In order to convey the message of Islam, dialogue and debate become

inevitable. The Glorious Qur’an says:

[Al-Qur’an 16:125]

In conveying the message of Islam to a non-Muslim, it is usually not sufficient to

highlight only the positive nature of Islam. Most non-Muslims are not convinced

about the truth of Islam because there are a few questions about Islam at the

back of their minds that remain unanswered.

They may agree with your contentions about the positive nature of Islam. But,

in the same breath, they will say - “Ah! But you are the same Muslims who

marry more than one woman. You are the same people who subjugate women

by keeping them behind the veil. You are fundamentalists, etc.”

I personally prefer asking the non-Muslims upfront, with their limited

knowledge, whether right or wrong, from whichever source it may be, what they

feel is wrong in Islam. I encourage them to be very frank and open and convince

them that I can take criticism about Islam.

In the past few years of my Da’wah experience, I have realized that there are

barely twenty most common questions that a common non-Muslim has

regarding Islam. Whenever you ask a non-Muslim, “what do you feel is wrong in

Islam?”, he poses five or six questions, and these questions invariably fall

among the twenty most common questions.