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526andreas christmann (2007)a rational answer for them. Both serve together. They helped meto create in myself a rational mind…[Laughter]…that’s all.AC: How difficult is it for someone who has no degree in physics or mathematicsto understand your ideas?MS: It is not difficult at all provided that the reader uses his or herrational mind and follows my logical arguments. Because whenyou read my work you will see that it is very consistent. You don’tneed a degree in mathematics to find this out. This is the mainthing of my work: it is consistent and you either take it all or leaveit. You cannot just take one chapter and leave the rest. It is awhole package and it is a consistent one.AC: My question was more about the mathematical parts in this volume, forexample, the application of geometrical formulas and theories for inheritancelaws and the theory of limits. Does this not pose a problem for those withouta mathematical background?MS: Yes, I can see that, but people with a secondary school certificatewill understand it. Because they do geometry, integration,and coordinates in schools, don’t they? And people will knowwhat equations are, what a mean is, and that groups might beone, or two, or three, etc. It is pure logic that anybody canunderstand.AC: When you talked about your confrontation with atheism you quoted verse149 of Sårat al-An#§m and said that it helped you to find an answer toatheism. How exactly did it help you?MS: The verse says: ‘Say: God’s is the argument that reaches home.Had He wanted, He could indeed have guided you all’. It tellsme that when I have a debate with an atheist the best argumentfor God is the strongest argument. I then asked myself where thisargument was, I could not see it anywhere!AC: And back then you were unable to find a strong argument for God?MS: That is right. You see, our education in the Muslim world isvery weak. It is not based on logical reasoning. We confront atheismwith animosity and that is all, hostility but no argument. Butin the Soviet Union I could not be hostile; I had to argue for mybelief. At that time I could not find a good argument for God,now I have found it, but then I asked myself ‘where is the proof