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- Title
HARUN YAHYA'S INFLUENCE IN MUSLIM MINORITY CONTEXTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH IN BRITAIN, EUROPE, AND BEYOND.
- Authors
Moran, Glen
- Abstract
In 2006, the Turkish Harun Yahya Enterprise published and distributed thousands of copies of its anti‐evolutionary text Atlas of Creation to educational institutes in the West. Although this was little more than a publicity stunt, it resulted in Harun Yahya becoming a mainstay in discussions about creationism in Europe. Although Yahya is often presented as the "go to" representative of European Muslim perceptions of evolution, one would be hard pressed to find the literature about Islamic creationism in Europe that does not engage in a discussion of Harun Yahya. However, little evidence exists to support the notion that Harun Yahya warrants such extensive attention, or that Harun Yahya has a substantive influence among European Muslims. This article will explore existing claims about the popularity of Harun Yahya, before drawing on recent research into Muslim perceptions of evolution to argue that Harun Yahya is relatively unknown among Muslims, at least in the British context, and is not influential even among those who are familiar with his work.
- Subjects
EUROPE; MUSLIMS; ISLAMIC literature; POPULARITY; CREATIONISM; INFLUENCE; MINORITIES
- Publication
Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, 2019, Vol 54, Issue 4, p837
- ISSN
0591-2385
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/zygo.12555