In their observations, contemporary scientists have believed in transformism which claims whole natural world is always in evolvement. This paper investigates whether Mulla Sadra’s philosophical opinions are consistent with this theory or not. The method of this research is analytical-descriptive. The conclusion is that four fundamentals: the principality of existence, the analogical unity of existence,...Read More

Darwin’s theory of evolution caused considerable controversy among conservative Christians, but his ideas were not immediately available to Muslims. The first Arabic excerpts of Darwin’s work were made in 1876 by a Syrian Christian who was influenced by pro-creationist Protestant missionaries. This article provides a brief historical overview of the debate among Muslim scholars about...Read More

The paper aims to explore Indonesian Muslim biologists’ views on the evolutionary theory. Employing Stenmark’s concepts of “rationality” and “religious commitment”, this study wishes to show how these two aspects are interconnected, and how a certain rationality primarily constitutes a certain religious commitment. The research involves both library and field research. The library research is...Read More

The study first identifies and defines the methodological approaches … that have relevance to the question of an Islamic position on biological evolution. It also identifies and defines the issues within the field of Evolutionary Biology that need to be brought under scrutiny. The methods of classical Islamic Theology are then applied to the claims...Read More