harun yahya

Our local NPR affiliate dropped PRI's "The World" so I've been downloading the podcasts and listening during my commute. The episode I listened to today had an article on a Turkish media personality and apparent cult leader named Adnan Oktar. He has his own TV channel, much like Western TV...

Turkish daily Hurriyet is reporting that an evolution education site has been included on a blocking list for users selecting the children's setting on the new government Internet filter. The editor-in -chief of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey argues that this must...

Via PZ Myers: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/09/were_all_going_to_be_rich.php http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/creationist-offers-prize-for-fossil-proof-of-evolution-945289.html If I also post this in a humour thread, will I get done for spamming?

I don't see a thread about this yet - wasn't sure whether to put it here or in R+P. The Guardian's "comment is free" section has featured a debate about "evolution and the origins of life from a Muslim perspective" between their resident Muslim spokesman Inayat Bunglawala and Muslim creationist...

It appears that the prominent Islamic creationist Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) has been sentenced to three years in prison for "creating an illegal organization for personal gain".