Common Material, Design And Designer

Impact International is an independent magazine published in the UK and distributed to more than 100,000 readers in 18 countries including America, Canada, Germany, Kuwait, Pakistan, India, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. In its May 2001 issue, it published an article by Harun Yahya entitled "The Kosova-Serbia-Macedonia Triangle," which analyzes the latest developments in the Balkans.

In Harun Yahya"s "Common Material, Design and Designer," which appeared in the August 2000 issue of the magazine, the latest developments in the Genome Project were discussed. The following is an extract from the article:

"The recent completion of the human gene map within the scope of the Human Genome Project is an important scientific development. However, some results of this project are being distorted in some evolutionist publications. It is claimed that the genes of chimpanzees are 98% similar to human genes, and this is presented as an evidence for the claim that apes are close to humans, and therefore, logical ancestors of humans as claimed by Darwin"s theory of evolution. The argument is misleading… The claim of 98% similarity is deceptive. To claim that the genetic make-ups of man and chimpanzee bear 98% similarity to each other the genome of the chimpanzee also has to be mapped just as that of man and the two have to be compared. However no such comparison results are available, because, so far, only the gene of the human has been mapped. No such research for the chimpanzee has been done yet. …Darwinists are distorting the results of the Human Genome Project. Life did not originate as a result of unconscious coincidences as evolution claims, but as the result of the creation of Allah, the Almighty, the Owner of infinite knowledge and wisdom."

August, 2000