ok i'll start!!
about evolution in Islam, first , we muslims believe that God is the Absolute Controller of every event that has taken place, is taking place, and will take place.
There are many theories of evolution. Some of them are acceptable according to Islam, while there are others that are not acceptable.
If by evolution one means the development and growth that God Almighty has placed in the nature of His creation, then this is acceptable and the Qur'an itself talks about it.
for example, God has power to say "Be" and everything will become. But He created the heaven and earth in six days, as mentioned in the Qur'an .
The word "six days" does not necessarily mean six days of 24 hrs duration each. It could also mean six periods whose duration is known to God alone.
The theory of evolution that postulates that the whole creation came by itself and nature evolved itself by mutation, selection and fixation, et cetera, is not acceptable in Islam.
to be continued.....
2007-03-21
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