Mr. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi vs. Ali
Sina
An invitation to debate
From: Free Inquirer <[email protected]>
Invitation to a Debate
Sep 4, 2006
During
the recent years Islam has become the target of sever criticism and vilification
not just by members of other religions but by a growing number of ex-Muslims.
The Internet has allowed these critics to come out and speak their minds at an
alarming rate. These criticisms have had devastating effect on the minds of the
Muslim youths who unable to answer the critics on their own are bewildered that
the Islamic scholars also have not come forth with satisfactory answers. In
the interest of unraveling the truth about Islam and clearing the minds of the
young Muslims I am formally inviting the Islamic critic Ali Sina and the modern
Pakistani ‘state appointed’ Islamic Scholar Javed Ahmed Ghamidi to engage in
a debate on Islam.
ALI SINA
Ali Sina is probably one of the most eminent critics of Islam,
an ex-Muslim who renounced Islam after reading the Quran. Ali Sina has managed
to create a movement against Islam and has grouped together a group of
ex-Muslims who share his opinions on Islam. He has challenged Islamic Scholars
to disprove the fallacies that he has identified in the Quran and Hadith.
JAVED AHMAD GHAMIDI
Javed
Ahmad Ghamidi is a respected Islamic Scholar who has been recently
appointed by the Pakistani Government to help facilitate the government in
‘modern’ interpretation of Islam and to do Ijtehad for the development of
a cosmopolitan modern Islamic Society. Javed Ghamidi has been under the
tutelage of Amin Ehsan Islahi and idealizes the writings of his teacher with
utmost reverence. Initially expelled from Jamaat e Islami due to some
difference with the party’s founder Maududi, Ghamidi has managed to develop
a restricted following of his own. He has been actively involved in the
government’s initiative to revamp and restructure Islamic Ordinances in
Pakistan like Hudood Ordinance and Zina Ordinance. He is also the president of
the Al Mawrid Institute based in
Lahore. Javed Ghamidi also enjoys a good company of his students who teach in
various places in Pakistan. Most notable are Moiz Amjad, Asif Iftikhar, Khalid
Zaheer & others…Mr. Ghamidi operates through a network of Danish Saras
across Pakistan and has some major Islamic Sites to his credit. He also
publishes various magazines in Urdu and English like Ishraq and Renaissance.
The Challenge to a Debate
This is an invitation to Ali Sina and Javed Ahmed Ghamidi to
debate on the validity of claims made by Islam and whether Islam is a true
religion. Both parties are invited to provide answers to each other’s
arguments.
- Both sides have to accept this
invitation
- The debate will be conducted
over emails and will be published on the Faith Freedom International Website
for the benefit of common public.
- The points on which the debate
shall be done will be agreed upon first by the two parties to ensure that
the core issue is addressed properly. However it is preferable that Ali
Sina’s arguments be thoroughly studied on http://www.faithfreedom.org
/challenge.htm to restrict the debate only to main
points of disagreement.
- Complete references should be
given by both parties to support their arguments for the benefit of the
reader
- Any other points on which both
sides would like to agree upon
The debate is subjected to acceptance on both sides. Failure
of acceptance of the debate on any one side shall be deemed as a failure to
provide a logical and truthful response to support one’s ideas / ideology
Dear Free Enquirer
I published your invitation to
announce my acceptance to debate with Mr. Javed Ahmad Ghamidi. It would be an
honor to discus important points of disagreement on Islam with such an eminent
scholar. Please inform Mr. Ghamidi that I look forward to meet him virtually.
I have given countless proofs that
Islam is not a true religion. Mr. Ghamidi is invited to disprove any of my
claims, or if he prefers, he could give one single irrefutable proof that Islam
is indeed a true religion sent by God.
In either case, should Mr. Ghamidi
disprove any of my charges against Muhammad and Islam or provide a single
irrefutable proof that Islam is from God, I promise to publicly acknowledge that
I have been mistaken and remove this site permanently. Furthermore I am offering
$50,000 US dollars reward to anyone who can show Islam is a true religion or at
least my charges against Muhammad are unfounded.
Greetings
Ali Sina
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