The fight against Darwin’s theory of evolution is not confined to debating America’s Conservatives. Muslim followers of Harun Yahya, a well-financed Turkish publisher of Islamic books, held four conferences at Muslim centers in Paris this weekend, with more scheduled in six other cities.

“We didn’t descend from the apes,” lecturer Ali Sadun told the giggling youngsters. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, he said, was “the scientific basis to defend atheism.”

Harun Yahya, one of the most prolific publishers in the Muslim world, gave proudly secularist France a scare in January 2007 by mass-mailing thousands of free copies of his “Atlas of Creation” to schools and libraries across the country.

In October 2007, with strong French support, the Council of Europe denounced the creationist views laid out in the “Atlas of Creation” as a religious assault on science and human rights. Read on at Science News.

Creationism in Denver Mayoral Race

When asked last night whether ‘creationism or intelligent design’ should be taught in public schools, candidate Chris Romer said ‘no’ and Michael Hancock said ‘yes’.

Late Thursday, Hancock’s campaign released a statement saying he had misunderstood the question and issued a statement from Hancock to clarify his position, writes The Denver Post:

“While I am a man of great faith, I believe Creationism and Intelligent Design are religious beliefs that have no place in a public school curriculum. The best place for religion to be taught is at home or place of worship.”

Creationism on the rise in Texas? MSNBC

Two years ago, the Texas State Board of Education voted 13-2 to put in place a plan that would require teachers to encourage students to scrutinize “all sides” of scientific theories, including the theory of evolution.
Critics of the plan argued that it would allow non-scientific ideas such as creationism and intelligent design to slip into Texas classrooms even though the board president at the time, Don McLeroy, had previously said, “Anything taught in science has to have consensus in the science community and intelligent design does not.”
Now proposed science education materials — all web based — are available for review on the board’s website. The National Center for Science Education and the Texas Freedom Network, organizations that criticized the new plan, reviewed the materials and found their fears confirmed.

More Creationism from AOC:

Four in 10 Americans Believe in Strict Biblical Creationism

Pope Asserts God Was Absolutely Behind Big Bang in Universe (Note: the Vatican does believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution)

Only 28% of American Biology Teachers Teach Darwin’s Theory of Evolution