You're right, Andya, it isn't "fair". I personally feel that Yahya is even MORE dangerous in the long term than our homegrown Christian creationists. His mix of anti-science and islamist rhetoric appeals to a far more volatile and essentially homogenous mix of people than do the Protestant fundamentalists in the US. Here we have a much more heterogenous mix that will serve to slow or even halt the politicization of the issue (the creationists in the US are notable for their utter lack of success in their chosen venue - the courts - over the last couple decades or so). OTOH, Yahya and his ilk already have religious-based or at least influenced governments to support him. And it's only ONE religion. Considering he's a highly-touted (and popular) religious and islamist writer, his anti-science stance will receive even more support from the masses.
If Yahya succeeds, as it appears he's going to, I only hope our homegrown fundies will learn from the chance to see what a true anti-science theocracy can accomplish in the abolishment of thought, progress, and science. Of course, they'll just write the whole thing off as an abberration of those heathen Moslems.
It certainly couldn't happen
here - we're ever so much more advanced.
[PS: That's why I'm so anti-creationist generally. I see Yahya wannabes throughout the creationist movement here. I do NOT want my children growing up in a theocracy - even a Christian one.]
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