TIMOTHY FURNISH: Some Christian creationists, particularly conservative American Christian creationists say that you cannot believe in evolution; other Christian groups, particularly the Roman Catholic Church officially say that you can believe in evolution but you just have to believe that Allah directed it. So what is your view on this matter?

ADNAN OKTAR: If there were such a thing as evolution, I would believe in it. I would say, 'That is how Allah created.' But there is very definitely no such thing. How can one believe in a false idea? Darwinism is no more logical, or even less logical, than someone saying, 'There is a civilization on Mars, but we cannot see it, because it is underground.' If Darwinism had actually happen, one would admit it. A Muslim could say, 'That is how Allah created.' And I would say, 'So that is how Allah created.' But there is no such thing. One hundred million fossils prove creation, and these are fossils dating back 100, 200, 300, 400 or 500 million years. No change ever took place in living things, nor in plants, nor in insects, and they have always been the same as they are today. How can we believe in something that does not exist? Proteins cannot come into being by chance, and there exists not one single intermediate form fossil, and there is no evidence for Darwinism. It is a totally specious claim. Darwin himself says that if there are no transitional form fossils then his theory is wrong. And there are no transitional forms. They have looked everywhere in the world, they have been excavating for the last 150 years, but there are none. It is a miracle how they manage to believe in it. It is unbelievable, and that is quite astonishing. In 10 or 20 years' time people will be amazed at themselves and wonder, 'How did we ever believe in that?'