Page 167 - Global Impact of the Works of Harun Yahya

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he influence of Harun Yahya’s books on evolution, and es-
T pecially his internationally renowned The Evolution
Deceit, is reflected in the well-known scientific evolutionary maga-
zine Science. In an article in the May 18 edition by Robert Koenig,
entitled "Creationism Takes Root Where Europe, Asia Meet," the
author gives a lengthy account of Harun Yahya’s struggle against
the deception of the theory of evolution, the international success
of his book The Evolution Deceit and of the defeat of evolutionists
in Turkey. The article emphasizes that this broad academic en-
deavor-"One of the world’s strongest anti-evolution movements
outside North America"-aims to cause the collapse of the theory
of evolution on the scientific front, and that it is making inroads in
other Muslim countries. Another topic dealt with in this article is
the international success of The Evolution Deceit. It says that some
evolutionist scientists in Turkey complain that "books by Harun
Yahya such as The Evolution Deceit have become more influential
than textbooks in certain parts
of Turkey". In the article, the
concerns of Turkish evolution-
ists are expressed in these
words "…Many evolutionist
scientists fear they are losing
ground to creationists in
public opinion".

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