Adnan Oktar A9 TV; December 19th, 2016

God explains in the Qur’an that Muslims should have a spiritual leader and that Muslims should pray so that God sends a spiritual leader.

Some make use of the disintegration of the Islamic world and persecute Muslims including women and children. The Islamic world should right away come together in unity around a spiritual leader. If Muslims had a spiritual leader and they united around him, issues like radicalism or terrorism would be resolved and peace would be established.

God has informed us that He sends spiritual guides to people in every era and that these people will lead them to faith. “We made them leaders, guiding by Our command, and revealed to them how to do good actions and establish prayers and pay alms.” Qur'an, 21:73

God relates that Muslims pray to Him to send them a guardian at times of hardship. Asking for a spiritual leader is a provision of the Qur'an.

In the Qur'an, God states that Muslims must have a spiritual leader. Feigning ignorance about the path shown by God is unbecoming of a Muslim.

Mahdi is the only spiritual leader both Shia and Sunni will embrace. Islamic world will only unite around the Mahdi.

The Mahdi will not be a political leader. The Mahdi will be a leader who teaches love and ensures justice.

God commands Muslims in the Holy Qur'an to pray for a spiritual leader at difficult times. Asking for the Mahdi is advised in the Holy Qur'an.

The whole world sees at the moment how Muslims suffer because they don't have a spiritual leader.

Muslims cannot unite without a leader in the Islamic world. Muslims must unite around a spiritual leader to save the whole Muslim world.

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.

I have never claimed, and will never claim to be, the Mahdi. If I had such a claim I would have appeared on TV with a turban and would not be in contact with women, I would not have become a Freemason and I would not criticize the traditionalist understanding of Islam prevalent in the Islamic world. I have never been a person claiming to be the Mahdi and will never make such a claim. A physical resemblance is not a proof of the Mahdi. The only way we would recognize the Mahdi is when we see Islam prevailing in the world and a spiritual leader heading Muslims, the unity of Islam established and Jesus putting that person to the front to lead the prayer. We would then say, “God knows the truth, this person is the Mahdi.”

God shows us that the salvation of the whole Islamic world is in embracing the moral values of the Qur’an and uniting around a spiritual leader, that is to say, in the system of the Mahdi.

US, Europe and Islamic countries should come together and select a spiritual leader, a Grand Imam for the Muslim world.

When Islam prevails in the world, Muslims are bound to have a leader. Call that leader the Mahdi if you like or a scholar, or a big brother, or a master. Whatever you call that person, he is the Mahdi (pbuh).

Turkey will become a super power with spirituality, not with tanks and cannon balls.

Having a spiritual leader is a religious obligation for Muslims.

Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is the imam of all living beings; both djinns and humans. Angels love Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) very much, and they support him. By the command of Allah, angels undertake the same mission with Jesus Messiah (pbuh) as well.

Muslims should have referee, a loving father, a leader who distributes love. There is the need for a leader who would lead them towards that friendship, that understanding spirit, one that would calm the tensions, that would remove the spirit of fights and inject them the spirit of love; someone they love very much. And that person is the Mahdi (pbuh).

No unity will ever be formed among the Islamic world in the sense of a spiritual identity. A body can survive without a head. A headless body is a dead body. They try to do things using a body with a severed head. You cannot do anything with a spiritual identity. A spiritual leader is needed at the top of the Islamic world. And that is the Mohammad Mahdi (pbuh) that all Muslims will accept.

Muslims should definitely have a spiritual leader. Headlessness is causing the devastation of Muslims.

The Mahdi is just a teacher of love; his sole job is love and justice. He won’t do politics or be involved in materialistic pursuits.

Islam is our whole life. There can be no single moment of our lives without religion.

We should act quickly to strengthen our amity with Russia. Let us invite President Putin to Turkey and sign new trade and military deals.

Hypocrites change character depending on the season. At the time of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), they caused trouble saying ‘do not go out to war in the heat’.