Islam, Evolution and Darwinism

By: Subboor Ahmad   Source: Digital Mimbar Oct 18, 2017 2 Comments


In an age of science and reason, novel questions are being raised about Islam's relationship with science and in particular Darwinian evolution, this lecture will cover the:

1) Relationship between science and certainty,

2) Why Darwinian theory is based on a probabilistic framework,

3) Why it's assumptions are beginning to be challenged and the disputes that exist about it's most fundamental ideas,

4) Darwinism as a religious and ethical system,

5) Islamic stance on the Darwinian Theory.

This talk was delivered at Oxford Brookes University in March 2017.

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