How to Make Da'wah to Atheists ( 1 of 2 )

Does God exist? What evidence supports the existence of God? Why are we here? What is life all about? These questions are as old as the human race. So how are we to answer them? Can they be answered at all? Might God be part of the answer? In Aug 2008, Imam Shabir Ally visited San Franscisco Bay Area to conduct a da`wah training session with the local WhyIslam volunteers and community members. The program was titled "The Challenge of Da`wah - One message, many forms". This is the first part of the session. Shabir Ally holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, with a specialization in Biblical Literature, and an M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Quranic Exegesis. He is now in his third year of PhD studies in Quranic Exegesis at the University of Toronto. Shabir is the president of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto where he functions as Imam. He travels internationally to represent Islam in public lectures and interfaith dialogues. He explains Islam on a weekly television program called 'Let the Quran Speak'. The Topic: How to Make Da'wah to Atheists? A talk by Shabir Ally (Islamic Circle of North America, San Fransico Bay Area, USA August 2008)