Adnan Oktar A9 TV; February 7th, 2014

The real spirit of religion is only with the system of the Mahdi

According to the laws of God, it is not possible for a movement to be successful without the help of God and without the support God bestowed within destiny, without that movement being on the path of God, without it being under the command of the system of the Mahdi.

Willingly or unwillingly all states, all governments, all societies, all foundations, all kinds of structures are under the command of the system of the Mahdi.

Islam will prevail with science and knowledge. Nothing could come out of politics, out of this and that, or out of opening schools, etc. Telling people one by one about the facts leading to faith, about the miracles of the Qur’an, giving glad tidings of the system of the Mahdi, taking refuge in Almighty God, becoming brothers, being loving, merciful, classy and leading by example; once we succeed in these matters, the rest will be solved, insha’Allah.

When you speak of politics, love and compassion should come to mind. Politics should be under the command of love, it should serve love. At the time of the Mahdi, politics will be the source of love and affection; it will be used to attain love and affection, Insha’Allah.

When people are trained with Islam as lived in the time of Companions, with Islam as lived in the time of the Mahdi, not with radicalism, a breathtaking, helpful and good- natured people would be raised. That is why the system of the Mahdi is of such importance.

If you abide by different sects instead of abiding by the Qur'an, it would be unlawful. If God says; "I have sent you the Qur'an. Where did you come up with those sects?" What would you have said? If God asks; "Are you going to abide by the Qur'an or the sects?" what would we say? We are of course responsible of abiding by the Qur'an.

Both Shia rigidity of certain Muslims and Sunni rigidity of certain Muslims stem from traditional Islamic sources which are known as reliable although they are infested with many superstitions.

Unity can clearly be attained with the spirit of the system of the Mahdi. Everyone says; "let us be in unity." But no one would ever take such wishes seriously. Racism, sectarianism, regionalism, even district based discrimination is widespread. Since our Prophet (saas) is very well aware of this trouble on his ummah, he specifically charges his Mahdi with that task.

You ask him "what is your religion?" and he responds by telling you his sect. Well, are you not responsible of abiding by the Qur'an? You are saying I am abiding by this sect. Where does it write in the Qur'an to abide by a sect? God only mentions abiding by the Qur'an. Where did you come up with the idea of abiding by a sect?

The portents of the End Times are explained in the Qur'an sometimes in a concealed and sometimes in an explicit manner. God refers to the End Times when He mentions disintegrated Muslims. That is because ever since the time of our Prophet (saas), this is the first time Muslims are divided into this many religious orders, groups and communities.

This is the first time that such a cruel and insane sectarian fanaticism is observed in the Islamic World. The system of the Mahdi is the solution for it.

At the time of the Mahdi (pbuh) religious sects will be abolished. Everyone acts according to the Qur'an. The whole of humanity would then be entering the plain, beautiful, immaculate, upright religion, that is Islam, and they would all be living by it with peace, security and abundance.

If one believes in the sufficiency of the Qur'an, radicalism would disappear; that scourge would disappear. The whole issue lies with believing in the sufficiency of the Qur'an. If you accept the sufficiency of the Qur'an, you would also feel love for Alevis, for Shias and for Wahhabis as well. You would then hold both ladies with scarves and also ladies who do not cover their heads and those who wear low-neck dresses in high esteem and respect all of them, love all of them. You would not make them uncomfortable.

Al-Bashar Al-Assad presents himself as if he is a Sunni but he is not a Sunni, nor an Alawite. He is in a wretched situation at the moment. He is in a very difficult position. US and Russia should come to an agreement, get hold of Al-Assad and smuggle him out of the country, they should save him from there.

If Al-Assad says that he wants the Unity of Islam, if he declares that he is against bigotry, if he says; "there is no discrimination among Alawites and Sunnis, they are all brothers," if he prays saying; "may Allah send us the Mahdi (pbuh)," these scourges upon him will disappear.

The beauty of Shia belief is that they are very precise about preserving hadiths about the Mahdi.

People should learn about Christianity, Judaism and Islam as a part of general culture. They should learn about Alevism, Bektashism, Shiism. If they do not know about those, it would be ignorance, it would be a deficiency.

It is the belief in Messiah that is storming through the Middle East at the moment. The belief in Messiah lies in the origin of the war waged in Iraq and it is the belief in Messiah that caused the occupation of Afghanistan. The situation in Syria at the moment stems from the belief in Messiah as well. Belief in Messiah is one of the fundamental beliefs in Israel. It is the belief in Shiloh- Mahdi. Belief in Shiloh-the Mahdi is a true belief commanded by the four main denominations of Islam. It is a point of faith in the Shia belief.

The discrimination in between Shias and Sunnis should be wiped off the region and Shias and Sunnis should embrace each other. The system of the Mahdi should be made an agenda and the unity of Islam should be formed. Actually the region is like Heaven. Iraq, Syria are all historical places, there is an amazing flora in the region but because love and friendship does not come into play, the region has turned into a living hell.

It is very wrong to look for the Mahdi at the bottom of a well and it is also very wrong to deny the Mahdi: Within the clear, explicit hadiths, one should look for the Mahdi (pbuh) with a sincere conscience.

Love of the Mahdi is very fervent among Alewites and Shias. Theirs is a powerful love. Sunnis have an unnecessary languor and that is not something good. They need to make it right.

Religion is the spirit of this world. God gives religion as a blessing in this world. As He creates the world, God teaches us how to use this world with the Book, like a prospectus. If you use it as God tells us to, the world turns into a heaven on earth.

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.