What He Said?What Happened?

Albaghdadi TV, 30 April 2008

Adnan Oktar: Within the secular system, I am in favor of communicating the message of Islam and living by it. I think that everyone will be at ease with it because in a community there are also the irreligious, JEWISH and CHRISTIANS. THEY ALSO HOLD RIGHTS. THEY ARE ALSO FIRST CLASS CITIZENS and indeed there are various denominations. For instance there are the Alawites, Jaferites; they are all our brothers. We feel profound compassion for all of them and our hearts would not accept them to suffer. In such a distinction of denominations, I consider Alawites, Jaferites, all of them as one. That is I consider all of them as brothers. Only the People of the Book are the People of Book as is specified in the Qur’an. But they are also our brothers as is stated in the Qur’an, they are our friends. They also have their respective law. We need to live with them with a bond of love and friendship.

Azerbaycan Resbublica, 2 September 2008

Adnan Oktar: There would surely be unity of religion, one may feel close to a person of his own belief. This is something normal but this would not be something giving harm to the bond of brotherhood. For instance WHEN I SEE A JEWISH, I GO AND EMBRACE HIM, when I see a Christian brother, I go and embrace him…

Zaman, 2 May 2011

In answer to a question about enmity against foreigners and Islamofobia, Heinz Fischer, the President of Austria,stated that they reject all sorts of prejudice and that freedom of religion which is exercised under the protection of the Constitution in Austria is valid also for Islam just as it is so for the churches. He further added that an atmosphere of respect must be formed for a person of a different religion, language and region. He also said the duty that befalls them is to secure a common life of peace among people from different nations and communities.