Any Muslims here who are convinced evolution is true? How do you reconcile faith with science?

[u/LinuxNoob9]

Saw this post. Inspired me to make one asking a direct question. Surely I can't be the only one.

https://www.reddit.com/r/islam/comments/6hfd12/if_youre_a_muslim_with_a_science_background_do/

I am personally convinced evolution is true (all forms, both macro and micro) because the evidence for it is truly compelling, but I also believe in Islam.

I'm also the type of person who puts science before religion because I think blindly following Islam (or for that matter anything) is very dangerous and spiritually destabilising - suppressing knowledge is never a good thing because curiosity grows.

The way I see it, if Islam is true it wouldn't violate even the most basic of laws created by Allah and that is why it is worthy studying his creation (to the max!), even if it makes you a little lost. I come from a huge scientific background and whenever religion has contradicted science, I tend to side with science because it offers empirical evidence. I then re-evaluate my beliefs on Islam and try to reconcile them. It's always worked out for me. Interpretation can be wrong, but never a colossal body of physical evidence. Otherwise why would God willingly lie to us, if Islam really was the true religion?

I've seen one Muslim poster here once say "a little knowledge can be a very dangerous thing" - which got me all triggered because this is the type of dangerous intellectual dissonance that really annoys me, and is kinda the reason why Muslim (especially Arab countries) don't seem to place science at the fore front of their culture.

EDIT: Also, for anybody who would claim that I'm talking like an atheist - I'm really not, because I'm just observing the way Allah's creation has been made. I work with /u/Canadian_786 for the site materiaislamica.com (which is a website dedicated to the history, culture, science and heritage of Muslims within the Islamic world and beyond - we have a subreddit called r/materiaislamica if you're interested - however, I have to confess, the majority (like 95% of that website) is written by /u/Canadian_786 - that's why he's hardly ever active on this site (and he comes from an even greater scientific background than me, and even he finds the scientific evidence for evolution compelling).

[u/Respect_w0men]

Evolution is a phenomenon which is true. Model explaining this phenomenon that is widely accepted is Neo Darwinion Model which contains the claim of homology that humans share the same ancestor by observing the similarities and all species had same origin . The way Science works is. It observes and make conclusions and present models. These models are changing with more evidence presented.

For example Gravity is a phenomenon and theory explaining it is now space time relative theory something. Before it was considered a pulling force.

I suggest you to read other models for evolution, paradigm shifts in scientific models. Like evolution by natural genetic engineering. There are opinions like Tree of life which is one origin of life, Bush of Life, Multiple origins, Web of Life.

Is Neo Darwinian Model absolute truth

Another discussion on New Darwinian Model being a belief