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Differences in the Issue of Atheism… S. Fahs and M.H.H al-askari / (15




               Introduction                          the  existence  of  deities.  Less
               In this article, some points that     broadly, atheism is a rejection
               will be mentioned range from:         of  the  belief  that  any  deities

                   •  Definition of Atheism          exist.  In  an  even  narrower
                   •  Agnosticism                    sense atheism is specifically the
                   •  Reasons  for  the  strong      position that there are no deities”.

                      view  on  atheism  in  the        Atheism is also distinguished
                      west                           from  agnosticism:  “who  does
                   •  Different     types     of     not know or believes that it is
                      atheism in the west            impossible  to  know  if  a  god
                   •  Role in exporting atheistic    exists”.  (Cambridge  Advanced
                      ideas to Islamic countries     Learner's Dictionary, 2003)

                   •  Atheism in the East            Types  of  Atheism  in  the
                   •  Different types of atheism     East and West
                      in the east                    Allah said in his glorious book:
                   •  Causes of its spread                  “So  set  thou  thy  face

                   •  Impact of western ideology            steadily and truly to the
                   •  Solutions                             Faith: (establish) Allah's
                   •  The fate of Atheism                   handiwork according to
                                                            the pattern on which He
                  Definitions of Atheism vary               has  made  mankind:  no
               in  the  degree  of  consideration           change (let there be) in
               a  person  must  put  to  the  idea          the  work  (wrought)  by
                                                            Allah:
                                                                      that
                                                                                   the
                                                                              is
               of  Gods  to  be  considered  an             standard Religion: but most
               atheist, “atheism in the broadest            among mankind understand
               sense is an absence or belief in             not”. (Quran, 30: 30)
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