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Yahya - Justice and Tolerance in the Qur'an (2003)

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JUSTICE AND TOLERANCE IN THE OUR'AN<br />

feel<strong>in</strong>g <strong>an</strong>y need for eye, ear, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> nose. To whom does this<br />

consciousness belong? There is no doubt that this<br />

consciousness does not belong to <strong>the</strong> nerves, <strong>the</strong> fat layer <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong><br />

neurons compris<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> bra<strong>in</strong>. This is why Darw<strong>in</strong>istmaterialists,<br />

who believe that everyth<strong>in</strong>g is comprised of<br />

matter, c<strong>an</strong>not give <strong>an</strong>y <strong>an</strong>swer to <strong>the</strong>se questions.<br />

For this consciousness is <strong>the</strong> spirit created by God. The<br />

spirit needs nei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> eye to watch <strong>the</strong> images, nor <strong>the</strong> ear<br />

to hear <strong>the</strong> sounds. Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, nor does it need <strong>the</strong> bra<strong>in</strong> to<br />

th<strong>in</strong>k.<br />

Everyone who reads this explicit <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> scientific fact<br />

should ponder on Almighty God, should fear Him <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> seek<br />

refuge <strong>in</strong> Him, He Who squeezes <strong>the</strong> entire universe <strong>in</strong> a<br />

pitch-dark place of a few cubic centimetres <strong>in</strong> a threedimensional,<br />

colored, shadowy, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> lum<strong>in</strong>ous form.<br />

A Materialist Faith<br />

The <strong>in</strong>formation we have presented so far shows us that<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ory of evolution is a claim evidently at vari<strong>an</strong>ce with<br />

scientific f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs. The <strong>the</strong>ory's claim on <strong>the</strong> orig<strong>in</strong> of life is<br />

<strong>in</strong>consistent with science, <strong>the</strong> evolutionary mech<strong>an</strong>isms it<br />

proposes have no evolutionary power, <strong><strong>an</strong>d</strong> fossils<br />

demonstrate that <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>termediate forms required by <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>ory never existed. So, it certa<strong>in</strong>ly follows that <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ory of<br />

evolution should be pushed aside as <strong>an</strong> unscientific idea.<br />

This is how m<strong>an</strong>y ideas such as <strong>the</strong> earth-centered universe<br />

model have been taken out of <strong>the</strong> agenda of science<br />

throughout history.<br />

However, <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ory of evolution is press<strong>in</strong>gly kept on<br />

<strong>the</strong> agenda of science. Some people even try to represent

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