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<title>THE IMPACT OF THE ATLAS OF CREATION CONTINUES: TONY BLAIR HAS BEGUN TEACHING RELIGION AT UNIVERSITY</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the moment of its arrival in Europe Adnan Oktar's Atlas of Creation, has been instrumental in a huge cultural revolution taking place there. Darwinism has been forcibly imposed on European society for some 150 year, people have been all but totally prevented from even thinking about opposed toagainst Darwinism, and huge efforts have been made to prevent the public seeing the true face of Darwinism by means of great intellectual pressure.&nbsp; However, these endeavors that have occupied Darwinists for the last 150 years lost all their effectiveness literally overnight when the Atlas of Creation arrived in Europe, and the Darwinist spell over the continent was lifted.&nbsp; The rapid turning toward religion among intellectuals and leading thinkers in particular is important evidence for this. 

One such person is former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. A former socialist and someone who made almost no statements about religion and spiritual values before, Tony Blair has recently begun issuing joyful statements about his belief in God and telling people of the importance of religious moral values. He set up the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and has issued statements saying that religious moral values would become very important in the 21st century. Blair, a convert from Protestantism to Catholicism,&nbsp; is also noted for his positive thoughts regarding Islamic moral values and Muslims. The Atlas of Creation, which intellectually demolishes Darwinism, has clearly had a major impact in this change in Tony Blair, who says he has read the Qur&rsquo;an and given copies to friends. 


Radikal, 21 September 2008

Blair a teacher of religion at Bush&rsquo;s old school




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ADNAN OKTAR&rsquo;S VIEWS REGARDING TONY BLAIR'S CHANGE OF MIND
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            Adnan Oktar: The really big impact in Europe came after this Atlas of Creation, in other words, my book the Atlas of Creation gave rise to the really stunning effect. It provboked great reactions in France, Germany and Italy. It evoked really enormous responses. It had an especially positive impact on the intellectual section of society. It greatly accelerated the turning toward religion.&nbsp; Christians, people of Christian origins, began becoming truly religious. These are very excellent developments. From the Atlas of Creation I sent to Tony Blair, for example. One report says, &ldquo;Blair encourages religion to assume a greater role. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for religion to be given a central role in seeking to resolve the world&rsquo;s problems.&rdquo; Faith, in other words, belief in God. Another says, &ldquo;Tony Blair is dedicating his life to religion. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says he will devote the rest of his life to increasing inter-faith dialogue.&rdquo; These are statements made in the wake of the Atlas. Again, &ldquo;Tony Blair is calling on faith leaders to resuscitate the world&rsquo;s conscience.&rdquo; His words.&nbsp; &quot;Protect religion and help it become a force for good.&rdquo; All Blair&rsquo;s words. The Atlas has had a very, very positive impact. And not only on him. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is the same. 
            (Gareth Jenkins, interview-July 13, 2008)
            
        
    







    
        
            
            Adnan Oktar: But most asgtonishing developments took place in Europe following the arrival of the Atlas of Creation there. Sarkozy, for instance, was someone who never mentioned religion or Islam. Tony Blair was a socialist, a leftist who never even said the word religion. Unbelievable changes have taken place and the French press have written openly about this. We saw in the press how he was profoundly influenced by my works and how Tony Blair was similarly affected. In the Guardian, Tony Blair says, &ldquo;Protect religion and help it become a force for good.&rdquo; Again after my book we read: &ldquo;Tony Blair has called for religion to assume a cedntral place in the resolution of the world&rsquo;s problems. He said it could awaken the conscience of the world...&rdquo; Very profound changes have taken place, masha&rsquo;Allah.&nbsp;&nbsp; These are all very splendid developments, thanks be to God. Intellectuals are not resisting in Belgium and the rest of Europe. That is very good. There are some still holding out, but the numbers of those who have given in is very high. We can see that they have given up from opinion polls showing that the level of people not believing in Darwinism stands at 80%. Separate polls have been conducted. Separate ones have been performed in Germany, for example. And in Holland. This is a huge figure, a total reversal of the case previously when 80% believed in Darwin and 20% did not. Now 80% do not believe in Darwin; 80% believe in creation... (Mersin TV-September 5, 2008)
            
        
    




H&uuml;rriyet, 21 September 2008

He has taught classes in religion at Yale




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Zaman, 21&nbsp;September 2008

He has begun teaching at American universities





STATEMENTS BY TONY BLAIR AFTER THE ARRIVAL IN EUROPE OF THE ATLAS OF CREATION

 


    
        
            
            BBC News / 3 April 2008
            
            Blair urges bigger role for faith: 
            Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for faith to be given a central role in tackling the world's problems.
            Agence France-Press / 8 April 2008 
            
            Blair to dedicate his life to religion:
            Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says the rest of his &ldquo;life&rsquo;s work&rdquo; will be to enhance inter-faith dialogue.&nbsp; 
            The Times / 3 April 2008
            
