PART OF WHAT TIM BLAIR CALLS THE GRAND CONVERGENCE OF IDIOCIES: Scientist Imam threatened over Darwinist views. “A prominent British imam has been forced to retract his claims that Islam is compatible with Darwin’s theory of evolution after receiving death threats from fundamentalists. . . . The campaign is part of a growing movement by a small but vocal group of largely Saudi-influenced orthodox Muslims who use evolution as a way of discrediting imams whom they deem to be overly progressive or ‘western orientated’.” Ah, yes, those progressive Saudis.