Adnan Oktar A9 TV; March 2nd, 2016

Islam religion is promoted as a hell by those abiding by the traditionalist Orthodox Islamic conception. The religion they promote is like a system that is bent on clouding the mind, insight and foresight, destroying all its vital aspects, eliminating art, aesthetic and beauty, one that virtually despises happiness of people. It is a system that ruins people by turning them into schizophrenics. It is impossible for people to maintain a normal mental and physical health within the confines of the traditionalist Orthodox system.

We relish in worshiping God and performing prayer. How nice that prayer is a beauty that has been performed for thousands of years.

They think that it is heroic to complicate Islam to the point of being impracticable. They want plenty of things to be rendered unlawful. Yet they don’t even refrain from committing the deeds declared unlawful by themselves. They say, "Otherwise everything would become lawful". That is the way Islam is; everything is lawful. Unlawful deeds are in the few. Such compulsion has no place in Islam. Prayers are quite easy to perform as well. Bigots are devastating the religion by complicating it.

It is an evil system to complicate religion to the point of being impracticable, and devastating religion by creating a population unable to live it. However, God offers us a straightforward religion through the Quran, a religion that can be lived by all the communities. Bigots make people abandon it and adopt a religious conception that is impracticable and hellish instead.

They can’t believe that women can be free or that people can be happy. God doesn't want difficulty for people, He wants freedom for them.

Arts, entertainment, beauty and music are not forbidden in Islam. They ruined the Islamic world by taking all the beauties away from Muslims.

God has made all commandments in the Qur'an explicit, everything is crystal clear. Islam does not include ambiguities.

There is neither neighborhood pressure in Islam, nor rules prescribed by the world. Rules people have invented take away the joy of life. Islam removes all the pressure of the streets or which customs enforce, and it gives utmost freedom to people.

The daily prayer really annoys the hypocrites; they regard that as totally unnecessary but he likes the good intentions and virtue of Muslims. The immorality of the unbelievers troubles him. That is why the hypocrite does not nail his colors to the mast of unbelief.

There is no difficulty in Islam: God wants it to be convenient as He emphasizes that in verses multiple times, and says that the Prophet Abraham’s (as) religion is easy. In another verse He says, “God desires ease for you; He does not desire difficulty for you.” (2/185) Islam is like a festival; it is a religion of joy. Things like hanging people, cutting them up, beating people, blasphemy, making women’s lives miserable do not exist in it. Islam considers women to be flowers.

Our understanding of the high-spirited Islam is the Qur'an's way of being a Muslim. All beautiful things are a part of Islam.

The Qur'an is adequate. How the prayers will be performed and the times for their observance are clearly stated in the Qur'an.

If you believe in God, it would be cruel not to wake up for the morning prayer. That is because you promise God and say that you love God, that you appreciate His blessings on you and that you are thankful to Him. But then you say, "I do not want to thank You!" How is that acceptable?

One wakes up for the morning prayers with love. God created you with all these details and gives you uninterrupted blessings. In the morning God gives you food, He feeds you at lunch time and also at dinner. He gives you your breath constantly and has your heart working uninterruptedly day in and day out. If He stops your heart for a moment, you would be dead. If He stops your breathing for a moment, you would be dead. If you consider prayers to be too much for God, that would be foul play against God.

Performing regular prayers is our way of expressing our love for God. God is pleased with our love for Him, and we are delighted with God's love.

Both performing prayers and fasting is the expression of the lover to his Love.

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.

Information does not flow to the brain out of the blue. The brain should be disciplined; it should be educated. It is not possible to do by sitting back, one needs to work for it. Thinking is an act of worship, just like prayers.

Traditional Muslims want religion to be difficult and most are almost obsessive about it. They usually can’t see that the Qur’an is sufficient.

The human mind can’t work well under strain. That’s why God made religion easy. God wants people to be at ease.

All my friends are very meticulous about performing their prayers. They perform their prayers on a timely manner and by the leave of God don't miss any prayers.

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.

Regular prayers (salat) are very joyous for Muslims. It is joyous to perform prayers in a timely manner. One makes preparations for performing prayers with joy.

My friends are very meticulous about performing their daily prayers on time. They never delay their prayers and always perform their prayers on time.

The verse of the Quran saying "do not inquire pryingly" means do not spy on others. Inquire here refers to spying. In other words, God says "Do not gather intelligence about Muslims and provide it to others; do not resort to indecency and cruelty."