            Tony Blair to call on faith leaders to 'awaken the world's conscience'
            The Guardian / 4 April 2008
            
            Save religion and help it become a force for good, urges Blair
            The Scotsman / 4 April 2008
            
            In the address, on faith and globalisation, Mr. Blair called for religious faith to be rescued from extremism and put at the centre of solving the world's problems. He said that in an increasingly globalised world, the role of faith was &quot;especially important&quot;. Religion could &quot;awaken the world's conscience&quot; and help achieve the &quot;millennium development goals&quot; of eradicating poverty and hunger.
            The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, founded by Tony Blair, says on its web site:
            
            The issue of religious faith will be of the same significance to the 21st Century as political ideology was to the 20th Century. In an era of globalisation, there is nothing more important than getting people of different faiths and therefore cultures to understand each other better and live in peace and mutual respect; and to give faith itself its proper place in the future. &mdash; Tony Blair
            
        
    




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<pubDate>10.11.2008</pubDate>
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<title>STATEMENTS BY TONY BLAIR ENCOURAGING RELIGIOUS FAITH AFTER BECOMING A CATHOLIC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ever since the global dissemination of the Atlas of Creation and the refutation, with full supporting evidence, of the theory of evolution, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, like French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has constantly encouraged faith in Allah (God) and issued statements praising Him. Blair, a recent convert to Catholicism, formerly made no mention of religious matters in his speeches, but in the wake of the declaration of the fact of Creation by the Atlas he has made it clear that he intends to devote the rest of his life to the faith. 

BBC News / 3 April 2008
(from Tony Blair's first faith speech since converting to Catholicism)

Blair urges bigger role for faith: 

Former prime minister Tony Blair has called for faith to be given a central role in tackling the world's problems.


Agence France-Press / 8 April 2008 

 Blair to dedicate his life to religion:

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says the rest of his &ldquo;life&rsquo;s work&rdquo; will be to enhance inter-faith dialogue.&nbsp; 


The Times / 3 April 2008

 Tony Blair to call on faith leaders to 'awaken the world's conscience'


The Guardian / 4 April 2008

 Save religion and help it become a force for good, urges Blair


The Scotsman / 4 April 2008

 In the address, on faith and globalisation, Mr Blair called for religious faith to be rescued from extremism and put at the centre of solving the world's problems. He said that in an increasingly globalised world, the role of faith was &quot;especially important&quot;. Religion could &quot;awaken the world's conscience&quot; and help achieve the &quot;millennium development goals&quot; of eradicating poverty and hunger.


The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, founded by Tony Blair, says on its web site:

The issue of religious faith will be of the same significance to the 21st Century as political ideology was to the 20th Century. In an era of globalisation, there is nothing more important than getting people of different faiths and therefore cultures to understand each other better and live in peace and mutual respect; and to give faith itself its proper place in the future.

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<title>NICOLAS SARKOZY BACKS CREATIONISM</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ France / La Lib&eacute;ration / 22 April 2008


The French daily La Lib&eacute;ration carried a report on 22 April, 2008, headed &quot;The anthropologist Pascal Picq says that creationism is growing stronger.&quot; In the report the paper, which has a circulation of 140,000, referred to the strengthening of creationism in France and the impact Atlas of Creation has had on this change:

&quot;... Sarkozy's statements agreeing with what creationists and the opponents of secularism have been saying came as a great surprise to me. In their eyes, the reason for the evils of the 20th century is that people turned their backs on religion. The evidence? People who turned their backs on the Creator turned into animals behaving in conformity with Darwin's theory. If someone is taught that he is descended from a lower order of animal and is given no religious instruction, then this leads to all kinds of disasters. For that reason, evolution must be removed from the education syllabus... The media were largely unconcerned by Islamic creationist movements. Until, that is, the Turkish writer Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation reached thousands of people. Then, there was literally complete panic, because A BOOK FROM A MUSLIM COUNTRY HAD FALLEN LIKE A ROCK INTO THE SEA OF REALITIES...&quot;

It is true that Atlas of Creation caused panic in France. Until the arrival of the Atlas, the theory of evolution had been imposed and taught as an unarguable fact. However, the Atlas led to people questioning the theory of evolution for the first time, and to their seeing the truths that had been kept hidden from them. Seeing the falsities of the theory of evolution, the French have now turned towards sincere faith. One can see this change in France both from the statements made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the growing belief in creation among the French public. Indeed, evolutionist circles themselves report this with considerable alarm.

The collapse of the theory of evolution is inevitable: The facts have been revealed, and the Darwinist mask has been torn off. Belief in creation grew rapidly in France in 2007, and continues to do so.

