UK IMAM THREATENED WITH DEATH OVER DARWINIST VIEWS
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/03/muslims-threaten-imam-with-death-over-darwinist-views.html
Muslims threaten imam with death over Darwinist views
Why reform is Islam will be difficult, if not altogether impossible, part 12203: “Scientist Imam threatened over Darwinist views,” by Tom Peck and Jerome Taylor in the Independent, March 5 (thanks to Buraq):
A prominent British imam has been forced to retract his claims that Islam is compatible with Darwin’s theory of evolution after receiving death threats from fundamentalists.Dr Usama Hasan, a physics lecturer at Middlesex University and a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, was intending yesterday to return to Masjid al-Tawhid, a mosque in Leyton, East London, for the first time since he delivered a lecture there entitled “Islam and the theory of evolution”.
But according to his sister, police advised him not to attend after becoming concerned for his safety. Instead his father, Suhaib, head of the mosque’s committee of trustees, posted a notice on his behalf expressing regret over his comments. “I seek Allah’s forgiveness for my mistakes and apologise for any offence caused,” the statement read….
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