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You Were Never Taught How to Think | Sahil Adeem’s Critical Thinking Class Orientation

(0:00) Intro

(1:24) The Real Purpose of the Critical Thinking Course

(2:17) Preparing Yourself for the Intellectual Journey

(3:00) How the Companions Presented the Case for Islam

(4:33) What Happens When Muslims Abandon Their Responsibility?

(4:46) Identifying and Challenging Dominant Worldviews

(5:21) Know Who You Are Before Challenging Others

(6:40) Are You Controlled by Inherited Thinking?

(7:16) Why Children Stop Asking Their Parents Questions

(8:00) Understanding Arguments, Evidence, Premises, and Inference

(8:45) The Leadership and Political Vision of the Prophet ﷺ

(10:17) Why Muslim Youth Learn From YouTube and Netflix

(11:18) Does Islam Discourage the Use of Intellect?

(12:37) The Prophetic Foundation of This Critical Thinking Course

(13:48) Why Future Generations May Laugh at Today’s Technology

(15:30) Why Muslims Feel Overwhelmed by Western Progress

(15:55) Who Will Resist Critical Thinking the Most?

(17:27) Where Should Logic Begin and Where Should It Stop?

(18:21) Reflecting on the Signs of Allah

(19:11) How Muslims Can Become a Trial for Non-Muslims

(20:53) Becoming Competent Representatives of the Quran

(23:02) The 100-Year Plan and Its Central Course

(24:20) The Complete Critical Thinking Roadmap

(24:46) How to Identify Biases and Logical Fallacies

(25:32) Understanding the Thought Models That Control You

(26:37) Why Critical Thinking Is an Essential Life Skill

(27:17) What Is Expected From Every Student

(28:30) Remove Your Intellectual Armor

(29:47) The Quran’s Open Challenge to Humanity

(31:47) Critical Thinking as a Foundation of Islam

(32:26) Speak With Knowledge and Skill, Not Emotion

(33:20) The Intellectual Crisis Facing Muslims

(36:02) Challenge Your Own Thinking First

(37:30) Why Ego Has No Place in This Classroom

(38:07) Class Schedule and Global Student Participation

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