AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. ADNAN OKTAR BY ARABNEWS (November 9, 2008)
Arab News is one of the most important dailies printed in English in the Middle East. Arab News which has a distribution net in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Europe, Near East and America, is the most widely read newspaper in Saudi Arabia. Mr.Adnan Oktar, in his interview by Arab News stated that Freemasons have an organic connection with the Satan, and that they have been openly voicing this fact in their own publications without even denying or holding back. Mr.Oktar also stated that it would not be possible to find a solution to the Israel-Palestine problem through complex recipes but that it would be easily solved with the foundation of Turkish-Islamic Union. Mr.Adnan Oktar who stated that our army is very humble and loving towards Islam, depicted that all the soldiers attending to the funerals of the martyrs perform the prayers, that they all pray and do continuously cite Allah. He also mentioned that our army has always been very devout but, since they had an enlightened, progressive point of view, has always opposed to conservatism and fanaticism.
Apart from that Mr.Oktar stated that he finds the Intelligent Design concept highly unctuous; because Allah’s creation is apparently seen and as such should be voiced openly by stating that it is “Allah Who Created all”. He argued that saying “All is created by an unknown Power” would be to assume a subterfuge, unctuous and a very wrong approach. Mr.Oktar expounded that along with the collapse of Darwinism belief in Allah had been rapidly growing and that the world did not need the intelligent design concept for that. Along with these, Mr.Oktar had also replied various questions of Arab News from the backcloth of the 9/11 attacks to the economic crisis experienced and he had made some very important comments.
Mr.Adnan Oktar, in his interview by Joel Richardson has answered various questions regarding the Islamic view on the Prophet Jesus (as), Christianity, the People of the Book and also regarding the events that will take place in the End Times.
“Hazrat Mahdi (as) is a person who will appear before the return of the Prophet Jesus, who will unite Muslims in the Islamic world, whose aim is love, who will take affection and compassion as basis, who seeks to eradicate all weapons from the world, who will disarm the world, who will eliminate all weapons from the world and build peace and brotherhood.”
“The Prophet Jesus is different than the other prophets. That is clearly seen in the Qur’an. He is an extraordinary person. His miracles are most extraordinary. He resurrects the dead, for instance, and he shapes mud into the form of a bird and when he blows onto that bird shaped clay the bird flies away.”
“The essential belief in Christianity is the Oneness of Allah, belief in the hereafter, justice, the idea that Allah will provide justice. It is loving Allah and being careful over what is lawful and unlawful. It is treating people well. These are other matters, the belief in Trinity and other things. If with the coming of the Jesus, if it undergoes a change in the sense we are familiar with then Christianity would return to its former perfect state. It will return to its original form. According to our beliefs, it will return to the true Christianity. Again according to our belief, the original and the true Bible will also be found in that time.”
“Every country can live as it wishes according to the decision of its people. Iran can live according to its own belief, but they will have a spiritual leader. In the same way that the Pope is the spiritual leader of Christians, Muslims will also have a spiritual leader. But there will be no system that interferes in anyone’s beliefs, and no such thing exists in the essence of the deen. There is a verse that clearly says there is no compulsion in the deen. People are free in their beliefs, and there is no compulsion in religion, and everyone can live as they wish.”
The attendants from Israeli delegation are: 1)Mr. Ayoob Kara - The Deputy Minister of the Development of the Negev and Galilee (Deputy Minister Kara is the closest non Jewish person to the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and has a vision to develop a strong and warm relationship between Jews, Muslims, Christians and all other religions.)
2) Rabbi Yeshayahu Hollander - From Sanhedrin the Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem, Jerusalem Court for Issues of Bnei Noah
3) Rabbi Ben Abrahamson – Historian & consultant to the Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem, Sanhedrin relating Islam religion
4) Mr. Efraim Lahav - Senior Strategic Advisor Deputy Minister, Office of The Prime Minister; Chairman of Academic Union of Israeli Civil Workers; General Director Academic Association in Israel
5) Sheikh Ameen Kablan - Deputy of the Druze community
6) Mr. Hurrian Dimitri - Orthodox Christian leader
7) Mr. Ataf Krinawi - Bedouin leader
8) Mr. Japhet Tsedaka - Head of the Samaritan community
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