Page 24 - The Winter of Islam and the Spring to Come

MUSLIMS MUST

STRUGGLE THROUGH
KNOWLEDGE AND

IDEAS

REPORTER: Yes, could you
talk about terror a bit? There are suicide
attacks taking place in Afghanistan. Is that
acceptable in Islam? Can one wage jihad
by killing oneself?

ADNAN OKTAR: What need is there for suicide? For one thing,
suicide is a sin. To kill an innocent person for no reason is something
deserving a punishment of eternal hell. Someone who kills himself has
killed a human being and thus committed a terrible sin, and since he de-
parts without repenting he risks spending eternity in hell. That is why a
Muslim should educate, rather than kill himself, and increase his
knowledge, love, affection, compassion and strength, and should go
and preach to people. There is no need to go and bomb people. Go
and preach to them, tell them about Islam. There was a period, as you
know, in the early years of our Prophet's (saas) coming when he did not
reveal himself. They began preaching in secret, and only later openly.
They were insulted, oppressed, beaten and sworn at, they were alien-
ated and subjected to sanctions, and they even abandoned their country
and migrated to another. They preached amid all these many difficul-
ties, and Muslims must preach in the same way, preaching and ex-
plaining. But they cannot be of any use by bombing and
hanging people. That is wrong. It is incompatible with the
Qur'an, with the moral values of the Qur'an and with
logic and reason.
If they open madrassas, that is great,
masha'Allah. Let them explain faith and