Abdullah Sameer

أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted? (67:14)

Objective morality: Hamza’s Allah vs Islam’s Allah

By Mahmudul Huq Shafi

Originally published on Shongshoy
The original article in Bangla can be found here
Translated by the author himself

Introduction
Hamza Tzortzis is a highly regarded and popular Islamic apologist. Hamza uses moral philosophy to justify the existence of Allah. Here, we are going to dissect one of his articles to show how he does that. By analyzing his article, we will shed light on the characteristics of his Allah. Then, with the help of the Quran and the Sunnah, we will examine if, according to the Islamic creed, the Allah of Islam has the same characteristics as that of Hamza’s. To do so, first we need to understand Hamza’s article thoroughly. I would ask the reader to go through his article from the beginning to the end several times. Now, let’s understand Hamza’s Allah.

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Response to Muslim Convert on “Islam Gives You Security and Peace”

We often hear that ex-Muslims leave Islam for emotional reasons. I want to challenge that. I’ve been having a back and forth on TikTok with a Muslim convert with a large following who has been engaging with a few ex-Muslims. 

Cactusboi whose real name is Paul made a video sharing that he became Muslim after suffering from some issues. I responded to this video about this pattern that I’ve noticed – how a large number of prominent Muslim converts appear to have converted due to a crisis in their life namely Hamza Yusuf, Cat Stevens, Asadullah Ali, and even Mustafa Omar on the dean show and not because of a rational calculation based on evidence. (more…)