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From: aj3u@ncd19a.cs.virginia.edu (Asim Jalis)
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Subject: Re: Evolution and the Qur'an
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Date: 24 Apr 91 18:38:41 GMT
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In article <1991Apr24.060109.2414@engin.umich.edu> jamal@caen.engin.umich.edu (Jamal Mubarak) writes:
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- If there is enough interest on this issue I can make a detailed
- posting about it going over the major stages of evolution and giving
- quotations from the Qur'an (where else?) to substantiate my claim.
- 

I suspect that your interpretations would be forced.  The whole
episode about God creating Adam and the incident with Iblees is too
explicit to allow for an interpretation of the Quran that would be
compatible with "Darwinism".

I would be very interested in looking at the verses you use to
substantiate your claim.

Asim Jalis.