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Jan 2022
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DAY 57: Defending Islam Intellectually -...

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A good question is half of knowledge. Raising the right questions in the face of authoritarian ideas and theories can sometimes lay them bare. One such question by a student made Yaqoob al-Kindi, the famous Muslim philosopher and polymath, discard his own work.

Listen to Shaykh Dr Usama al-Atar as he shares an incident from the life of Imam Hassan Askari that teaches us how to defend our religion from controversial opinions.

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