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The article considers the extent to which Alvin Plantinga's epistemology may be grounded and extended in Islamic way. Topics include alternative model from within the Islamic tradition, drawing on the theological epistemology of the Islamic theologian Ibn Taymiyya; Erik Baldwin attempts to construct an Islamic account of Reformed Epistemology in concurrence with Plantinga's Aquinas-Calvin (A/C) model; and conscious and active awareness to demonstrate the truth of beliefs about God and Islam.

The article examines an existentialist approach to Islam based on the philosophy of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and the thought of contemporary Muslim existentialist thinker Muhammad Iqbal. Topics discussed include the commonalities and differences between the thought of Kierkegaard and Iqbal, a summary of the Kierkegaardian characteristics of faith, and the nature of Islamic existentialism.