‘Harun Yahya, has an influence U.S. creationists could only dream of’.
Reuters. Tom Heneghan. - Nov 2006
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…”
French daily La’ Liberation - April 2008
Daily Le Monde described the Atlas of Creation as "an incomparable work" in its 3rd February, 2007, issue.
Le Monde - Feb 2007
The 6 February, 2007, edition of daily La Liberation described Harun Yahya as "the greatest champion of creationism in Turkey."
A report in the French political web site Gaullisme said the following in a report dated 3 February, 2007: "... the most active preacher of creationism is, due to the power of the Harun Yahya publications, definitely Harun Yahya himself."
The news agency Armenews carried a report on 18 April, 2007, which contained the words, "The struggle against evolution being waged in Turkey seems to have ended in almost total victory."
In its 5 March, 2007, edition Le Soir, one of Belgium's main dailies, carried a report about the global impact of Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation. The report, titled "A red book rejects Darwin's thesis," described Harun Yahya's work as "an intervention of genius."
The Polish pro-creation organization Polskie Towarzystwo Kreacjonistyczne stated that "in some countries the author's books are more esteemed than school textbooks..."
Prof. Bernard Rentier of Liege University made this comment on his personal page: "The content is surprising, but effective. One does not dare to think of the impact that will arise following the distribution of the Atlas across the world..."
In its 20 June, 2007, edition Die Welt, one of Germany's largest dailies, carried a long report titled "Struggling with the Qur'an against evolution." The report referred to "the Paris Ministry of Education panicking and calling for the book not to be taught in the class."
Kevin Myers made this reference to the Atlas of Creation in the Irish Independent on 9 March, 2007: "... Harun Yahya's Atlas of Creation from Global Publishing, is quite the most spectacular so far this year."
A report in the 29 March, 2007, edition of Stern, one of Germany's most important magazines, said "A book like a clap of thunder. ... It is obvious from the outset: This book is totally different!"
Another major French daily, La Croix, carried a report dealing with the debate created by Atlas of Creation on 4 February, 2007. The report also carried a few examples of the fossils contained in the Atlas. Comparing a 280-million-year-old fossil frog with a specimen living today, it quoted the Atlas as saying, "living things have stayed the same since the moment they first came into existence, and never underwent evolution."
The 24 June, 2007, edition of The Washington Times carried a report about the Fact of Creation, which is growing increasingly powerful in European countries. The report quoted Hervé Le Guyader, a biologist from Paris University, who called the challenge from Islamic thinkers "much more dangerous than the previous creationist initiatives, which were often of Anglo-Saxon origin."
The above quotes were taken from, www.harunyahyaimpact.com and www.byvirtueofharunyahya.com
A blog on evolution called Le blog des bactéries et de l'évolution carried two reports on 8 and 9 February, 2007. These referred to the Atlas of Creation as "this great warship using wide extracts from the verses of the Qur'an."
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