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Hard questions of faith, asked in their strongest form and with respect. The answers show their limits too.

1. Q1 Why is there suffering if God is all-good and all-powerful?
2. Q2 If everything is written, how am I free?
3. Q3 Why believe the Creator is involved (deism)?
4. Q4 Was the Quran preserved?
5. Q5 Is evolution compatible with Islam?
6. Q6 Does Islam treat women unequally?
7. Q7 Is leaving Islam punishable by death?
8. Q8 Is doubting a sin? I keep having blasphemous thoughts.
9. Q9 Why does God need our worship?
10. Q10 Why five daily prayers, and why do I feel nothing?
11. Q11 Are hadith reliable? (including "Kuran İslamı")
12. Q12 Are "scientific miracles" in the Quran real?
13. Q13 Is eternal Hell just for finite sins?
14. Q14 Are good people of other faiths saved? What about those who never heard?
15. Q15 Why are prayers (du'a) unanswered?
16. Q16 Earthquakes and disasters: are they punishment? (Türkiye, February 2023)
17. Q17 Who created God?
18. Q18 "If religious people act like this, why believe?"
19. Q19 Why one "right" Islam? Why so many sects?
20. Q20 Aisha's age at marriage
21. Q21 Slavery
22. Q22 The Prophet's wars and Banu Qurayza
23. Q23 Polygyny
24. Q24 Hijab and coercion
25. Q25 Homosexuality
26. Q26 Isn't belief just upbringing?
27. Q27 Why believe Muhammad was a prophet?
28. Q28 Why Islam and not another religion?
29. Q29 Why would a self-sufficient God create?
30. Q30 Evidence for an afterlife
31. Q31 Are my non-Muslim loved ones lost?
32. Q32 Is deism a stable position?
33. Q33 Miracles vs natural laws
34. Q34 Consciousness: can matter explain the mind?
35. Q35 Why fast? Why so many rules?
36. Q36 Is claiming one religion is true arrogant?
37. Q37 Can I be "spiritual but not religious"?
38. Q38 How do I rebuild faith after a crisis of doubt?