The Golden Age of Islam?

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Assalamu’alaikum everyone! Today's episode is about why Islam makes sense. This episode talks about a bunch of different religions and goes through a few key contradictions in other religions that prove Islam:) 

As requested by the audience, in this episode we talk about the very early development of Speculative Islamic theology, or "Kalam".

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Sources/Suggested reading:

Winter, Tim ( ...