The Manila Times, the oldest national English-daily in the Philippines, published in the capital Manila since 1898, carried an article titled “Islamic Creationism” on 22 February, 2009. Written by Rony V. Diaz, the article said that with his "delightful looking Atlas of Creation" Adnan Oktar, described as a Muslim creationist, had made great progress in causing evolution to be questioned in Muslim countries. It particularly emphasized that the main reason for the author’s opposition to the theory of evolution is that in the form of materialism and atheism, evolution represents a grave social and cultural danger. The article also said that the levels of people believing in evolution were very low in public opinion polls conducted in Muslim countries.