MPF Lecture Series
‘MODERN SCIENCE FINDS GOD’
by
Dr. Muhammad Al Mahdi
Date : Saturday, 5th February, 2005
Time : 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Place : MNI Twin Towers, Jalan Pinang,
Kuala Lumpur (opposite Mandarin Oriental Hotel)
Booking :
Mimi Musa 012 372 3135
Asnah Ahmad 012 210 0577
Dr Mazeni Alwi 019 357 5192
Dr. Joe Bux 019 334 8325
by 3rd February, 2005
Entry : Minimum contribution of RM 10.00
Free Admission for students with valid student ID
The MPF lecture series
The lecture series is intended to be one of MPF’s major regular activities, in line with our objectives of knowledge dissemination, intellectual engagement and dialogue on issues related Islam and Muslims in the context of Malaysia’s plural society and an increasing interdependent world. Islam as a universal faith that is embraced by diverse peoples of the world has made significant, lasting contributions to human civilization, and continues to influence world events and political trends today. This lecture series intends to bring scholars and experts to enlighten the Malaysian public at an introductory level on the various aspects of Islam and the Muslim world- politics and philosophy, art and architecture, history and culture, economics, science and technology, knowledge and spirituality and etc. It is hoped that this will further stimulate in depth reading and study on these subjects in those who have more than a passing interest in Islam. The speakers largely consist of Malaysia based experts and scholars. The lectures are held bimonthly.
About Dr. Al Mahdi
I spent over half my life as one of the most committed atheists you could ever imagine. I was totally convinced of the rightness of secular philosophies and materialist science. I spent over thirteen years as a full time university student. These long years of study included three Ph.D. programs. My early studies were in theoretical physics and my later studies were in child and clinical psychology.
I had never expected in my wildest imaginings that I would ever be a believer in God, and even more unexpected, that I would become a Muslim. About 30 years ago I decided that if I wanted to be honest as a scientist I would have to accept that the findings of modern science, particularly theoretical physics and cosmology, led undeniably to the conclusion that God did indeed exist.
I have now been a Muslim for about 25 years and have studied Islam with the same objective scrutiny I applied to any other subject. These years of study have only served to further establish the deep truth and rightness of the glorious religion given to us by Allah as our way of life. The theology and metaphysics of Islamic revelation and the enlightened interpretation of the early great Muslim scholars is now almost daily being further confirmed by the findings of modern empirical science and logic.
Dr. Muhammad is the founder of Khalifah Institute. He now spends his full time promoting The Khalifah Method toward the ultimate goal of achieving a fully and truly Islamic world.
Forthcoming lectures
26th, March, 2005 – Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research….. An International Impasse by Dr. Musa Nordin
21st May, 2005 – Human Rights – Mismatch of Ideals and Realities (speaker to be confirmed)