Dismantling the Delusion of Atheism - March 2016 (London)

Date: Sunday 20th March 2016
Time: 2:00pm - 7:00pm
Venue:

Masjid Al-Hikmah (Selwyn Road Masjid)
72-74 Selwyn Road
Plaistow
London
E13 0PY

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Basic Course Description by the teacher - Ustadh Imran Iqbal:

The "Dismantling the Delusion of Atheism" course will go beyond a simple elaboration of arguments for and against theism by exploring then underlying methodological, epistemological and metaphysical issues and relate them to western philosophy and in particular islamic theology/philosophy.

Content:

* Methodology and Epistemology countours dealing with laws of thought, countours of logic (mantiq), meta-rationality, analysis of theory of evidence and proof, reason ('aql) and tradition (naql) dispute, and finally an elaboration of kalamic (Ash'ari) epistemology.

* Defining the theistic and atheistic intellectual spectrum.

* A detailed elaboration of the Kalam Cosmological Argument (KCA) with a resolution of potential objections and counter arguments.

* A justification of Islam and prophetology via the Qur'anic miracle (i'jaz).

* An elaboration and potential resolution of the arguments for atheism such as theodicy and science and religion conflict.

* Extensive Q&A


See here for some feedback regarding a similar course previously taught by Ustadh Imran Iqbal: ahlussunnah.boards.net/thread/163/tackling-atheism-taught-ustadh-imran?page=1#post-280


Brief Biography of Ustadh Imran Iqbal:

Ustadh Imran Iqbal after initially completing his Masters degree in Engineering (MEng) at Queen Mary University (University of London) went onto diversify his academic background by pursuing an MA from SOAS (University of London) in Near and Middle Eastern Studies and another from Birkbeck College (University of London) in Philosophy with his thesis written on Imam al-Ghazali’s view on scientific knowledge and causality.

He has also pursued classical Islamic knowledge by studying under a number of local Ulama in London by concentrating on basic Islamic sciences such as Ilm al-Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Ulum al-Hadith, Aqida and Ilm al-Kalam. His areas of interest include: Islamic philosophy and theology, Islamic legal theory, Islamic history of ‘ideas’, philosophy of science and the scientific method, epistemology and metaphysics in Western and Islamic thought.

He has a number of published book reviews in specialist academic journals and is currently pursuing a research project tentatively titled, ‘Trajectories in Islamic theological dispute’. He is also a qualified teacher of Physics and Critical Thinking.