Terrorophobia

Radicals being against music, arts and modernity is the reason of Islamophobia... These people are against sculpture, against painting, against music, against entertainment, against the laughter of women, against women going outside, wearing revealing clothes, against men cutting their beards, and the punishment (they see fit for those acts) is always death.

When this is the case, people feel terrified. Islam is misrepresented as a religion of terror. That is the reason why such an antipathy is formed. Then they call it  ‘Islamophobia.’ There is terrorophobia actually, people are terrified because of terror. You are spreading terror. What does it have to do with Islam? The things you are talking about have nothing to do with Islam. You are talking about a system of terror and you are misrepresenting it as Islam. You have named terror as Islam. There is compassion, mercy, love, arts, science, aesthetics,  beauty and everything in Islam.

Adnan Oktar - 2014-12-25

Hirsi Ali and her errors

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/12/hirsi-ali-and-her-errors.html

Harun Yahya, Istanbul, Turkey

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, whose book, "Heretic : Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now?", was recently published, rose to fame through her undiluted opposition to Islam. 

Born in Somalia, Hirsi lived a difficult childhood that included her being subjected to female circumcision and a forced marriage. 

Later, she filed for asylum with the Netherlands and was accepted in a record two weeks due to her difficult situation. 

It was then that her metamorphosis started. 

With her introduction to Western society, she changed her name, her appearance, her faith, and became a staunch anti-Islamic figure. She was a welcome addition to anti-Islamic circles that were using every opportunity to incite tensions against Muslims. 

So much so that she entered the Dutch parliament with an anti-immigration party, secured book deals, appeared on CNN, wrote for Time magazine and was named one of the top 100 influential people in 2005 by Time. 

She was following a known route sometimes seen among members from the less-privileged parts of the world. These people tend to blame their former lives, faith, and culture in a desperate attempt to fit into their new environment. 

They start emulating everything Western — good or bad — and denounce everything from their past. Most of the time, this behavior makes them famous, and incidentally makes them rich too; either in the form of book deals or a political career.

Ali met the expectations of the Islamophobic circles and hastily began telling horror stories about Islam. She blamed Islam for every fault she could find in today’s world including traditions and superstitions. 

She liked the attention too much to give thought to such things like fairness or justice.  

Her dislike of Islam was so strong, even though she was once a refugee in need, she didn’t hesitate to defend anti-immigration policies to restrict the entry of less-privileged and vulnerable people to Europe.  

Since she enjoys lots of coverage in the mainstream media, her errors and deceptions about Islam need to be clarified:

She claims that women are oppressed in Islam. It is true that in many Muslim countries women face lots of difficulties. 

However, the problem in the Muslim world stems from false hadiths and superstitions that emerged over centuries after the revelation of the Koran. 

Islam offers true respect and value to women. For instance, in the event of a divorce, God ensures that they are always taken care of and never left in a needy position. 

Or, in case of conflicting statements with the husband, the wife’s word supersedes the husband’s. 

In the Koran, Mary, mother of Jesus, is shown as a role model not just for women, but for all of humanity.   

The Prophet Muhammad’s wife, Khadija, was a woman of a strong character, running her own business and dealing with society at large. 

God gives equal responsibilities to men and women and promises the same reward to both of them.

Hırsi claims that violence is a part of Islam. Yet this problem stems from the superstitions that emerged after the revelation of the Koran. 

The false manufactured hadiths led to emergence of justifications for violence. In truth, God orders absolute peace and love for the entire humanity and strictly forbids violence and hostility. 

There is no room for violence in Islam and the actions of Islamic radicals do not change this fact.  

In a cliché approach, she uses the word “jihad” in an attempt to vilify Islam. Contrary to popular belief, the word jihad means “making an effort”. 

The physical fight is described by the word qital, and according to the Koran, is permissible only as a defensive move and as a last resort. 

The fact that radicals misuse the word neither makes it right nor does it make it a part of Islam. 

Islam champions true democracy, freedom of thought and secularism. Muslims are ordered to invite people to the right path in the kindest manner, but leave the choice to them.  

While the mainstream Western media hails her as a hero, Hirsi doesn’t hesitate to go against everything that the Western world claims to stand for, like freedom of faith, freedom of thought, the right to human dignity, respect and protection.  

She says the Western world needs to be in a military war with Islam. 

Furthermore, she claims to oppose violence allegedly resulting from Islam, but expresses sympathy with Anders Behring Breivik, the mass-murdering terrorist who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011: “That one man, who killed 77 people in Norway because he fears Europe will be overrun by Islam, may have cited the work of those who speak and write against political Islam in Europe and in America.” 

