Our friends Mike and Akh join us for a discussion about evolution as both a misunderstood science and culture war flashpoint. Contemporary Muslim perspectives on evolution are often conflated with American evangelical Christian narratives, but the two can be quite different. At the same time, the science is much more complex than the simple model taught in high schools.

Intro music by auntie004. Outro by reiyashi.

References:

Malik & Kulieva - Does belief in evolution entail kufr https://sci-hub.se/downloads/2020-08-01/43/[email protected] Salzburger - Understanding explosive diversification through cichlid fish genomics https://sci-hub.se/downloads/2020-09-02/86/salzburger2018.pdf Nei - Mutation driven evolution https://b-ok.cc/book/2372490/c25f72 Barbieri - Code Biology https://b-ok.cc/book/2486989/d39c4c