Harun Yahya tours UK!

A man from Harun Yahya &co. e-mailed me that this creationist will tour England for a series of anti-evolution conferences.-----
Subject: THE BRITISH EXPEDITION: "Challenging Darwinism in Its Homeland"
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 20:58:05 +0300
To: Michael Behe ,
Jerald Whitehouse
From: Mustafa Akyol
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Dear friends,

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I am happy to announces a series of conferences in five different British Universities on the refutation of Darwinism, organized jointly by the Harun Yahya team in Turkey and Muslim student organizations in UK. Down below is the information about these events, as explained in your newsletter. If you have friends in these cities (London, Birmingham, Sheffield, Coventry and Loughborough), you might wish to inform them about these seminars.

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Best Regards,

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Mustafa Akyol

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THE BRITISH EXPEDITION:

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"Challenging Darwinism in Its Homeland"

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We are happy to announce that there will be a series of conferences based on the works of Harun Yahya, in UK between October 13-17 organized by FOSIS (Federation of Students Islamic Studies).
There will be a multivision show at the beginning of the conferences together with an exhibition on "Creation and Refutation of Darwinism."
Entrance to all the conferences are free of charge.

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Evidences of Creation and Scientific Collapse of Darwinism

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Date : October 13, 2003
Time : Starts at 7 pm
Place : London SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies)

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Date : October 14, 2003
Time : Starts at 7 pm
Place : Student Union, The University of Sheffield
Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN - UK

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Date : October 15, 2003
Time : Starts at 7 pm
Place : Student Union, University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL, UK

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Date : October 16, 2003
Time : Starts at 7 pm
Place : Islamic Society, Loughborough Students Union, Loughborough University
Leicestershire, LE11 3TU

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Date : October 17, 2003
Time : Starts at 7 pm
Place : Islamic Society Bugs, University of Birmingham
Edgebaston, Birmingham B15 2TU

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We would be delighted with your participitaion to these events. Please contact for further details at: info@harunyahya.com
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Maybe those in England would be interested to drop by and pick a fight or two!

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[This message has been edited by Andya Primanda, 10-05-2003]

I posted a copy of this message over on Internet Infidels. There's a fair selection of active evos from the UK over there that might find the challenge, errr, interesting.

Most likely Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) himself would not come. While touring Indonesia, the announcements say that Harun Yahya himself would come and speak, but instead two 'scientists' from Harun Yahya international showed up, along with local supporters.

I just checked. The UK Infidels are at least burbling on about how incensed they are concerning the encroachment of creationism into the UK. By this time tomorrow I predict they'll be back to blaming US cultural degeneration for it. At least they're aware...By the by, are you planning on raking Buz over the coals concerning the at a minimum selective quotations from the Qu'ran? I guarantee you they didn't come from either of the official English translations (the Saudi one and the Egyptian one - have they ever resolved which one is the "real" official translation?) I'd be delighted to step in, but it might be more authoritative coming from you.[Edited to change "Mike the Wiz" to "Buz". Sorry Mike. So many creationists, so little time...][This message has been edited by Quetzal, 10-06-2003]

Thanks for the heads up Andya - think I may well pop along to the London one, although I'm not sure I'll be able to stomach it.Hell, I'll even report back on what he had to say.(Incidentally - do you know whether its now confirmed that Harun Yahya is in fact a pseudonym for Adnan Okhtar?)PE

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(Incidentally - do you know whether its now confirmed that Harun Yahya is in fact a pseudonym for Adnan Okhtar?)

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Just the opposite--I now suspect that 'Harun Yahya' is not just Adnan Oktar but some team of writers. Two of them, Ali Sadun and Omer Ilicalli, might be the most prominent. Both spoke for 'Harun Yahya' when they were touring Indonesia, and some of HY's refutations were written by Omer.

bumpHow was it?

Hi Andya,When I got there I discovered that the talk was at 5pm and not 7pm. All I got to see were lots of men with beards looking smug.PE

Too bad.Anyone reporting?

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Not funny.

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