He says very clearly that it was the advocates of silence. Because all outlets to express his views were censored, he says, he had no other choice but to use violence. 

She even says that there should be such a thing as the “right to offend”, and encourages offending Muslims in every way possible. She is clearly the outcome of radicalism. 

But Muslims must not repeat her mistake and blame her while ignoring the real problem. We need to understand our duty and come together to put an intellectual end to this wrong perception of Islam in the Western world. 

It is crucial that Muslims abide by the Koran completely to show how Islam values women, art, democracy and freedom. 

We need to show to the whole world that the real Islam in the Koran is the epitome of love and beauty. 

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There is no room for violence in Islam and the actions of Islamic radicals do not change this fact.  

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The writer has authored books on politics, religion and science.

Charlie Hebdo

Those drawings they have drawn do not belong to our Prophet (saas). The drawer places a mirror in front of him and is drawing, looking carefully at the mirror. This is the whole issue. He draws himself very comprehensively, in full details and those drawings have nothing to do with our Prophet (saas). Our Prophet (saas) was exceedingly handsome.
(A9 TV; January 13th, 2015)

Abu Jahl saw Prophet Muhammad and said: “What an ugly _______ !”

Prophet Muhammad replied: “You're rude, but you're right.”

Abu Bakr saw Prophet Muhammad and said: “You're the beautiful shining sun!”

Prophet Muhammad said: “You're right, my friend. You’ve seen through.”

Someone listening to this asked: How can they both be right when they are contradicting each other?

Prophet Muhammad said: “ I am a mirror polished by Allah.In me everyone sees themselves.”

Mathnawi by Rumi who adapted it from Hadith.

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• Our Prophet (pbuh) was very handsome and majestic. These people are drawing themselves in their cartoons
• Charlie Hebdo

Racism in Europe: Who is to blame? in Urdu

Harun Yahya's article "Racism in Europe: Who is to blame?" published at Pakistan's Urdu Daily Paper, Daily Nai Baat

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یورپ میں نسلی تعصب : ذمہ دار کون؟

عالم مغرب

ہارون یحییٰ

    جن لوگوں کو تاریخ سے تھوڑی بہت دلچپسی ہے، انہیں بخوبی معلوم ہے کہ نسلی تعصب، یورپ  کے چہرے پر ایک دھبے کی مانند ہے. دیگر بہت سے منفی اور جمہوریت کے رنگ میں رنگے گئے اور روشن خیال مذاہب کے نزدیک، نسلی تعصب ابھی تک تاریخ کی کتابوں تک ہی محدود رہا ہے. نسلی تعصب پر مبنی رجحانات کے علاوہ متشدد کارروائیاں، جن کے متعلق یورپ اور امریکہ کا خیال ہے کے یہ ماضی کا قصہ ہیں، سے ظاہر ہوتا ہے کہ یہ بیماری، کبھی بھی دور نہیں ہوئی-

    نسلی تعصب کے متعلق امریکہ کا اپنا نظریہ ہے جبکہ یوروپ میں اس کا اظہار اس وقت ہوا جب یوروپیوں نے مسلم دشمن رویہ اپنانا شروع کردیا. یوروپ کے مختلف حصوں میں مساجد پر حملے اور مسلم مخالف مظاہرے, مسلمانوں کے خلاف یورپی تعصب کی علامت ہیں لیکن جرمنی میں مسلمانوں کے خلاف نسلی تعصب انتہا کو پہنچ چکا ہے.

    جرمنی میں ایک مسلم مخالف تنظیم، روزانہ کی بنیاد پر مسلمانوں کے خلاف مظاہرے کررہی ہے جن کے دوران مظاہرین یہ نعرے بلند کرتے ہیں "ہم مسلمانوں کو اپنے ملک میں نہیں دیکھنا چاہتے". یہ مظاہرے جرمنی کے ایک ایسے شہر ڈریسڈن میں ہوتے ہیں جہاں مسلمانوں کی تعداد  زیادہ نہیں اور صاف معلوم ہوتا ہے کہ یہ تنظیم، جرمنوں کو مسلمانوں کے خلاف تشدد اور دہست گردی پر اکسارہی ہے. اس تنظیم کا مقصد یہ ہے کے یوروپ میں سے مساجد نابود ہوجائیں. یوروپ بھر میں مساجد پر حملے روزانہ کا معمول بن چکا ہے. جرمنی کے زیادہ تر سیاست دانوں کی طرف سے ان مظاہروں کی مذمت میں ایک فقرہ بھی سامنے نہیں آیا.

