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Mohammed Yusuf #fundie news.bbc.co.uk

In an interview with the BBC, the group's leader, Mohammed Yusuf, said such education "spoils the belief in one god".

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"There are prominent Islamic preachers who have seen and understood that the present Western-style education is mixed with issues that run contrary to our beliefs in Islam," he said.

"Like rain. We believe it is a creation of god rather than an evaporation caused by the sun that condenses and becomes rain.

"Like saying the world is a sphere. If it runs contrary to the teachings of Allah, we reject it. We also reject the theory of Darwinism."

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