Atheism Question of the Week

There's Nothing New About Atheism

Atheism has been around for a long time. Every messenger engaged atheists and exhorted them with conclusive arguments to guide them to believe in God. These arguments have been preserved in traditional Muslim theology. The resources on this page use those arguments to respond to modern atheism.

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Was Noah’s Flood Global or Local?
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Was Noah’s Flood Global or Local?
Atheism Question of the Week

The Biblical Flood narrative has been altered by the hands of men, leading to contradictions with the geological and biological record of our planet. The Quranic narrative is not the same. It contains corrections, additions, and omissions that restore the narrative to its original revelatory purity and re-align it with modern scientific and historical knowledge.

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How Do We Know That God Intervenes in the Running of the Universe?
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How Do We Know That God Intervenes in the Running of the Universe?
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“I recently learned the term “deism” and I was wondering, from an Islamic standpoint, how do we refute or deny the arguments that deists make about how there is a God, but one who doesn’t intervene in the matters of the universe?”

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Are Non-Muslims Infidels?
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Are Non-Muslims Infidels?
Atheism Question of the Week

Do Muslims consider non-Muslims as Infidels? The answer is NO! Read Shaykh Hamza’s full answer on how to respond to such misconceptions by our friends from other faiths.

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How Do We Know That the Necessary Being is the God of Islam?
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How Do We Know That the Necessary Being is the God of Islam?
Atheism Question of the Week

People from other faiths don’t believe in the necessary being that we believe in. Read Shaykh Hamza’s answer on how to know that the necessary being is the God of Islam.

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Atheism, Islam & Science

Watch Hamza Karamali explain this distinction, unpack New Atheist arguments, illustrate how to respond to them, and and answer questions on the problem of evil and the place of evolution in an Islamic worldview.

 

Every week, Hamza Karamali will answer a question on atheism in this blog. Please submit your questions below.