Adnan Oktar A9 TV; March 26th, 2017

The proponents of the traditionalist, orthodox system preach something they don't also practice. The life they describe is impossible.

Due to the radical mindset, people wrongly believe that if they become religious Muslims, they will have to give up on the joys of life. On the contrary when Muslims abide by the true Islam described in the Qur'an, they will find true happiness and will not have to give up on things that they love.

Some people are trying to make the government look like it is against the freedom of people. They are working in vain.

They are trying to set up the government by giving the impression that people will not be free in Turkey.

It is not right to advise 'not to remember God' at times when we have fun and enjoy ourselves. A religious person remembers God and speaks about God wherever he is or whatever he does.

Those who try to promote the idea that there won't be any freedom in Turkey do so in vain. Turkey is a modern and free country, and it’ll remain so.

If Turkey becomes very modern, where arts excel and women are free, the whole world will be friendlier towards Turkey.

The world promised by the misogynists is like hell. However, the world becomes a place like heaven when the Qur'an is followed.

There is a plan to push Muslims into radicalism, and then use radicalism as an excuse to kill Muslims and Christians in a horrific war. The only way to foil this plot is being very modern, enlightened and being friends with Christians.

There is no such punishment as ‘rajm' [stoning to death] in the Qur’an. That is the custom of idolaters and it has no place in Islam.

Every aspect of the understanding of religion outside the Qur’an is horrible; laughing, dancing, painting, statues, music, women’s going out, children wearing shorts are all forbidden in their twisted minds. In some Islamic scholars perverse understanding, the penalty for shaving one’s beard or not performing daily prayers is death. None of those have any place in the Qur’an. The religion that they promote that has no place in the Qur’an and it turns this world into a living hell.

Prophet Solomon used perfection in architecture and arts while preaching the Message of God.

Listening to music, taking photos, dancing, art, science, beauty, having fun; none of those are unlawful by religion.

High attendance in referendum and freedom of expression is important. It's risky to give the impression that people said 'yes' due to fear.

Turkey should be a leader in the arts. In music, painting, sculpture and all others, we should be the pioneers. We should have recitals, operas.

People have a wrong understanding of religion. They assume pious people become introverted and lose their joy. That is not being religious. One becomes lively and joyful with religion and faith in God. Believers are extraverted and full of life.

Iran and Turkey are friends. We want to have more friends from Iran to come to Turkey. Mutual visits should increase.

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.

The British deep state created both fascism and communism and then turned the whole world into a bloodbath by making the two sides fight.

If a model of high-quality, refined, modern Muslims prevailed in Turkey, the whole world would love Turkey.

The Kurds are gorgeous people. We have been brothers with Kurds since the time of Prophet Adam (pbuh). No one can drive a wedge between the Kurds and us.

The blind hatred of Jews is diametrically opposed to the Qur'an. God would never curse an entire people.

Mr. Erdoğan drew attention to the British deep state by saying that there exist "Lawrences with cloaks." We congratulate his sincere stance. By saying, "I'm neither Sunni, nor Shia", President Erdoğan dealt a big blow to the British deep state's plot to destroy the Islamic world.

Denying the sufficiency of Qur'an and adding fabricated hadiths and superstition to religion is one of the biggest mistakes ever made. God said in the Qur'an that the Qur'an is sufficient as a guide.

Trying to break up Turkey amounts to preventing the Islamic Union, which is impossible. We will never allow that.