Die Zeit, one of Germany’s most popular weeklies, covered the scientific competition being held by the Science Research Foundation on 2 consecutive days. The report on 25 November, 2008, appeared under the caption "Muslim Creationist Pledges an Award to a Paper Proving the Error of Darwinism!" and went on to say:
"The Turkish-Muslim creationist Harun Yahya is offering a prize for an essay competition refuting Darwinism. The award is set at $64,000.”