    یہ امر قابل تحسین ہے کے کرسمس کے موقع پر جرمن چانسلر نے اپنی تقریر میں ان مظاہرین کی طرف اشارہ کرتے ہوے کہا:

    "ان لوگوں کی طرف توجہ مت دیں جو جرمنی کو تنہا کر دینا چاہتے ہیں. جو لوگ، ہمارے ملک میں باہر سے آنے والے لوگوں کے لیے نفرت کا اظہار کررہے ہیں، ان لوگوں کے لیے ہمارے ملک میں کوئی جگہ نہیں".

    مزید برآں، جرمنی کے وزیر انصاف نے بھی کہا ہے کہ مسلم مخالف یہ مظاہرے، یورپ کے لیے باعث تحقیر ہیں. اس کے علاوہ چرچ، سیاسی جماعتوں اور فنکاروں کی طرف سے ان مظاہرین کی مذمت کے لیے جوابی مظاہرے کیے گئے ہیں.

    اگرچہ مندرجہ بالا بیانات اور اقدامات لائق تحسین ہیں، لیکن کافی نہیں. محض لب کشائی اور علامتی اظہار کے ذریعے نسل پرستوں کو مسلم مخالف اقدامات سے باز نہیں رکھا جا سکتا اور ان مسلم مخالف مظاہروں کی روک تھام کرنے کے لیے ٹھوس کاروائیاں درکار ہیں. جس طریقے کے ذریے جرمنی کی مرکزی حزب مخالف نے مارکل پر نسل پرستانہ مظاہروں میں اضافے کا الزام عائد کیا ہے، اسے بھی نظر انداز نہیں کرنا چاہیے. جرمنی کی حزب مخالف نے کہا ہے کہ مسلمانوں کے خلاف یہ ماحول، ان پالیسیوں کا نتیجہ ہے جو ماضی میں اختیار کی گیئں.

    نسلی تعصب ایک نفسیاتی عارضہ ہے. یہ عارضہ اس وقت پیدا ہوتا ہے جب ایک گروہ، اپنے سے کمزور گروہ کو کچل دینا چاہتا ہے. اگرچہ یہ بھی درست ہے کہ نسل پرست، نفسیاتی طور پر بیمار ہوتے ہیں لیکن دیگر عناصر جن کے باعث ان کی اس بیماری میں اضافہ ہوتا ہے، کو بھی نظر انداز نہیں کرنا چائیے.

    کم علمی کی بنا پر بہت سے یوروپی، مسلم عسکریت پسندوں کو اسلام کے مترادف سمجھتے ہیں. اس کے برعکس، اسلام امن کی تبلیغ کا ایک ایسا مذھب ہے جو معاشرے میں انسانوں کے مساوی حقوق کا حامی ہے. یہ بھی حقیقت ہے کہ اس وقت مسلمانوں کی بڑی تعداد قرانی تعلیمات سے بے بہرہ ہے.

    برحال، نسلی تعصب کے مسلے کو حل کرنے کے لیے ہمیں یہ نہیں سمجھنا چائیے کہ اس کی پہل یوروپ کی طرف سے ہو. بطور مسلمان، ہماری بھی ذمداری ہے کہ ہم نسلی تعصب کے مسلے کو ختم کرنے کے لیے یوروپیوں کے ساتھ محبت و پیار کے ساتھ پیش آییں. ہمیں اپنے اندر بھی باہمی اعتماد اور ہم آہنگی پیدا کرنی چاہے. ہمیں دنیا کے سامنے اسلام کا حقیقی چہرہ پیش کرنا چاہے جو محبت اور دوستی کا علمبردار ہے. یہ ہماری حماقت ہو گی کہ ہم نفرت کے عوض محبت اور دوستی کے طلبگار ہوں.

    (بشکریہ: عرب نیوز، ترجمہ: ریاض محمود انجم)

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Adnan Oktar: So long as Muslims keep standing against the arts, music and women’s choices about clothes, Islamophobia will occur all around the world

ADNAN OKTAR: So long as Muslims keep standing against music, against the arts and against women’s wearing revealing clothes - for instance, because my friends are wearing revealing clothes here, I receive lots of messages about them, even though the relatives, the mothers and the sisters of those people are also wearing such clothes, yet despite that, their subconscious is filled with those ideas. Europe is also fed up with them. These people are against sculpture, against painting, against music, against entertainment, against the laughter of women, against women going outside, wearing revealing clothes, against men cutting their beards, and the punishment (they see fit for those acts) is always death.

