Mr. Mehmet Sonmez: Let us leave our Sunni brothers to live as Sunnis and our Alawite brothes to live as Alawites

779 October 25, 2013

What He Said?

What Happened?

August 10^th , 2010: Gaziantep Olay TV; Çay TV

ADNAN OKTAR: The freedom of speech. For instance, this isn’t being emphasized. For instance, you say that “We should be indulgent.” What does this mean? HE CAN EITHER BE A MARXIST OR AN UNBELIEVER OR AN ATHEIST. SHOWING RESPECT TO THEM, RIGHT? NOT TO FORCE ANYONE, NOT TO PUT PRESSURE ON THEIR FAITH AND NOT TO SHOW HIM DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR BECAUSE OF HIS FAITH. TREATING EVERYONE AS A FIRST CLASS HUMAN BEING, RIGHT? HE CAN BE A MARXIST, BUT YOU OUGHT TO BEHAVE RESPECTFULLY AND KINDLY.

June 4^th , 2013: A9 TV

ADNAN OKTAR: Trying to bring a person into line, trying to bring a human into line. “To respect everyone’s life style.” I will be annoyed if a person is bringing others into line, if we are boring him that will annoy me. The person should be free. It is none of your business. God creates him as he is. Seeing that he is free will relieve a person. First of all, that means that there is democracy. You may bring a person into line by fear, ok, but then you will than make him a hypocrite. He should be sincere. If he is a communist, than he can say “I’m a communist”. He is whatever he is. Or he may have a different kind of faith. For instance, he may have interesting beliefs.

September 6^th: Azerbaijan Novaye Vremya

ADNAN OKTAR: Alawite, Sunni, Jafari it makes no difference, we are all brothers. We are all the people of the qibla, we are all a friend of God, the ones who doesn’t believe in God are our brothers, as well. It could happen God created them in this way. We don’t have an enmity in our hearts towards them, either because God created humans in diversity. Their destiny is like that. They are first class citizens, also. We will all be living in a brotherly way. But we have to be very sincere, assiduous and repentant.

July 24^th , 2013: CNN TURK

Minister of Religious Affairs Mehmet Görmez said at an iftar dinner, “Let us leave our Sunni brothers to live as Sunnis and our Alawite brothes to live as Alawites, and let our atheist friends assess their own search and values.”