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→Atheists, debates and critical thinking
The poor debate performances of contemporary atheists and prominent atheists dodging debates is indicative of many atheists engaging in denialism and also a lack of rigorous critical thinking on the part of many atheists (see: [[Atheism and critical thinking]]).
The poor debate performances of contemporary atheists and prominent atheists dodging debates is indicative of many atheists engaging in denialism and also a lack of rigorous critical thinking on the part of many atheists (see: [[Atheism and critical thinking]]).
== Atheism vs. Islam debates ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism vs. Islam debates]] and [[Atheism debates]] and [[Christianity vs. atheism debates]]
There have been few [[atheism vs. Islam debates]].
[[Image:Hitchens,_Stanford.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[Christopher Hitchens]] ]]
Although [[Islam]] is a major religion with many adherents, in Islamic societies tolerance for [[Atheism|atheists]] is rare.<ref>[http://www.economist.com/news/international/21567059-ex-muslim-atheists-are-becoming-more-outspoken-tolerance-still-rare-no-god-not Ex-Muslim atheists are becoming more outspoken, but tolerance is still rare], ''The Economist''</ref>
In the [[Western World]], there have been a few notable public debates between atheists and Muslims, but there have not been many. The atheist [[Lawrence Krauss]] debated Muslim Hamza Tzortzis about the existence of God.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuTucfWTSgw Lawrence Krauss Vs Hamza Tzortzis]</ref> Also, the atheists Christopher Hitchens debated Muslim Tariq Ramadan and the debate topic was "Is Islam a religion of peace?".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CGFMwtJTyE Atheism vs Islam Debate - Christopher Hitchens vs Tariq Ramadan]</ref> As noted above, there have been incidences of Muslim extremists attacking critics of Islam in the [[Western World]] so many atheists may be reluctant to engage in high profile atheism vs. Islam debates.
When Muslim [[apologetics|apologists]] debate atheists about the [[Arguments for the existence of God|existence of God]], they usually employ the [[Arguments for the existence of God#Kalam cosmological argument|Kalam cosmological argument]] which is an argument for the existence of God developed in the Islamic world.
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