When this is the case, people feel terrified. Islam is misrepresented as a religion of terror. That is the reason why such an antipathy is formed. Then they call it  ‘Islamophobia.’ There is terrorophobia actually, people are terrified because of terror. You are spreading terror. What does it have to do with Islam? The things you are talking about have nothing to do with Islam. You are talking about a system of terror and you are misrepresenting it as Islam. You have named terror as Islam. There is compassion, mercy, love, arts, science, aesthetics,  beauty and everything in Islam.

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Radicals being against music, arts and modernity is the reason of Islamophobia

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What to do with Boko Haram?

http://en.harakahdaily.net/index.php/articles/analysis-a-opinion/8917-what-to-do-with-boko-haram.html

What to do with Boko Haram?

Harun Yahya,

13 May 2014

There is no need to always look for external forces to see what actually is harmful for Islam. We should first look inside ourselves. Like the inhuman and hate-filled practices such as those of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, al-Shabaab in Somalia and the Taliban in Afghanistan, the savage actions of Boko Haram in Nigeria give rise to Islamophobia.  The atrocities committed by fanatics bring down troubles on the entire Islamic world. Islamophobia is spreading across the world because of a handful of fanatics; the savage practices of fanatical belief terrify the world.

Two hundred female students between 12 to 15 years old were kidnapped in the Nigerian state of Borno on April 15^th; eight more girls were seized on May 6^th. Boko Haram, alleged to have links to al-Qaeda, assumed responsibility for these inhuman actions. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau continues his defiance and issues threats saying he will sell the girls into slavery.

Hundreds of acts of terror supposedly committed in the name of Islam by numerous radical organizations have taken place in Africa in the last 50 years. These organizations use violence to try to impose their own beliefs and living systems. Boko Haram says it does not want to see a scientific and European-style education system in Nigeria; their very name means “Western education is forbidden.” They therefore attack schools, students and state institutions. The terror organization killed 50 people, 42 of them students, in an attack on a school boarding house in the state of Yobe in September 2013. In the last year, this radical organization is responsible for the deaths of more than 1,500 people.

The USA offered assistance to Nigeria in the wake of the seizure of the female students. However both the USA and the European countries have largely failed  to produce policies that lead to success when it comes to dealing with radicalism. As talk of “eliminating radicalism through force” rises in the West, it leads to the radicals who declare the Western world to be “the enemy” to resort to violence even more. Radicals attract supporters by spreading propaganda saying that the West is a foe preparing to destroy them. Victims of violence turn to violence and those who have access to guns use guns. Hatred and violence do nothing but incite further hatred and violence. As a result, every death, invasion or  war turns into an agent that strengthens radical propaganda; it creates what's known as a positive feedback loop.

Contrary to what people think, fanaticism is not an unconscious and blind system. Fanaticism is the name given to a “dark philosophy of life” furnished with misinformation. People in it are loveless and sick at heart.

For example, Boko Haram is opposed to Western education, but engages in intensive educational efforts using its own sources filled with superstitions. It regards the Holy Qur’an, the main source of Islam, as insufficient - may Allah forbid - and fabricates hundreds of rules based on false and unrealistic sources. As a result of these perverse and sinister philosophies, they issue fatwas concerning the kidnapping of female students, selling them into slavery or otherwise legitimizing violence. The members of this group therefore lose the ability to judge and analyze by the light of the true Islam and imagine that they are in fact on the true path. At this point, one needs to reconsider the issue: Since radicalism is based on a false belief, all it needs is education with the truth. Indeed, teachers of love who will tell people of Islam using true sources, who are capable of approaching people with love, friendship, brotherhood, peace and reason, and of telling them of love and compassion need to be supported.

Fanaticism can be treated. Their sickness, fears and doubts can be overcome through systematic and scientific educational mobilization, without hating the fanatics. That is how they can be re-integrated into society. It is important to understand their concerns in striving against radicalism and to build a solution accordingly.

The underlying reason why a fanatic opposes science, technology and Western-style education is that he fears these concepts will undermine his own beliefs; he tends to believe that science is used against religion. The fact is, however, that all scientific advances prove the truth of the divine faiths. The hostile attitudes of the fanatics can be quite easily done away with by including these scientific advances in education systems. This education system will also prevent the emergence of new fanatics. If people are intellectually, philosophically and culturally equipped with accurate information about Islam, then fanaticism will lose the very support it needs in society in order to function.

