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Representing the Muslim perspective was Adam Deen: Adam is a former Islam channel presenter and intellectual activist who has been working in the field of Muslim apologetics for almost a decade.

He has contributed to debates on issues ranging from ethics, to religious philosophy and theology.

He is a member of the Muslim Dawah Initiative its formed of members from the Muslim community with experience in public speaking, apologetics, polemics, research and community work.

He is currently completing a degree in Philosophy at Birkbeck University.

He runs his blog www.adamdeen.blogspot.com

Representing the Atheist was Mr Dan Barker, Mr Barker is a prominent American atheist activist, co-president of the Freedom from Religion who served as a Christian preacher and musician for 19 years, but left Christianity in 1984.

Barker received a degree in Religion from Azusa Pacific University and was ordained to the ministry by the Standard Community Church, California

In 1975. He served as associate pastor at a Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) church, an Assembly of God, and an independent Charismatic church.

To this day, he receives royalties from his popular children’s Christian musicals, “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (1977), and “His Fleece Was White as Snow” (1978), both published by Manna Music and performed in many countries. In 1984 he announced to his friends that he was an atheist.

The Topic of Debate: Ethics & Religion: Can You be Good without God?

Adam Deen (www.AdamDeen.com)

vs.

Dan Barker (www.ffrf.org)

(Imperial College, London, UK 26th November 2009)

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The Madinah Books Series – Book 2 – DVD 14

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The Arabic Course for English-Speaking Students is a comprehensive and popular course for the teaching of the Qur’anic and Traditional Arabic, originally devised and taught at the renowned Madinah Islamic University, catering for the non-Arabic speaking students from all over the world. Over the years, this course has enabled students to become competent in their use of the Arabic language and to participate and benefit from scholarly pursuits such as Qur’anic exegeses, hadith, fiqh, sirah, history, and classical and modern Arabic literature. It is concise (consisting of only three books, reasonably short) but extensive in their coverage. It combines modern Arabic vocabulary with Islamic terminology used in the Qur’an and Sunnah. It Helps acquire an understanding of hundreds of Qur’anic verses, ahadith, Arabic parables and poetry.” Learning classical Arabic effectively could not be more easier than this course of Madinah Islamic University. A tried and tested course over 40 years with proven track record of success, it is ideal in terms of the the topics covered and short time taken to learn. It is suitable for schools and colleges in the UK and other Western English speaking countries.
Part A

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Part B

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