Support Provided by Secular Civilization

fostered the spirit of inquiry at a general level, and encouraged the objective study of religion, etc. The most remarkable event in this connection was the discovery of the laws hidden in nature as a result of scientific research. These discoveries were like an unveiling of the wonders of God and made it possible to substantiate monotheistic belief by the scientific criterion established by man himself. It was this great dawah opportunity becoming a reality in the future, which was predicted thus in the Quran: “We shall show them our signs in the universe and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that this is the truth.” (41:53) The second form of opportunity offered by Western Civilization is to communicate the divine message globally by using modern technology. An event of primary importance in this connection was the invention of the printing press in the eighteenth century. This technology made possible the transition from the verbal communication of dawah to the use of the printed word. Of even greater importance is the development of modern communications. Modern communications and digital media in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have, for the first time in the real sense, made it possible for the divine message to be communicated not only at a global level but also