In truth, misogyny – another issue commonplace among those with the fanatical mindset - is a long-standing historical problem as well and we must not look for it only among fanatical Islamic groups. Bearing in mind that women across the world were only given the right to vote and stand for the office in the 20^th Century, we can see a very twisted attitude toward them in many societies and belief systems. These rights were finally bestowed in 1944 in France and in 1971 in Switzerland. Abuse of and violence toward women is at very high levels, even in the European countries we consider to be the most civilized. Women have been regarded as half-human for thousands of years. Yet in the Qur’an, men and women are equal in all respects. This is clearly explained in the 13th verse of the Surat al-Hujurat.

As it is seen clearly, there is a world of difference among the false sources used by the fanatics and the Qur’an, the true source of Islam. Let us remind ourselves of the one thing that urgently needs to be done – education.

Our Prophet (saas) informs that hatred against Muslims will increase before Hazrat Mahdi (as)

Our Prophet (saas) informs that hatred against Muslims will increase before Hazrat Mahdi (as) (16.11.2013)

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Ignorance and Islamophobia in Eastern and Western Societies - Didem Ürer
Islamophobia is an inaccurate term

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The headscarf is not the issue, freedom is

The headscarf is not the issue, freedom is

The headscarf is not the issue, freedom is

Recently women’s rights as to wear a hijab or burqa in public spaces have become a matter of discussion in many countries of the world: Turkey is one of them.

In the last weeks, for the first time in the history of the 90 year old Turkish Republic, three female MPs entered the parliament wearing headscarves, and they did not face any reaction from the opposition parties. In this way, a very deep-seated problem was solved through political consensus.

However, a member of parliament who  made a similar attempt in 1999 was confronted  with strong reaction from the opposition, expelled from the parliament hall and this episode caused great tension nationwide.

However, a lot has changed in Turkey  and now women are granted their freedom to wear hijab both in public spaces and at universities. Nowadays there is a similar discussion underway in Singapore.

Meetings have taken  place between government officials and Islamic groups who demand the right to wear the hijab  for Muslim women who work in professions in the public sector that require a uniform like policing, nursing and the security services.

There are those who think that such a practice would injure  feelings of equality and justice as well as those who say that this must be allowed in the context of freedom of faith.

I have no doubt that Singapore, which harbours several religious groups and ethnic communities, will overcome this problem easily because the Muslim minority, which is 15% of the total population, has lived freely in the country for decades without facing any pressure or oppression.

However, this problem is not limited to Turkey and Singapore. Whether in Islamic or Western countries, hijab and burqa are still an  important matter of discussion.

For example, it is mandatory to wear hijab in Iran and in most of the Arab-owned airlines, hostesses have to wear a headscarf whether they are atheists or from another faith.

In Saudi Arabia, women are prohibited to drive. In Europe, there are often heated  discussions on this subject.

In countries like France, Belgium, Italy and Germany, there are limitations on wearing either the hijab or burqa in workplaces that belong to the public sector and even in open public spaces. Especially France, which has a Muslim population of five million, has very strict and serious limitations on this. Therefore, a majority of covered women has cut themselves off completely from social life.

Actually, limiting these discussions to wearing of the headscarf is one of the primary causes of the tension. When we see this as a matter of freedom, no doubt, a solution will be much  easier. Had the people who defended the rights of women wearing hijab defended the rights of women wearing low-cut dresses as much as they do regarding the headscarf issue, or vice versa, these problems would be solved in no time.

We should be troubled about women wearing low-cut dresses being treated as second class citizens and being indicted as “dirty and sinful” by bigots as much as we are about women wearing hijab being deprived of their rights to education and not being able to work in the jobs they want. We must consider the rights of all women within the context of religious freedom; the rights of Muslims, non-Muslims, atheists and Buddhists.

The way to prevent the matter of wearing of the hijab from becoming an artificial source of tension is not to open up discussions, marginalize those who don't wear hijab or establish an environment of  spiritual pressure  but rather to support freedom as much as possible.

It is important not to forget that the hijab is not the sole problem of women throughout the world.

For instance, one in every three women is exposed to violence at some time  in her life throughout the world; one woman is raped every 90 seconds and there are millions of women who are killed by their husbands; one in every two women is illiterate in the Arab world; women are not entitled to the right to divorce in countries like Iran; 80% of immigrants throughout the world are  women;1 and there are hundreds of problems like these that women face. When we look at Muslim countries we see that these problems are much more deeply-rooted.

