Research
Research papers
Peer-reviewed papers on God, atheism, the Qur'an and Islam in modern society, by Muhammad Harris Suhaib and colleagues.
About
Scholarship you can read
These 41 papers were published in academic journals between 2024 and 2026. Each one is open access: you can read and download the full paper for free.
Most papers have a short write-up on this site that explains the argument in plain language, with a link to the full paper. Papers marked “Full paper” open the original directly.
The author
Engr. Hafiz Muhammad Harris Suhaib
Muhammad Harris Suhaib is a research scholar in the Department of Islamic Studies at Al-Ghazali University, Karachi. An engineer and a hafiz of the Qur'an, he writes on the philosophy of religion, atheism and Islam's encounter with modern thought.
He is the author of There is a GOD, a book of Islamic proofs for the existence of God, listed in our articles and books. Most of these papers were written with colleagues and teachers, including Dr. Muhammad Afzal and Dr. Muhammad Ismail Aarifi.
God and belief
Arguments for God
Classical and modern arguments for the existence and oneness of God, and the innate disposition to believe.
Modern thought
Atheism, science and meaning
Responses to atheism, scientism, humanism and nihilism, and how modern authors explain religion away.
Qur'an and Sunnah
Qur'an, prophets and scholarship
Lessons from short surahs, the stories of the prophets, comparative scripture and the Islamic sciences.
Society and rights
Rights, justice and society
Islamic perspectives on human rights, gender, family, slavery, free speech and the first Islamic polity.
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