Evolution

Al-Jahiz: A Pioneer in Theory of Evolution

Suggested reading For Darwin Day, 6 facts about the evolution debate Islam’s evolutionary legacy ڈارون سے ہزار برس قبل نظریۂ ارتقا پیش کرنے والا مسلمان مفکر کون تھا؟ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia al-Jāḥiẓ (Arabic: الجاحظ‎) (full name Abū ʿUthman ʿAmr ibn Baḥr al-Kinānī al-Baṣrī أبو عثمان عمرو بن بحر الكناني البصري) (born in Basra, 781 – December 868/January […]

Al Jahiz: A Darwin Centuries Before Charles Darwin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   Al-Jāḥiẓ Born 776 Basra, Abbasid Caliphate Died 869 Basra, Abbasid Caliphate Era Medieval era Region Muslim scholar Main interests Arabic literature Influenced[show] al-Jāḥiẓ (in Arabic الجاحظ) (real name Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Basri) (born in Basra, 781 – December 868/January 869) was an […]

How the Bible Began Saying Life Begins at Conception

Huffiington Post: Evangelical anti-abortion advocacy rests on a surprisingly flimsy foundation. And exposing that fact makes establishment evangelical leaders nervous. On Nov. 7, Christianity Today published a feature-length article on the front page of its website that was its second such article responding to an op-ed I wrote for CNN. In the op-ed, titled “When […]