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I've read a few of the Harun Yahya books. Most of them are very low-level works that belie a real understanding of the topics the author is discussing. An "educated" Westerner would just have a good laugh at them.

Also, there is no categorizing the "Western educated" mindset. Each person is different. Some will refuse to accept a good rational argument, even though they know it's correct. Most don't have the proper education or mental capacity to understand a logical argument, since they don't even teach formal logic anymore. They just want to go about their lives and enjoy. I have tried to discuss religion with atheists and the one common thread I've found in most of them, is that they just don't want to think about the issue. They are just atheists because it's seen as the hip thing to be. Most human beings don't think about why they do things, and they don't want to. Usually, with the force of philosophical argument, I can get them to accept that there needs to be an initial cause of the universe with some attributes of divinity, but beyond that, they just say "I don't believe in organized religion" and stop the conversation. And really, how can you convince a person in one sitting about the linguistic uniqueness of the Quran, true prophecies of Muhammad , etc. It's simply not possible.

Like one person mentioned, the hyper-intellectual approach is usually not good for dawah. The best vehicle for dawah to the kuffar nowadays is to have good akhlaq and to purify oneself.

PS If people saw the "sufis" who spread Islam in Asia nowadays, they would think they were Taliban extremist fundamentalist etc.