The Guardian has a long piece up by a Muslim who has wrestled with the issue of reconciling his faith with evolutionary theory. The author is a secretary for The Muslim Council of Britain, an organization criticized for its illiberal tendencies (e.g., rejection of the participation of homosexual Muslim groups under their umbrella group). The interesting point, for me, is that the author alludes to the evolution of Muslims themselves, as they encounter evolutionary biology with their own pre-scientific models of the universe. The reaction of denial and incredulity seems akin to how some Christians initially reacted to Darwin's theory.
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Just for those curious, there's a new website, Islam in China, which might be interesting to some. The site points out that there are more Muslims in China than there are in Saudi Arabia.
Thabet points me to a new survey of Muslims and the European public.
I listened to Akbar Ahmed on Fresh Air today.
Islam on Campus: A survey of UK student opinions. N = 632 for Muslims. Remember that this is an elite sample of the youth insofar as they're polling university students.