Referaat Islami usust
prestige accorded to scientists in the Islamic world, research scientists can spread scientific
ideas to Muslims. In his book titled God Is Not Great, which criticizes all religions,
Christopher Hitchens expresses his opinion by stating that Islam is "dogmatic," and "the
fact remains that Islam's core claim to be unimprovable and final is at once absurd."
Such claims have been challenged by many Muslim scholars and writers including Fazlur
Rahman Malik, Syed Ameer Ali, Ahmed Deedat and Yusuf Estes. Montgomery Watt and
Norman Daniel dismiss many of the criticisms as the product of old myths and polemics.
As a result of immigration, many Muslims have formed significant communities in the
United States and Europe (particularly Britain, France and Germany). A concern for
Muslims has been the practice of their faith, and retention of their values and identity. The