Adnan Oktar A9 TV; January 1st, 2017

According to those who don't abide by the Qur'an, it's illegæal to "take photos, dance, read poetry or cut one's beard." These are not in the Qur'an.

In Orthodox understanding of Islam, life means misery. They deemed everything illegal; music and television are illegal according to their understanding.

If women are denied their freedom, if fake bans are introduced in name of religion, the Islamic Union cannot be built. God will never give success to a misogynistic system. The key to Islamic Union is women. If you promise to build a society where women will be free, God will build the Islamic Union.

Some people, knowingly or unknowingly, drive people away from religion by introducing non-existent bans and restrictions. People should be wary of methods designed to drive people away from Islam.

What is explained in the Qur’an as legal and illegal is all there is about it. Four Islamic sects having different sets of rules, is wrong.

Islam is one religion with explicit haram and helals in Qur’an. Though sects have rules contradicting each other. God accepts the religion in Qur’an.

"There is no compulsion in religion." People cannot be forced to live religion. It is illegal to force religion according to the Qur'an.

According to the Qur'an, those who abandon religion, become atheists, drink alcohol, abandon prayer, shave their beard and so on are not killed. There is no pressure on anyone when it comes to religion.

It is very wrong to oppress an atheist. An atheistic person honestly reveals his stance. In cases of oppression, people turn to hypocrisy.

God reveals in the Qur’an, “Do not say about what your lying tongues describe: ‘This is lawful and this is unlawful’” (Surat an-Nahl, 116) Wearing tattoos is not unlawful.

Some who claim that music and low-cut dresses are illegal according to religion in fact make music themselves, and live with women wearing décolleté. This is insincere.

The End Times is such a fierce time that unlawful acts are carried out invoking the Name of God, as if they are the commands of God.

There is no verse in the Qur'an that decrees music to be unlawful. The Qur’an is very clear and precise; there is no room in the Qur’an for implications.

By implication, one can’t derive decrees from the Qur'an. God reveals the lawful and unlawful deeds by means of precise verses.

There were no schools of law in Islam at the Prophet Muhammad (saas)’s time. Now there are four different schools with four different unlawful and lawful rules. They’ve created four different religions.

According to the Qur'an, there can be no compulsion in religion. One cannot force anyone to be a Muslim, but he can only advise. Pressuring people would only produce hypocrites.

There is a horrible and completely unfounded belief in the bigoted mindset that says whoever abandons religion should be killed. In the Qur’an however, there is no compulsion and everyone is free to believe or not to believe.

There is no pressure and compelling in religion. Muslims are obliged to say to unbelievers “Your religion is yours and my religion is mine”, they can’t pressure people.

I believe in the sufficiency of the Qur’an as a guide and I live my life according to the Qur’an.

Secularism is best explained in Islam and the Qur’an. The commandment in the Qur’an that reads “your religion is yours and my religion is mine” is the best application of secularism.

It is no one else’s business whether a person fasts or not. Everyone is responsible for him or herself. There is no compulsion in religion.

The verse in the Qur’an, “your religion is yours and my religion is mine” is the most perfect description of democracy and secularism.

Everyone can be religious or non-religious, however they wish. No one has the right to interfere and force another.

"There is no compulsion where religion is concerned." This is a command of God. This is also a summary of secularism.

In Christmas, our Christian brothers and sisters are celebrating the birth of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). Muslims should neither be troubled by the celebrations of Christmas nor interfere with those who want to celebrate it with Christians.