Islam & the Theory/Fact of Evolution - Sh. Dr. Usama Hasan

SYNOPSIS
Current Muslim responses to evolution
Evolution is a “Muslim theory”
Reconciling Islam & evolutionary ideas
Answers to common misconceptions
Religious writings on evolution
Dr Usama Hasan is a former planetarium lecturer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, senior researcher in Islamic studies at the Quilliam Foundation and a part-time imam.
Dr Usama Hasan completed memorizing the entire Qur’an by the age of 11. He has served as a part-time imam since his teens and is a certified transmitter of the Qur’an and Hadith scriptures and has translated a number of Islamic texts from Arabic and Urdu into English.
Before joining Quilliam, Dr Usama Hasan was a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at Middlesex University. He holds a PhD, MSc & MA in Physics and Artificial Intelligence from the Universities of Cambridge & London and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. As an astronomer, he served as Planetarium Lecturer at Royal Observatory Greenwich. He also served as Director and Trustee of the City Circle, and is Visiting Lecturer at Cambridge Muslim College where he teaches Science, Astronomy and Ethics to graduates of Islamic seminaries.
The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, St Edmund's College, Cambridge, Summer Course 2016, Science and Religion: Conversations between Worldviews, Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge: July 3-8, 2016
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