ADNAN OKTAR'S LIVE INTERVIEW ON KANAL 35 (IZMIR) (January 18, 2009)

ADNAN OKTAR:The religion of ignorance exists among people. They say that someone is ‘right-on,’ for example. And you look and see that this person’s behavior is very artificial, that his words, gestures and behavior are all like those of a stage actor, that he is embarrassingly false, his speech is false and his language is false, in other words, he is utterly insincere. There are hundreds of kinds of relevant gestures and ways of speaking. For example, someone arrives and they ask where has he been all this time, why has he stayed away for so long in a very very artificial manner. And that is completely false. Though one can, of course, genuinely express that he has missed someone and love him.

But what need is there for artificiality there? This is the religion of ignorance, this is what I am describing. And that person then responds to that artificiality in the same manner. We see it all over.

Artificiality is wearisome. But honesty is very beautiful. Loving someone honestly is beautiful. Sincere expressions are delightful. That is why, I take refuge in Allah from satan; Allah says that His sincere servants will be saved. In other words, if they were to give a Muslim a choice between the delight of honesty and the repulsiveness of artificiality, he will of course choose that which is natural, even if there is no specific commandment concerning it in the Qur’an. Because a natural person is highly attractive. There is a huge difference between a natural woman and an artificial one. The latter is really repulsive.