quarrel among 

yourselves lest you lose heart and your momentum disap

pears. (Surat al-Anfal: 46) 

God reveals that this is something that will weaken Muslims. 
In another verse He commands: 

Do not be like those who split up and differed after the 

clear signs came to them. They will have a terrible punish

ment. (Surah Al 'Imran: 105) 

Failure to live according to the moral requirements commanded by God lies at the heart of some believers' inability to join 
together in the intellectual struggle against atheism. This morality takes humility as its basis. Those who lose their humility inevitably regard themselves and their own ideas as being in the 
right, and look down angrily on those who think differently. 
Since they have absolutely no doubt that their own views are correct, they never doubt themselvesand thus never improve or 
progress. They want only their own ideas to be heard, spread and 
discussed. They fail to support others working towards the same 
ends, and ignore their best endeavors. They tend to belittle others' 
work and activities, and may even hinder them. However, the situation of those who have time for only their own interpretations 
is noted in another verse of the Qur'an: 

But they disagreed and split up, dividing into sects, each 

party exulting in what it had. (Surat al-Muminun: 53) 




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Those who fear God and believe that they will have to account for themselves on the Day of Judgment must fastidiously 
avoid this. Those aware of the issue's importance must warn other believers against falling into that error and make sure that 
Muslims strengthen themselves in the moral values of the Qur'an 
and join in the struggle against atheism. 

All Muslims must discharge their responsibilities in this intellectual campaign. All Muslim civil society organizations, foundations and associations must work together with a shared 
awareness, taking part in the intellectual struggle against 
Darwinism without thinking "This isn't a task for our organization" or "This has nothing to do with our group." Turning a blind 
eye to all activities apart from those of one's own foundation, society or organization, adopting the logic of "He's not from our 
group, so we attach no importance to his ideas," is an approach ill-
suited to any Muslim. 


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The difficult situation facing Muslims all over the world 
the conflict, suffering, and climate of fear and concern caused by 
anarchy and terrorall show the urgent need to spread religious 
moral values. Under these conditions, one may be held responsible both in this world and in the Hereafter for making excuses to 
avoid taking part in the intellectual struggle against Darwinism 
and failing to act in a spirit of unity. It is of the greatest importance for sincere Muslims to avoid falling into this error. 

Bediuzzaman Also Emphasizes the 

Importance of the Intellectual Struggle 

against Darwinism and Materialism 

The great Islamic scholar Said Nursi Bediuzzaman devoted 
his life to the intellectual struggle against atheism. In his works, 
he states that atheism draws its strength from Darwinism and materialism. He therefore emphasizes the importance of the intellectual struggle against these ideologies. 

In the following extract, he describes the influence of materialism in the snares set for him and those around him: 

And thirdly: To corrupt them with the enticing vices and stu

pefying, pleasurable poisons of materialist philosophy and 

civilization; and destroy their solidarity; and disparage their 

leaders with treacherous lies; and discredit their ways with 

some of the principles of science and philosophy56 

As Bediuzzaman states, deniers sought to mislead believers 
with transitory and worldly desires, the product of materialist 
culture, in order to neutralize their struggle, and attempted to impair believers' union and unityagain using materialist indoctrination. They slandered Bediuzzaman in various ways. But these 




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schemes were never successful. 

Bediuzzaman also stated that Darwinism and materialism would grow in strength, particularly in the End Times, 
that denial would draw strength and spread, but that this corruption will come to an end with the intellectual struggles of 
the Mahdi and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). As Bediuzzaman 
makes clear, the Mahdi will discharge his duty to the full and 
will be a means whereby humans are liberated by eliminating 
Darwinism and materialism: 

Firstly: with the spread of the disease of Darwinism and 
materialism under the influence of science and philosophy, 
salvation lies in a faith of such a kind as to fully silence philosophy and materialism.57 

Bediuzzaman describes how Darwinism and materialism are 
the foundations of the methods of the Dajjal, and how the Prophet 
Jesus (pbuh) will wage a major struggle to neutralize this corruption: 

