Dear Seeker of Truth,

 No one is compelled to accept the truth, but it is certainly a shame upon the human intellect when a
 man is not even interested in finding out what the truth is!

 Islam teaches that our Creator has given human beings the faculty of reason. Therefore, it is incumbent
 upon them to reason things out objectively and systematically for themselves to ponder, to question
 and to reflect.

 Nobody should press you to make a hasty decision to accept any of the teachings of Islam, for Islam
 teaches that human beings should be given the freedom to choose. Even when a person is faced with
 the truth, there is no compulsion upon him to embrace it.

 But before you begin to form an opinion about Islam, ask yourself whether your existing knowledge
 about it is thorough enough. Ask yourself whether that knowledge has been obtained through third
 party sources who themselves have probably been exposed to only random glimpses of Islamic
 writings and have yet to reason out on Islam objectively and systematically themselves.

 Is it fair enough that one should form an opinion about the taste of a particular dish just by a mere
 hearsay from others who may themselves have not necessarily tasted the dish yet?

 Similarly you should find out for yourself about Islam from reliable sources and not only taste it, but
 rather digest it very well before you form an opinion of it. That would be an intellectual approach to the
 truth.

 In making your next move to the truth, Islam continually reassures you that your rights to freedom of
 choice and freedom to use that God-given faculty of thought and reason will be respected, for
 everyone has that individual will. No one else can take away that will and force you to submit to the
 true way of your Creator, you have to find out and make that decision yourself!

 May your intellectual journey towards the truth be a pleasant and fruitful one.


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