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ERIC Number: EJ610393
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-2158-818X
Islamic Scientific Creationism: A New Challenge in Turkey.
Sayin, Umit; Kence, Aykut
Reports of the National Center for Science Education, v19 n6 p18-20,25-29 Nov-Dec 1999
Compares "being Muslim" in Turkey with other Islamic countries and describes the regime changes of the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic. Explains evolution in Islamic understanding and discusses creationism's effects and evolution's place in the high school biology curriculum. Defines the Science Research Foundation's (BAV) and Harun Yahya's roles in the Creationist movement. (Contains 37 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Biology, Christianity, Creationism, Evolution, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Islamic Culture, Politics, Religion, Science Curriculum, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Darwin (Charles); Turkey