Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Interview at Kocaeli TV on August 14th, 2010
ADNAN OKTAR: But this pacifism and this calmness will not work for the better; stagnation begins to pull people back. For instance, there are some people who get bored alone at home, they get bored even more in time and the house begins to feel like coming down on them. Right? They come to a very strange point that they get bored and this time, enter into irreligiousness directly as they get bored. If you start calling everything a collective personality all the time; if you say "the coming of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will be as a collective personality" and some start to talk about one hundred thousand kilometer long and fifty thousand kilometer long creatures; what would those turn the religion into at the end? Right? There is a very extreme explanation on one side; you turn a person who actually exists, into a spirit, into a collective personality. And you turn the other one into a creature that can never exist.
I am extremely well-intentioned. I have no claim of superiority. Master Fethullah, and others; I love all of them very much. I am at their service; I am their doorman. I have no such claim. But I am restless in the name of the religion, in the name of Islam and in the name of this ummah. I am warning them as I don't want any harm to come to them.
OKTAR BABUNA:Masha'Allah master. May Allah be pleased with you.
ADNAN OKTAR: Otherwise, what master Fethullah does is nice, he launches new schools and raises students. But I do not see this as sufficient. But it could be said as such: look he is preparing a foundation and you can do all kinds of activities based on this foundation, meaning there is an easy foundation for you. Alright. May Allah be pleased with them. I or someone else can do activities on this ready-made foundation and develop it. But what would someone lose? For instance if master Fethullah were to say that Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will come not as a collective personality but as an individual in an appropriate wording; it would a very big incident and it would be very effective. And nothing would happen. It is not like people will come to me with the idea that they have found Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). I am a very joyous, relaxed and extraverted person and it is clear that I am not putting on airs of claiming to be the Mahdi. Right? I mean, I am not employing the turns of phrases to claim to be the Mahdi (pbuh) or so.. If I were, I would be walking in sparkling lights and get a throne built for me just like Cubbeli did. And I would be coming here with a ceremony. Have you ever seen me coming here with sparkling lights?
OKTAR BABUNA:Astagfirullah master
ADNAN OKTAR:I do not have such a problem. In addition I have a very beautiful life. The house that I am living in is the most beautiful house in Turkey. My friends around me are the most beautiful people of the world. My girl friends are the most beautiful people of the world. I eat the best food, drive the best cars, wear the best clothes. What ambition could I have about this world? What am I to do? People's respect for me; my brothers show great respect and love anyway; they have an incredible respect and love for me. What ambition could I possibly have? Right? Muslims should unite. If they tell me that person is the leader of Muslims, I will go and kiss the bottom of his foot. Am I going to say "Why did you not choose me and choose him instead?" if that happens? What is that to me? Why would I do something like this? What could be my problem? Once Muslims are comfortable.. For instance, I want people to live in peace, not to have fear, to live with joy. I want them to be healthy, alive and be free and democracy to be achieved completely. They should be able to walk on the street freely. Right? They should be able to live love, compassion, passion completely for the good pleasure of Allah. They should be able to eat well, drink well and dress well. The whole world should be in peace. That is alright by me. What will I do? Am I going to go and stay at the Yildiz Palace? And also I would be uncomfortable. If they made me stay there, I would not stay there anyway. Of course, I mean, that is definitely not the case. Right? One would be in search for a warm environment. Insha'Allah.
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