Adnan Oktar A9 TV; August 18th, 2016

Every society has a leader; respecting a leader doesn’t amount to worshipping or idolizing him.

God has sent a leader to every community, and revealed the importance for awaiting a Savior.

All commandments and verses in the Qur'an regarding the veracity that Muslims should have a leader are crystal clear.

Throughout history, God has always created leading people to guide believers to the right path. The Mahdi (pbuh) will be the leader of believers in the End Times.

It is absolutely wrong to claim that “waiting for a protector” has no place in the Qur’an. Praying for a savior and expecting him is a command of God according to the Qur'an.

Unification of the Islamic world is known as the system of the Mahdi. The system of the Mahdi equals the unity of the Islamic world and we call the leader heading the Islamic world Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh).

It is explicitly stated in the Surah An-Nur, verse 55 - and also in many other verses - that the Islamic world will unite. In the Qur'an, Muslims say, “O Lord, make us leader of those who are God-fearing." That means the Islamic world has a leader, a chief. There is no mention of a leaderless society in the Qur'an, all the societies in the Qur'an have a leader. The Islamic world will have a leader [as well]. They have nothing [they can use] to deny that.

Muslims will unite and they will have a leader heading them; we can give that person whatever name we like. We can call him the Caliph of Muslims, we can call him the Chief, we can call him the spiritual caliph. There is no need to be obsessed about the name.

It is very dangerous for Muslims to remain leaderless. There wouldn’t be such massacres if Muslims had a leader.

If the leaders of the world’s most powerful countries came together and decided to spend money on peace and love instead of weapons, everyone would agree to it. They work hard to produce jetfighters, warships, bombs, weapons. This is crazy. It’s very easy to live as brothers and achieve peace.

Turkey is in need of a dynamic, audacious spirit. That’s why zealous and driven leaders are very precious. Turkey cannot afford to be stagnant and introverted.

Muslims are killing Muslims: All this would end if Muslims have a leader. With the Islamic Union, all Muslims will be saved. They will be saved on that day and hour. A spiritual leader, a leader elected with a loving bond would stop all the terror and all the groups of anarchy. That will spread a spirit that takes love and brotherhood as its basis to the whole Islamic world and everyone will see that they are protective friends of one another.

It is religiously unlawful to resist the Islamic Union. It is a religious obligation for Muslims to select a leader. Every delay causes the sin that falls upon one to increase in folds. Muslims become responsible for every person killed, for every inoffensive Muslim suffering. That is because they persistently reject the Islamic Union, they persistently assume an attitude against the system of the Mahdi. As they assume such an attitude against the system of the Mahdi, the murders, the deaths, are all increasing in folds.

The reason why that little child washed ashore is because Muslims didn't select a leader, because they did not decide to unite. But the most important point in the decision to unite is to elect a leader. Everyone, all the heads of states keep saying, "Let us unite," without selecting a leader. Select your leader and then see if everyone unites or not? If you say, "This is our leader" that means unity is accomplished.

Turkey is a country well positioned to be a leader with her culture and moral values. But this will be a leadership of love.

In the Qur’an, it is said that believers are praying to God, saying, ‘O Almighty send us a savior’ when they face hardship. Now, Muslims are facing hardship.

It is a fact revealed in the Qur’an that Muslims ask for a protector, a guide, a savior and a helper.

While Freemasons, Catholics, Orthodox Christians and all other faiths have their own leaders, some people claim that Muslims should not have such a leader. That is against reason and logic.

The Qur'an wants Islamic Unity. The Qur'an wants an imam to be assigned; wants Muslims to have a leader and thus refers to the system of the Mahdi.

Isolating the leader as a tactic is an ugly plot used since the times of the Ottomans. They are trying to employ the same plot against our President Mr. Erdoğan for a while. They are trying to avert those who efficiently advocate our President and government both inland and abroad. The same method was employed against Abdulhamit, Abdulaziz and Menderes as well. And now they are trying to create the image which insinuates ‘see that none of those who advocate Erdoğan are safe, be careful.’ On the other hand they are aiming to portray our President as a stern personality who –may God forbid- doesn’t recognize the superiority of laws and the legal system, who has everyone taken into custody. That is the basic method employed by the British deep state and their pawns, FETÖ being in the first place. Especially in recent years it appears that there is a special structure organizing this plot. Being the sycophants of the British deep state and wannabes who do not like the values of our people, who look down on them and claiming to step up in the name of our people is the common characteristic of such people. We, as a nation, are aware of all these plots and with laws and the legal system we will never ever let them achieve their goals. We stand by our President Mr. Erdoğan and will never leave him alone.

There is an immense amount of bloodshed in the Muslim world right now. In fact, the persecution going on right now will come to an end the moment Muslims unite around a leader.

All animals, all creatures have a leader. All religions, all sects have a leader. Buddhists, for instance, have a Lama as their leader. Christians have a leader, they have their Pope. Jews have a leader, they have their Chief Rabbi; and you say that “Muslims will not have a leader.” Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is the name of the leader of Muslims that will appear in our days.

God refers to a leader in the verses of the Qur’an and He refers to a leader selected to lead the Muslims. Muslims would not be leaderless after all.

God says that Muslims should definitely have a leader. He says that every nation has a leader. He says; "I will give you richness, abundance, peace and security in unity and solidarity." God says; "Or else I will make you taste fear and pain, I will make you suffer." And that happens exactly as He says. It is no use to try and ignore God's open command.

Mahdi is not a person who desires to become a leader.