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also we shouldnt be muslims just because our parents are muslims or dont want to become outcaste we should only be muslims because we are CONVINCED islaam is haqq. although i pray to Allah (swt) he never allows me to go astray but nothing the kuffar or apostates say cane shake my believe. may Allah (swt) guide your bro back to islaam. dont want to open a can of worms but there are 100s of people like him but are too scared to come open with their apostasy and all have simular objections. we need to discuss them so we can explain to them and bring them back to islaam The Muslim has to be convinced of the truth of Islam and he has to be totally convinced about the major matters upon which Islam rests on, such as the absolute necessity of Allah's existence, and that the concept of Allah in Islam is the only possibly correct, while every other religion's ideas about Allah (be they Christianity, Hinduism, Atheism, etc.) are logically impossible.

I do not know what is the specific case in here, but if the person mentioned has become atheist then he should read Mufti Instructor's article. The reason is that for all disbelievers (and for Muslims in doubt) the first thing that should be known is the absolute certainty of Allah's Existence as presented in Islam - the article by Mufti Instructor, with the help of other writings, can be expanded to show how every other ideology about Allah is wrong, since we are calling for the people to believe in Allah, not just "any god". If such is shown to people with certainty and they accept it, then there should be acceptance of Islam right away, since we have eliminated the other religions and ideologies as having any possibility of being correct. However, if such is not the case, then we should move to a study of prophethood and how Muhammad (Salla Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) was the true Prophet of Allah.

Insha Allah other members can also expand on this matter, but in synthesis, it should be known that emphasis is to be laid in how Islam differs from other religions in its concept of Allah, before we move to discuss so-called "contradictions in the Qur'an" and so forth.