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Evolution and Speciation: An Ahmadi Muslim Khalifa (Mirza Masroor Ahmad) Explains

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This post is for discussing the claims in the 2-minute video linked to this tweet of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s 5th Khalifa, Mirza Masroor Ahmad (MMA, for short). In the video, MMA discusses aspects of evolution that reveal a very simplistic understanding, if it can be so called, of the topic. Umar Nasser had responded to my tweet, and in order to provide some non-trivial responses, I’ve created this blog post to explore some concepts that arise out of Umar’s comments. This blog post mirrors the responses first provided on Reddit.

Changing Species: On Dogs and Wolves

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This post explores an exchange about Ahmadi Muslim claims regarding speciation and evolution, as gleaned from the Q&A section of the Rational Religion website’s page on Evolution. Twitter user @hasanahmad80 (Hasan Ahmad) responded to my tweet, correcting me on my supposition that dogs evolved from wolves. This post is my more detailed response to Hasan. […]

Ahmadiyyat and the Distinct Line of Evolution of Humans

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Would any Ahmadi Muslims like to expand on the distinct single-cell evolution position, per: http://whyahmadi.org/atheism/evolution.html? Regarding the statement on this page that: Instead, the Holy Qur’an supports the view that the human species evolved from the single cell stage as a separate species. Can you elaborate on that position? Specifically, I’m reading it to mean […]

The Ahmadiyya: Beliefs and Practices

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Who are the Ahmadiyya, and why are these Muslims persecuted the world over by other Muslims? How does their interpretation of Islam differ from mainstream Sunni Islam? We’ll take a brief tour through several topics covering differences of interpretation, progressive Islamic beliefs as well as contemporary issues. Positions on slave wives, evolution, hadith, loyalty to one’s country, gender segregation, and a host of other issues—it’s all covered here.

Ahmadi Commentary on Qur’an 3:60

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In the following tweet of mine, I conjectured that even the commentary of an Ahmadi Muslim published Qur’an left the door open for an ex nihilo creation position for life on Earth. Ahmadi Muslims profess a position of guided evolution. However, their Qur’anic commentaries DO allow for Creationism pic.twitter.com/Pzevz87TzS — Reason on Faith (@ReasonOnFaith) June […]