Adnan Oktar A9 TV; May 16th, 2017

Religion does not complicate things. On the contrary, God only expects sincerity and honesty. Religion is easy and simple.

Because the traditional orthodox understanding of Islam has shown prayer (salat) as if it is too complicated to perform, many stay away from prayer.

Islam is an easy religion, easy to practice. It only takes sincerity and earnestness.

Salat (prayer) is a religious obligation that must be performed at certain, designated times of the day.

Some people follow what they learned from their ancestors, and not God’s commands. However, the Qur’an is sufficient as our guide and Islam is easy to practice.

God commands how to take ablution with one verse in the Qur’an and it is very easy. The bigots on the other hand, come up with 600 pages of made-up rules about ablution that differs in each school of Islam. Looking at these made up rules, some people say that they won’t be able to take ablution and perform prayers. The understanding of religion that is outside the Qur’an causes people to remain distant to Islam.

All my friends perform their daily prayers five times every day and are very meticulous about their prayers.

In many verses of the Qur’an, God mentions the existence of various realms. "Say: ´My prayer and my rites, my living and my dying, are for God alone, the Lord of all the worlds.” Qur'an, 1:162

Many practices that are not in the Qur’an are invented to keep people away from prayer. They are used as a barrier before religion. Millions are prevented from practicing faith by means of invented practices that have no place in the Qur’an.

Buddhism is a corrupt version of true religion. Acts of worship like prayer, fasting and giving alms exist in Buddhism, though in a changed form.

Performing prayers is a very old form of worship. All tribes throughout history prayed throughout history. This is also seen on cave paintings.

God informs us that He made the Qur’an easy for seeking advice. But those with a polytheistic mindset lie by saying that it is difficult to understand the Qur’an.

Religion is not difficult as presented by some traditionalist Muslims. Those who are used to seeing religion as superstitious polytheist traditions are surprised to see that religion is actually very easy.

Islam is a pure and easy religion. Islam is embedded in the social life. God exists everywhere; while running, having fun, in all spheres of life. God is remembered everywhere.

One of the features of the Mahdi movement is that it will call people kindly to what is right and will make religion easier as it is the Qur’an.

Assuming that Islam kills all the good aspects of life like arts and science, people distance themselves from religion. However Islam is joy and life itself. People say they will live by religion when they grow old because they believe Islam is a system that will depress them. But Islam removes all the rules that oppress people.

Taking ablution as described in the Qur’an is very easy to practice. God explains ablution in a single verse: You who have faith! when you get up to do salat (prayer), wash your faces and your hands and your arms to the elbows, and wipe over your heads, and your feet to the ankles. (Qur’an, 5:6)

Taking ablution is not an obligation to hold or read the Qur’an. This is simply a superstitious belief devised to keep people away from religion.

They keep millions of women away from performing prayers and taking ablution by making up hundreds of rules, none of which are in the Qur’an.

The hypocrites would not take ablution or perform prayers if there are no one around to see. They only take ablution and perform their prayers when there are people around.

Taking ablution and performing prayers is very easy according to the Qur’an. Complicating prayers and ablution is a plot devised by the satan to keep people away from performing prayers. All sects add arbitrary, made-up sunnah and obligatory conditions to perform prayers, on their own. They all contradict with one another even about lawful and unlawful acts. Lawful and unlawful acts according to Islam are defined solely by the Qur’an. There is no such thing as performing prayers and taking ablution differently according to each sect. How to take ablution and perform prayers are defined in the Qur’an and they both are easy to perform.

Radicals believe that they are the most devout ones when they turn the life of this world into a life in Hell, when they misrepresent Islam as hellish. For instance, they believe that it is out of piousness when they turn praying into an inextricable act. They believe that it is out of piousness when they make it impossible to perform ablution, whereas God described performing ablution in a single line in the Qur'an.

Belief in God cleanses people; makes them younger, healthier, radiant.

Allah is All-beautiful and His manifestations are eternally beautiful. Believers should make an effort to make everything beautiful.

Bigots made women feel guilty for being beautiful and when bigots see a beautiful lady, they try to insult her.