What needs to be done is to abandon the mistaken point of view that women’s sole problem is wearing a headscarf and to strive for a change of mentality that will give women the value they deserve; especially in the Muslim world, when women are considered as second-class citizens and even as of equivalent value to animals, it is shutting one’s eyes to reality that Muslims are focused on a debate regarding the hijab.

Let’s first teach the entirety of  humanity “respect, love and compassion for women”, and talk about  “the importance of treating women like a flower” as it is revealed in the Quran.

Together, let’s eradicate the mentality that humiliates women by showing the superstitions in Islamic sources as evidence.

Let us show the whole world that women and men are equal in every way in the Quran. If we change this crooked mentality that has turned into a system of oppression against women through cooperation and with the spirit of Islam, no doubt debates such as the issue of the headscarf will disappear of their own accord.

Mr. Adnan Oktar's article on The Malaysian Insider

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/the-headscarf-is-not-the-issue-freedom-is-harun-yahya

Radicals being against music, arts and modernity is the reason of Islamophobia

Radicals being against music, arts and modernity is the reason of Islamophobia

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Romantic Faith

Adnan Oktar Says

• Bigots have weakness in their beliefs. They do not attach that much importance to faith. They are after a romantic understanding of faith; a sentimental way of faith. They have an understanding of faith that can hardly be called faith. I mean they do not aim for high, profound faith. 

• Bigots develop a specific style of the classical right wing amongst themselves. They do not understand anything from aesthetics. They do not have an understanding of arts and quality. Their understanding of clothing, for instance, their understanding of foreign policy is all the same with each other. They only have one point of view and never a second one. Their such point of view is like a fixed idea in their heads. 

• Bigots do not strive for people to have faith. They only libel others. They just voice their hatred, their rage and that is it. 

• The culture, knowledge, faith and reasoning of bigots are not in a way that could reinforce the faith of the people they come across or that could be instrumental to their faith. Their way of talking is very superficial. In general they almost never get into faith related matters.

(A9 TV; March 12th, 2013)

The weird romantic understanding of faith harbored by fanatics have to be compiled in a book titled, “The maladies of some radicals”

Islamophobia is an inaccurate term

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Islamophobia is an inaccurate term

Published: 15/02/2013 05:21:00 AM GMT 

This term is one used by people who do not actually know what they are afraid of. Because of those who spread hatred by misusing the name of Muslim they hold Islam responsible for it. They imagine that by opposing Islam they can be rid of those people who seek to make the world a place of hatred by misusing the name of Muslim.

By Aylin Kocaman 

This term is one used by people who do not actually know what they are afraid of. Because of those who spread hatred by misusing the name of Muslim they hold Islam responsible for it. They imagine that by opposing Islam they can be rid of those people who seek to make the world a place of hatred by misusing the name of Muslim.

They are mistaken. Islamophobia is an incorrect term.

It is not Islam they fear. It is the radicalism that is opposed to all mankind, and also to Islam.

People have been making the wrong diagnosis for years now. They have attributed the propaganda of hatred made in the name of Islam, to Islam itself. And since the diagnosis is wrong, the methods employed as a solution have all failed. Some people have attacked Islam. Some have declared Muslims to be the antichrist. They have turned away from Muslims. They have not believed those Muslims who seek love and peace. They have failed to appreciate that opposing Islam would make the problem even worse.

The fact is that they are actually opposed to a huge and polluted plot being perpetrated in the name of Islam. We refer to this as radicalism. They have imagined that the radicalism that represents the worst problem facing all religions, movements and ideologies across the world is actually religion. They imagined that the logic of “follow my faith or be eliminated,” which applies in all ideologies and movements, is also the logic of Islam. Terrified of violence and savagery they have declared war on Islam. But the problem they should really have been focusing on was radicalism.

Fanaticism goes hand in hand with radicalism. An atheist, a Marxist, a nationalist, a Christian or a Jew can all adopt the religion of radicalism. They will impose their own beliefs, and spread terror if that does not happen. Radicals hold all ideas across the world. Of course the radicalism that comes out of the Islamic world is most in the spotlight. So much so that a great many people think that this fanatical structure is in fact Islam. No, that is not Islam. Terror, fear, death, cursing people, hatred, war and rage are not Islam. Islam has no jihad waged by attacking others with anger and rage. Islam brings peace and love. Islam denounces rage and hatred.