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Harun Yahya Has An Influence US Creationists Could Only Dream of


The British news agency Reuters, one of the largest in the world, carried an article by Tom Heneghan on 22 November, 2006. (Reuters' news reports reach some 1 billion people every day.) The report, titled &quot;Creation vs. Darwin Takes Muslim Twist in Turkey,&quot; discussed the work of the world famous author Harun Yahya on the subject of evolution and the way that belief in evolution has shrunk considerably in Turkey in recent years. This analysis inspired very wide reactions in newspapers such as the Washington Post, the most important daily in the USA, and online news sites such as MSNBC, YahooNews and AOLNews. Some of the statements in the article read:

&quot;A lavishly illustrated &quot;Atlas of Creation&quot; is mysteriously turning up at schools and libraries in Turkey, proclaiming that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is the real root of terrorism.

Arriving unsolicited by post, the large-format tome offers 768 glossy pages of photographs and easy-to-read text to prove that God created the world with all its species.

At first sight, it looks like it could be the work of United States creationists, the Christian fundamentalists who believe the world was created in six days as told in the Bible.

But the author's name, Harun Yahya, reveals the surprise inside. This is Islamic creationism, a richly funded movement based in predominantly Muslim Turkey which has an influence US creationists could only dream of.

Creationism is so widely accepted here that Turkey placed last in a recent survey of public acceptance of evolution in 34 countries - just behind the United States.

&quot;Darwinism is dead,&quot; said Kerim Balci of the Fethullah Gulen network, a moderate Islamic movement with many publications and schools but no link to the creationists who produced the atlas....


A Dose of Religion


Like the Bible, the Koran says God made the world in six days and fashioned the first man, Adam, from dust. Other details vary but the idea is roughly the same.

But unlike in the West, evolution theory has not undermined the traditional creation story for many Muslims.... In 1985, a paragraph on creationism as an alternative to evolution was added to high school science textbooks and a US book &quot;Scientific Creationism&quot; was translated into Turkish.

In the early 1990s, leading US creationists came to speak at several anti-evolution conferences in Turkey.


Darwin and Terror


Since then, a home-grown strain of anti-Darwinist books has developed with a clearly political message.
&quot;Atlas of Creation&quot; offers over 500 pages of splendid images comparing fossils with present-day animals to argue that Allah created all life as it is and evolution never took place.

Then comes a book-length essay arguing that Darwinism, by stressing the &quot;survival of the fittest,&quot; has inspired racism, Nazism, communism and terrorism.

&quot;The root of the terrorism that plagues our planet is not any of the divine religions, but atheism, and the expression of atheism in our times (is) Darwinism and materialism,&quot; it says.
One Istanbul school unexpectedly received three copies recently. &quot;It's very well done, with magnificent photos - a very stylish tool of creationist propaganda,&quot; said the headmaster, who asked not to be named.

The driving force behind these books is a reclusive Islamic teacher named Adnan Oktar who over the past decade has published a flood of books under the pseudonym Harun Yahya.

&quot;Harun Yahya has managed to create a media-based and popular form of creationism,&quot; said Taner Edis, a Turkish-born physicist at Truman State University in Missouri.

Harun Yahya ... has turned out over 200 books in Turkish and translated many of them into 51 other languages.

Oktar, 50, appears on the group's Web site sporting a clipped beard and dapper suits. His works can be found in Islamic bookshops around the world and downloaded for free over the Internet.



Intelligent Design



... ID says some organisms are too complex to have evolved without some superior cause, but avoids calling that cause God because that would ban it from U.S. science textbooks.
... But most Turks show no interest because they see no need to avoid naming God. ...&quot;

The report also appeared in the following:

- Washington Post, USA, 22 November 2006
- Indian Express, India, 23 November 2006
- Times of India, India, 23 November 2006
- Daily News &amp; Analysis, India, 23 November 2006
- ShortNews.com, Germany, 22 November 2006
- Alarab online, UK, 22 November 2006
- MSNBC, 22 November 2006
- Financial Express, India, 22 November 2006
- ABC News, 22 November 2006
- Reuters.uk, UK, 22 November 2006
- Reuters Canada, Canada, 22 November 2006
- Daily Times, Pakistan, 22 November 2006
- NewsMax.com, USA, 22 November 2006
- History News Network, USA, 22 November 2006
- Free Republic.com, USA, 22 November 2006
- Mercado Digital, Argentina, 26 November 2006 ]]></description>
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<title>FRANCIS COLLINS, THE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT, DECLARED HIS BELIEF IN GOD</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Francis Collins, one of the two scientists who deciphered the human genome, has announced that although he was an atheist until some 30 years ago, he now believes in Allah (God).

A report on the subject published in The Sunday Times read:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The scientist who led the team that cracked the human genome is to publish a book explaining why he now believes in the existence of God and is convinced that miracles are real.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Francis Collins, the director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute, claims there is a rational basis for a creator and that scientific discoveries bring man &quot;closer to God&quot;.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ... [unravelling the human genome] allowed him to &quot;glimpse at the workings of God&quot;.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;When you make a breakthrough it is a moment of scientific exhilaration because you have been on this search and seem to have found it, &quot;he said. &quot;But it is also a moment where I at least feel closeness to the creator in the sense of having now perceived something that no human knew before but God knew all along.&quot;




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