What was the pen name for a series of Islamic creationist books that were sent to thousands of  American scientists, members of Congress and science museums in 2007?
Adnan Oktar Adnan Oktar (born 2 February 1956), also known as Harun Yahya, is a Turkish author as well as an Islamic creationist. In 2007, he sent thousands of unsolicited copies of his book, "The Atlas of Creation", which advocates Islamic creationism, to American scientists, members of Congress, and science museums. Oktar runs two organizations of which he is also the Honorary President: "Bilim Araştırma Vakfı" (BAV, literally, "Science Research Foundation", established 1990), which promotes creationism and "Milli Değerleri Koruma Vakfı" (literally, "National Values Preservation Foundation", established 1995) which works domestically on a variety of moral issues.
Aniconism in Islam Aniconism is a proscription in Islam against the creation of images of sentient beings. The most absolute proscription is of images of God in Islam, followed by depictions of Muhammad, and then Islamic prophets and the relatives of Muhammad, but the depiction of all humans and non-human animals is discouraged in the "hadith" and by the long tradition of Islamic authorities, especially Sunni ones. This has led to Islamic art being dominated by Islamic geometric patterns, calligraphy, the barely representational foliage patterns of the arabesque, and the 'half-formed' figures (eg. wings without a body) of Indonesian art; but figurative art still has a strong tradition, especially on a small scale in private works for the home or palace. The proliferation of photographic and filmed images today has led to controversy, with some religious authorities stating, for example, that all television is un-Islamic, but this is not a widely held position.