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coupled with some reason, is sufficient to recognize the futility of such
teachings. In the face of the threat posed by these false beliefs people of
faith have an important role to play here: they must teach Allah’s cer-

tain existence and the morality of religion. In order to curb the influ-
ence of the New Age propaganda, the message of Allah’s infinite pow-
er and might must be delivered to all people and they must be invited
to faith. If Islamic morality is explained well, and all the goodness de-
rived from a life dedicated to the cause of our Lord is demonstrated,
people will not heed the call of false spiritualism.
The evolution theory has played a significant role in the develop-
ment of the New Age movement. Most of the followers of the New Age
movement acknowledge Theilard de Chardin as their spiritual leader.
Theilard was a paleontologist who played a major role in the history of
the evolution theory. He was also one of the key figures in one of the
greatest ever “science” fraud scandals recorded by history: the
Piltdown man. 157 The following words are sufficient to explain the de-
gree of his allegiance to Darwinism:

“(Evolution) is a general postulate to
which all theories, all hypotheses, all
systems must henceforward bow
and which they must satisfy in
order to be thinkable and true.
Evolution is a light which illu-
minates all facts, a trajectory
which all lines of thought must
follow.” 158
His own words bear testimo-
ny to the fact that Theillard de The Darwinist paleontologist de
Chardin was one of the most dog- Chardin, one of the founders of the
New Age movement

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