People generally ask me, “You who maintain that Islam is a religion of peace are in the minority. How do you expect to instill your view in the majority who advocate radicalism?” That is a justified question. But an inaccurate diagnosis. It is true that the radical Islamists who imagine they are espousing the true Islam are more prominent. But they are not the majority. They are merely united. They use the weapons of unity and arms. That is why they are so prominent. They make their voices heard with guns and rage and aggression. They do just what some of the mainstream media expect. The unkempt individual with a sword in his hand and angry crowd are always what the media talk about. A radical will always provide weapons for another radical and ensure that his voice is heard through protests.

Even if they are on different continents. And that alliance makes a great noise. Otherwise, the number of people who want hatred in the world, including the Muslim world, is in fact very small.

Islamist radicals imagine that Islam means hatred and bloodshed because they are wrongly educated. But the solution to them is not anger. The solution does not lie in attacking, imprisoning, condemning or cursing them. They are doing what they think is right, and those methods will not change them. They need correct education. Their problem is the information in their brains. Therefore, those who oppose radicalism must not target individuals, groups or countriesbecause that would be the wrong target. That will just incite further hatred, and lose time and end in even greater losses. The only target in the struggle against radicalism must be the false information that causes these people to shed blood. And information can only be corrected with information.

It is not easy to educate a radical. He will need to listen to the teacher. But fanaticism will require him not to do that. So we need to become stronger than him in order to ensure he does listen. How is that to be done? That is only possible if all those people who advocate love and peace, and who represent the majority in the world, come together. It can be possible if Muslims, Christians and Jews who espouse love all come together. It can also be possible if all people who believe in love, no matter what their religion, nation, race or ideology, contribute to that union. And that will be possible if all the supporters of love combine together.

In that event, the supporters of love whom people imagine to be in the minority will actually be seen to be in the majority. The result will be a huge power. The voice of that community will spread and be heard everywhere. And people will then realize that the radicals they regard as being in the majority actually have no strength at all. If we have people who speak of peace and fine emotions and love, if we have people who love another despite their religious and other differences, then those who misuse those differences to cause divisions will be silenced and defeated.

We who advocate peace and wish to love one another are in the majority. But the radicals are taking advantages of our divisions. They are using the way we are divided and fragmented. They are trying to divide Muslims, Christians and Jews with their constant policies of hatred. They want us to loathe one another. That is not going to happen. We have been created around the “love” that God makes His reason for creating the world. We will love one another. Differences do not concern us. What concern us will be love and brotherhood.

If we do that, then we can teach the radicals and fanatics and bigots. They will listen to a greater strength than theirs. They will have begun to doubt that they are on the right path. This strength that we will constitute together will at once weaken and neutralize them. They will try and grasp what it is that binds us supporters of love together. And they will be won over. It will be easy to educate them once we have got them to listen to the truth. The important thing is to get them to listen.

That is why it is very important for those who use the term Islamophobia to analyze matters correctly. If there is to be an intellectual, scholarly and scientific campaign against radicalism, then people need to support the true Islam in the Koran and those who espouse it. They need to be friends and brothers with the supporters of the true Islam. They must wage that intellectual campaign together. Opposition to Islam will just make the problem worse. These people need to be aware that they are waging this intellectual campaign against radicalism “alongside true Muslims.”

Radicals’ methods have made them strong. However, our cause is a true one opposed to that false cause. Ours is a great and holy cause. We will bring love and affection to bear against those who make things easy for hatred and rage – no matter how much determination it takes to keep them alive in a climate of anger and loathing. Good can only be achieved by overcoming difficulties. And difficulties make goodness worthwhile. If we wish to bring goodness and peace to the world, we have to face those difficulties. By establishing a fine and sound union.

In the face of Islamophobia, Muslim countries should advocate the true Islam, Islam as it was lived at the time of the Companions

In the face of Islamophobia, Muslim countries should advocate the true Islam, Islam as it was lived at the time of the Companions

Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9TV dated September 18^th, 2012

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ADNAN OKTAR: Islamophobia.. What is this? Is it because they are afraid of Islam, that they feel uneasy about Islam?

DIDEM URER: Yes Master.

