Imam Tom Weekly, a Yaqeen podcast The Hidden Bias in Every History Book | Focal Point with Imam Tom Facchine
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Sep 25, 2025 Imam Tom Facchine dives deep into the Historical Critical Method, revealing its biases and origins rooted in 19th-century thought. He challenges the notion of historical objectivity, arguing that it sidelines the divine and unseen elements crucial to understanding history. The contrast between ancient beliefs and Enlightenment theories is explored, highlighting how modern historiography often reduces humanity to mere materialism. Facchine urges listeners to critically engage with how sacred histories are displaced by dominant narratives and to embrace a more holistic view of truth.
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Hidden Premise: History Without The Unseen
- Imam Tom Facchine shows that the historical critical method denies the unseen and frames history as only naturalistic causes.
- This clashes directly with Islamic belief that faith includes conviction in the unseen.
Enlightenment Origins And Unseen Assumptions
- The Enlightenment and 19th-century thinkers birthed grand secular theories that displaced sacred explanations.
- The historical critical method became hegemonic, yet rests on unexamined philosophical assumptions.
Naturalism As A Methodological Dictate
- The method assumes history has only naturalistic causes and excludes divine agency from explanations.
- It hermetically seals the created world off from influence by the unseen.