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The debut of a 14-volume Encyclopedia on the Scientific Signs in the Qur'an and Sunnah has also been announced by the International Commission on the Scientific Signs in the Qur'an and Sunnah. the encyclopedia has been "partially translated into English", with hopes for translation into "18 other languages."<ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1164545906466&pagename=Zone-English-HealthScience%2FHSELayout Miracle Drug Announced, Scientific Evidence Still Hazy ]</ref> | The debut of a 14-volume Encyclopedia on the Scientific Signs in the Qur'an and Sunnah has also been announced by the International Commission on the Scientific Signs in the Qur'an and Sunnah. the encyclopedia has been "partially translated into English", with hopes for translation into "18 other languages."<ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1164545906466&pagename=Zone-English-HealthScience%2FHSELayout Miracle Drug Announced, Scientific Evidence Still Hazy ]</ref> | ||
===Misquoted scientists | ===Misquoted scientists endorsing science in the Quran=== | ||
Videos are widely circulated from similar conferences organised by [[w:Abdul_Majeed_al-Zindani#Political_activity|Sheikh Abdul Majeed al-Zindani]] in the 1980s. He approached the Saudi Government and founded the 'Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah'. Non-Muslim scientists were invited to attend conferences, all expenses paid. The scientists were provided with translations of verses from the Qur'an, supposedly relevant to each scientist's field of expertise, and asked to comment on them. Videos were produced called "This is the Truth", and clips from them are widely circulated even today on youtube and elsewhere, of these scientists, apparently, vouching for scientific accuracy of the Qur'an that was ahead of its time. | Videos are widely circulated from similar conferences organised by [[w:Abdul_Majeed_al-Zindani#Political_activity|Sheikh Abdul Majeed al-Zindani]] in the 1980s. He approached the Saudi Government and founded the 'Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah'. Non-Muslim scientists were invited to attend conferences, all expenses paid. The scientists were provided with translations of verses from the Qur'an, supposedly relevant to each scientist's field of expertise, and asked to comment on them. Videos were produced called "This is the Truth", and clips from them are widely circulated even today on youtube and elsewhere, of these scientists, apparently, vouching for scientific accuracy of the Qur'an that was ahead of its time. | ||
In 2011, a series of interviews took place with four of these scientists. See the youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/user/ThisIsTheTruthUncut | In 2011, a series of interviews took place with four of these scientists. See the youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/user/ThisIsTheTruthUncut This is the truth uncut] (also mirrored on other channels). In these interviews, the scientists Tom Armstrong, William Hay, Alfred Kroner, and Allison (Pete) Palmer, who all appear in the popular video clips, explain that they were tricked, misquoted, and misrepresented by the Zindani and the conference organisers, and they do not believe the Qur'an to be scientifically accurate. | ||
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||