At the end of time, Jesus (upon whom be peace) will come and 
will act in accordance with the Shari'ah of Mohammed (may 
God bless him and grant him peace), indicates that at the end 
of time the religion of Christianity will be purified and divest 
itself of superstition in the face of the current of unbelief and 
atheism born of naturalist philosophy, and will be transformed 
into Islam. At this point, the collective personality of 
Christianity will kill the fearsome collective personality of irreligion with the sword of heavenly revelation; so too, representing the collective personality of Christianity, Jesus (upon 
whom be peace) will kill the Dajjal, who represents the collective personality of irreligion, that is, he will kill atheistic 
thought.58 


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The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will slay the Dajjal, along 

with the terrible materialism and the spiritual enti

ty of atheism that he represents, with his sword and 

will demolish denial of God and the atheist move

ment...59 

As we have seen, Said Nursi Bediuzzaman says 

that Darwinism and materialism lie at the heart of de

nial and the turning-away from religious moral values. 
He says that Muslims will wage a great intellectual struggle against these two perverted ideologies, under the leadership of the Mahdi and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). By the 
will of God, these ideologies will indeed be eradicated under the leadership of the Mahdi and the Prophet Jesus 
(pbuh), and Islamic moral values will prevail on Earth. 




t's abundantly clear that 

Darwinism, though it has collapsed scientifically, is still used as a 
propaganda vehicle for atheism and is 

supported by materialists. This has been demonstrated 
throughout the course of this book. The excuses and justifications made by those who fail to understand why there is an 

intellectual struggle against Darwinism do not alter that. 

These words from the evolutionist and zoologist Richard 
Dawkins once again reveal how Darwinists see the world and the 
kind of world they desire: 

In a universe of blind physical forces and genetic replication,
some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to
get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor
any justice. The universe we observe has precisely the prop
erties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design,
no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind,


pitiless indifference.60 
As this extract shows, the Darwinist worldview 
is that life is the product of blind chance, and 

promulgates the falsehood that 
people have no other 
purpose than to sur

vive, at whatever 


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cost. According to this indoctrination, it is natural for some to live 
in a state of suffering, so there is no reason to disturb the natural 
order by extending a helping hand. It is also meaningless to expect justice or behave justly. According to the erroneous theory of 
evolution, the universe came into existence in some way or other. 
But what matters is not how or why people came to be in it, but 
for them to be ruthless when it comes to survival. In an environment where everything is the work of chance, where human beings have no purpose behind their existence, they must and think 
of nothing beyond themselves and fight, and attack one another 
like wild animals. 

It is absolutely impossible in any way to reconcile this perverted logic with the moral values of Islam, which commands 
people to act in the awareness that they will account for their 
deeds in the Hereafter, to behave well, never to forget that they 
owe a responsibility to God, to have fortitude and respect others, 
to be altruistic and to behave with humility. 
Nevertheless, those who do try to reconcile 
Darwinism and Islam are dupes for the cunning 
strategy employed by materialists and 
Darwinists. Sincere Muslims, even if 
they have been deceived by this 


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strategy in the past, must become aware of the true facts and understand the perilous consequences to which this deception can 
lead. 

We are living in a period full of suffering and troubles caused 
by ideologies that draw their strength from Darwinism. By the 
will of God, and by means of the intellectual struggle against 
Darwinism, this period will soon draw to its end, and all mankind 
will enjoy the peace and comfort of liberation from this scourge. 
Our Lord has made this promise in the Qur'an: 

They desire to extinguish God's Light with their mouths. 

But God refuses to do other than perfect His Light, even 

though the disbelievers detest it. (Surat at-Tawba: 32) 

No matter how materialists and atheists strive to hinder the 
spread of religious moral values, no matter how they seek to obscure the light of God, Darwinismthe foundation of their 
worldviewhas finally collapsed. Their efforts to prevent the 
spread of religious moral values have no more basis. More and 
more are realizing this every day. All over the world, people are 
turning to faith and the moral values of religion. By the will of 
God, floods of people will turn to religion in the very near future. 
And as promised by our Lord, the light of God will prevail over 
the whole Earth. 

The prayer and duty for believers is to align themselves, with 
all the means at their disposal, with the truth in this great intellectual struggle against atheismwhich, God willing, will be a 
successful one. We hope that those who seek a middle path between Islam and Darwinism will not forget their responsibilities 
and will quickly abandon the false path they have chosen. 




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