ADNAN OKTAR: Well, now there is a wrong point about that. There is one Islam that the Companions have lived by, the understanding of Islam that we've been talking about, that we have been explaining.  That is Paradise, that is a beauty. That the adornment of this world. This is the understanding of love, the understanding of compassion, the understanding of friendship which embraces the whole world. Well, how about the understanding of Islam which is commonly known, one that is explained by the bigots, the alleged Islam- which in fact has nothing to do with Islam? Is it not something that would make these people afraid? That is something that would not only make them afraid and but make them quake with fear. There is misogyny, there is lack of love, there is killing people for almost anything, there is injuring people by beating, there is lack of trust in general towards people, there is hatred towards Jews, there is hatred towards Christians, there is hatred towards irreligious and atheists. But what kind of hatred is this? It is in the sense of persecution. Well then, what is this? What is it to you? Allah has created that one as a Christian, Allah has created this one as a Jew, Allah has created the other one as an atheist, and the other irreligious- well those two are almost the same anyway. Or it might be that one believes in Allah but not in religion or sometimes they get confused and say "I do not believe in Allah but I believe in religion!" They represent a complex structure, something weird. However it is working for them. Well, if you say that you believe in Allah, you should believe in religion anyway, how can that be without religion? I mean you would thus be claiming that Allah has no connection with people.

One believes in religion and says ;"religion is very nice but I cannot believe in Allah." That is another form of madness, abnormality. I mean you see that the man lives religion but when asked he is irreligious, I mean he is Godless, he does not believe in Allah, yet he accepts the commands of the religion. There are those who perform prayers, there is such a person. A Maoist, famous person, he does not believe in Allah, he openly says that he does not believe in Allah. But he says that he performs his prayers, he says "I never miss a prayer time." We have the pictures of this person, I can show you those if you like. That is such a weird situation. But of course one should be compassionate towards everyone, towards every belief. I mean all should be approached compassionately. It is possible to have people live as brothers in a world without wars, without shedding blood, without making scenes, without hurting anyone. And this is only possible with the Unity of Islam. It can only be possible with Islam being implemented in the exact way the Companions did. It is bigotry that Europe is afraid of. And bigotry is widely common. These people are right to be afraid according to their mindset. I mean they have justified reasons to be leery of. The others keep saying "we will hunt you down, we will hang you." They say;" I will chop up the Alewites, I will chop up the Bektashis, I will chop up the Jaferites and   Wahhabis." What does "I will chop them up!" mean? Is this not an open threat. I mean this one says; "If I am given the opportunity I will do this!" So they say "then, before you are given any such opportunity, I should neutralize you." This is the ignominy that has occurred. Therefore there is nothing to misunderstand about this. The governments should pronounce the name of bigotry in the face of this abnormality. Islamic governments or the administrators in the Islamic countries or the seniors, or whoever there is to react, should do this; they should say; "My brother, we are against bigotry," and say;" this is what bigotry means.. "  and give an explanation. They should say; "We advocate the Islam in the time of the Companions, the Islam of love, the real Islam." The name of the other side should be pronounced [as bigots]. And then we would assume an attitude against that "bigot"ophobia as well. There is no Islamophobia but there is bigot-ophobia, insha'Allah.  And they are right. We are in alliance with them regarding bigot-ophobia. We will of course assume an attitude against them altogether. This should be put forth. But if you bigots under your wings saying "what is the fault of bigots?" you would end up being a liar. These bigots say openly say that they will "chop-up" they say "I will hunt them down", they do not deny it anyway. They pose for the cameras with the sword in their hands. They chop people up and take picture of it and publish it over the internet saying; "have a look at this, this is how I will make them." The man has lined the skulls proudly in order and he says; "this is how I will hunt you down." And he thus is saying; " this is what I can do with the limited means I have right now, you think about what I can do I am given better means." They were burning Muslims alive in Africa, piling them up in a well, they were burning people with bushes. These poor people were trying to escape yet they pushed them back inside that pit by kicking them in the face and throw burning bushes over him and he claims that he is doing all these in the Name of Allah. When asked he says; "I am a God-fearing Muslim as you see." And the other bigots advocate them gruntingly. There is a danger of bigots and that is a grave scourge. The whole Islamic world should take their places in the side of the system of the Mahdi. If they do not take their side with the system of the Mahdi, they would thus be accepting bigotry, radicalism. In this stance you would be standing against a rightful opposition with a wrongful method. These people are right, they are right to refrain, they are telling the truth and you stand up and say; "well, where do you come up with such ideas, why are you thinking like this?" The man is waiting with a sword in his hand saying that " I will hunt you down!" What should they do? This should be arranged and put right. The real Islam should be communicated to people and those who advocate the real Islam should come together and that can only happen through the system of the Mahdi and with allegiance to the Prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh). We should ask Allah to show us the Prophet Jesus Messiah (pbuh), we should ask Allah to see the Mahdi and to become a student of the Mahdi (pbuh).

DIDEM URER: Insha'Allah Master.           

2012-10-14 21:10:00