THE MYSTERIOUS MUSLIM CREATIONIST SHIPMENT. As Ezra notes, we at TAP were baffled by the dozen or so expensive creationist books that arrived at our office a few weeks ago. The big question is where does the maker of these books, a Turkish guy who goes by the name Harun Yahya, get the money to send out a mailing like this? The Times article doesn't reach any conclusions. But perhaps these books are slightly cheaper to make than it appears. PZ Myers noticed last year that one of Yahya's creationist websites lifted a good portion of its illustrations from an evolutionist site about fossils. So maybe the book is full of stolen art, too. --Ann Friedman
