UK Muslim scientist says Islam and Darwing compatible, death threats ensue

The Independent (UK) reports today:

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.

Dr Usama Hasan, a physics lecturer at Middlesex University and a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, was intending yesterday to return to Masjid al-Tawhid, a mosque in Leyton, East London, for the first time since he delivered a lecture there entitled “Islam and the theory of evolution”.

But according to his sister, police advised him not to attend after becoming concerned for his safety. Instead his father, Suhaib, head of the mosque’s committee of trustees, posted a notice on his behalf expressing regret over his comments. “I seek Allah’s forgiveness for my mistakes and apologise for any offence caused,” the statement read.

This is not Saudi Arabia or Pakistan; this is England we’re talking about. Hasan was an imam at this mosque, which operates the largest shariah court in the country, but he has been fired as vice-chairman of the board and imam as a result of this controversy. Live by shariah, die by shariah.