Adam Deen is an international public speaker on Muslim Apologetics.
A former Islam channel presenter who has been working in the field of Muslim apologetics for almost a decade. He has contributed to debates on issues ranging from religious philosophy and theology. His work draws on contemporary philosophy to defend Islam in debates. He has regularly appeared on mainstream TV.
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
My next media appearance: The big questions.
Is there evidence for God ?
10 am BBC 1.
Sunday 20th June 2010.
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Abu Maryam
said...
Mashallah, you have a prime-time slot and under the spotlight BBC1. I hope inshallah you get the required time to convey the proof of Allaah through the Quranic narrative. When giving dawah, I don't like to use the word 'belief' when talking about the Qur'an and Allaah. Let me explain why - people usually explain it away like this..."The Muslims believe the Qur'an to be the Word of God.... ". Personally I prefer to use the word 'convinced' (yaqeen and mutaqqeen) i.e. "The Muslims are convinced the Qur'an is the word of God... ." Can you see the difference now? When you say 'belief', the non-Muslim masses already have the baggage and pre-suppositions of 'belief' in the in the hypothesis sense or Christian sense i.e. believing in something without proof and contrary to rational evidence. However if you change the word to 'convinced' then it changes the whole picture - doesn't it? How would the non-Muslims take this now? Convince is a word which means to persuade someone to the validity of something through evidence. Belief is a word that I have a horrific dislike towards, as you can see why. I am still astonished to see scholars and daees still using this word when it has so much negative baggage attached to it. May Allaah inspire you to deliver his message and proof of his existence with ease. May Allaah reward in this world and grant you 7th Paradise -Ameen!
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Mashallah, you have a prime-time slot and under the spotlight BBC1. I hope inshallah you get the required time to convey the proof of Allaah through the Quranic narrative.
When giving dawah, I don't like to use the word 'belief' when talking about the Qur'an and Allaah. Let me explain why - people usually explain it away like this..."The Muslims believe the Qur'an to be the Word of God.... ". Personally I prefer to use the word 'convinced' (yaqeen and mutaqqeen) i.e. "The Muslims are convinced the Qur'an is the word of God... ." Can you see the difference now? When you say 'belief', the non-Muslim masses already have the baggage and pre-suppositions of 'belief' in the in the hypothesis sense or Christian sense i.e. believing in something without proof and contrary to rational evidence. However if you change the word to 'convinced' then it changes the whole picture - doesn't it? How would the non-Muslims take this now? Convince is a word which means to persuade someone to the validity of something through evidence.
Belief is a word that I have a horrific dislike towards, as you can see why. I am still astonished to see scholars and daees still using this word when it has so much negative baggage attached to it.
May Allaah inspire you to deliver his message and proof of his existence with ease. May Allaah reward in this world and grant you 7th Paradise -Ameen!
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