My bad, perhaps I have forgotten.
Did the author claim that the Koran supports the theory of evolution or did just he say that YEC is not a 'problem' in the Muslim world - though support of stoning, flogging, amputations, honor killings and harsh punishments for proselytizers, apostates and blasphemers are ........?
1. Gallup survey shows that 73% of YOUR peers reject science and believe that man was created less than 10,000 years ago - because they put the Bible above science.
Hey, if I change the parameters of what I want to conclude, I can also find that brown ducks weigh more than yellow ducks.
4. Chomsky uses point 2 in the quote you give in the first post to make point 3
Let's see the quote where Loonsky only mentions Church going Republicans when he said Americans.
You have not shown that Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan reject science when it comes to the creation of humans
Well, we can arrive at that conclusion through extrapolation.
Very few Muslims in the Muslim world accept the theory of evolution. There is more or less a correlation between countries known for their fundamentalism/conservatism and low support for evolution.
Turkey, touted as a modernized, educated and secular Muslim majority country only has twenty five percent of its population that accepts the theory of evolution.
The percentages plummet in the more religious Arab countries, Pakistan and elsewhere.
It would be safe to conclude that your average Saudi citizen is even more likely to oppose evolution than your average Turk.
But wait, it gets better. I don't have any surveys from Saudi showing the % of citizens who accept evolution, but we know (because I've mentioned this in the past several times) that Creationism is officially taught in Saudi Arabia and a few other Muslim countries.
Actually, I learned that in 'moderate' Indonesia, 'biology' teachers use books published by Harun Yaya (whatever his name is) in their classrooms.
But hey, why let facts (like the fact that Saudi Arabia officially teaches Creationism and evolution is most likely banned) get in the way of a good loon rant?