I've seen a couple of articles about Islam in the news this week, thought I'd share.

The first is from the New York Times. It appears that our Muslim friends are adopting some of Christianity's lesser qualities: "Creationism, Minus a Young Earth, Emerges in the Islamic World".

Yikes.

I thought this was interesting, though - the Quran says the universe was created in six days, but that the word "days" can also mean longer periods of time.

So at least they don't think this all came into being in 4004 BC.

Next, "Dubai to appoint female muftis in 2010".

A mufti is a Islamic scholar who is an interpreter of Islamic law. Mufti's issue verdicts on the law which are called fataawa - and no, those are not always death sentences. That's a Western fallacy. Generally they're rulings on social or political issues concerning Islamic law.

Needless to say, this has generally been a dude's job.

We'll see how that goes.

Lastly, from the producer of The Matrix comes a movie 1400 years in the making ...

Yes, Barrie Osborne, a producer of The Matrix and Lord of the Rings is going to make a movie about the Prophet Mohammed.

Mohammed, the founder of Islam.

Mohammed, of whom visual depictions are explicitly prohibited.

That'll be ... interesting. I'm guessing there'll be lots of trick photography.