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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you forgot to paste the final bit from wikipedia's description of Dr. Moore, didn't you?

In 1980 Dr. Moore was invited to Saudi Arabia to lecture on anatomy and embryology at King Abdulaziz University. While he was there, Moore was approached by the Embryology Committee of King Abdulaziz University for his assistance in interpreting certain verses in the Qur’an and some sayings in the Hadiths which referred to human reproduction and embryological development. Moore says that he was amazed at the scientific accuracy of some of the statements which were made in the 7th century AD:

For the past three years, I have worked with the Embryology Committee of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, helping them interpret the many statements in the Qur’an and Sunnah referring to human reproduction and prenatal development. At first I was astonished by the accuracy of the statements that were recorded in the 7th century AD, before the science of embryology was established.[11]

Moore worked with the Embryology Committee on a comparative study of the Qur’an, the Hadith and modern embryology.[12] The Committee presented and published several papers with Moore and others co-authoring a number of papers. [13]

Moore is not a Muslim[14] but his work with King Abdulaziz University's Embryology Committee has been rejected by some biologists such as PZ Myers. [15] [b]In 2002, Moore declined to be interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on the subject of his work on Islam, stating that "it's been ten or eleven years since I was involved in the Qur'an." [16][/b]

KSA has been funding Islam-friendly physicians for years and has been actively looking for ways to get them to say things they can use.  It is worth noting that Dr Moore never formally converted to Islam. I guess there are some things even Al-Saud can't buy.[/quote]

Dr. Moore no longer speaks about this subject. He used to only for the purpose of education to student associations, anyway. It may be that Dr. Moore suffered a backlash from Islamophobes. If the hatred and fury exhibited by the Islamophobes here on DCUM is any indication of all of how supporters of the Quran or Islam may be treated, I can't blame Dr. Moore for declining interviews and speaking engagements now. What everyone has seen on DCUM was similar to a mob attack when a Muslim woman who went by the name "Muslima" came on the thread, "Tell me about Islam" to defend/clarify Islam. When I joined the discussion to validate Muslima's points, the Islamophobes went haywire on me. If they were simply interested in learning more about Islam but in the end did not like the principles of the faith, they could simply have said, "Well to each his own, I do not understand or like your religion." That's not what happened. The Islamophobes often pulled the most severest and harshest interpretations of Islam in hadith, Sharia, and real life examples and refused to acknowledge that the Qurans words always trump these in the face of any contradiction. It was clear to me that their motivation was simply to vilify the religion of 1.6 billion people. So maybe it's no wonder that Dr. Moore is afraid of people like them.

But here's the youtube link of Dr. Moore lecturing about the accuracy of the Quran as far as these verses goes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upa4BSH7ua4

It's permanently recorded to show he believed in the accuracy of the Quranic verses.[/quote]

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