ADNAN OKTAR’S BUYUKHABER INTERVIEW (DECEMBER 12, 2008)

Materialist, Darwinist thinking automatically brings with it egotistical and selfish state of mind, that is a philosophy of selfishness. A kind of ‘who cares what happens to anyone else so long as I am all right’ mentality develops. Egoism is a dreadful thing. It is really disturbing and oppressive. Selfish communities and selfish individuals. Because selfish working groups adopt a selfish approach, they always strive for their own self-interest. They therefore recognize no rules or bounds. They recognize no law and regard such feelings as beauty, love, compassion and respect as surplus to requirements. That is why the current economic crisis is able to develop so strongly on such a foundation. Yet if people were to place their trust in Allah, if they saw the good in everything, if they watched out for their neighbor more than for themselves, if they adopted the fine words of the Prophet (saas) that he who lies down while his neighbor is hungry is not one of us as their guiding principle, a very different environment would result. For     instance, alms are not donated, people hardly donate alms. The fact is however, Muslims protect the poor and do good deeds to people. They especially absolve people of their debts, for example, and forgiving debts is very important. And they do not amass possessions, gold, silver or money out of greed or a concern for the future. Instead, they use those things on Allah’s path, because they hope it from Allah, they simply hope to have also in the future.  That is why there is currently a contraction across the world. Because everyone is holding onto their money and gold, nobody wants to export anything, and everyone is awaiting the outcome with fear and unease.  That is wrong. This means collapse, a complete dead end. It is a sickness. In order for it to be defeated, large sums of money must be distributed to the poor as a matter of urgency and wages must be raised. Nobody must worry what will happen then. Because when that is done the markets will be revived, meaning that money will enter the state’s coffers. No money can enter those coffers if the markets are not revived. In other words, if the state spends money on the one hand, there will be a huge flow of funds to it on the other. Production will go up enormously. Reducing interest rates to zero will have a literally explosive impact.

ADNAN OKTAR’S LIVE INTERVIEW ON CAY TV (FEBRUARY 25, 2009)

...... for example, an old, radiant grandfather type; one treats him with affection, helps him cross the street, carries anything heavy he has with him and gives up one’s seat on the bus to him.  But when someone brought up to be egotistical, selfish and irreligious sees an elderly person, on the bus say, they prefer to look somewhere else instead. They turn their eyes away on the street.  There he is doubled over in pain and you are young and as strong as a lion, so you should carry his bags for him wherever he wants to go, isn’t that right? Showing love and respect to someone like that will bring happiness with it, and Allah will then bestow strength and joy and happiness. The selfish person may imagine he is very clever because of his egotism and cruelty, but he immediately suffers the recompense for it, like a slap in the face.

ADNAN OKTAR’S EKIN TV INTERVIEW (JANUARY 19, 2009)

There is a very selfish and egotistical idea taught by society that has a great deal to do with selfishness and egoism; “Never trust anyone, not even your own father.” But in the societal model we want to see, everyone will trust everyone else. Everyone will love everyone else. But I go out on the streets and everyone looks so gloomy. Majority of people look gloomy, their eyes downcast. People should look at beauty of all kinds, greet other people and be friends with them. The Turkish nation, this motherland, Turkey with its extraordinary loveliness are ours, masha’Allah. It is an incredibly beautiful country masha’Allah. And our people are most humane. Our nation is normally full of love if it feels trust and respect and feels itself to be safe.

ADNAN OKTAR’S TRABZON TV INTERVIEW (September 4, 2008)

Nobody freezes to death in Turkey, or only very rarely. The municipalities always provide a solution. So why all this greed? For example, some people complain of having no money to buy meat or cheese. While those who do eat meat and cheese complain that these things have clotted up their arteries and raised their cholesterol levels. I wish I had known before, they say, and not eaten all those things. While people who subsist on vegetables wish they had eaten more meat. Yet there is a secret in all this. Someone who lives on vegetables, who eats spinach and leeks, for example, imagines that these are very bad. Yet Allah bestows good health through them. People who live in rural areas always have rosy cheeks and are more healthy.  But it is also of course important for there to be social justice among people. It is important that Islamic moral values should develop. Our Prophet (saas) says that he, who goes to bed on a full stomach while his neighbor is hungry, is not one of us.