Page 371 - Bigotry: The Dark Danger

Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

pleases our Almighty Lord represents a calamitous failure to
understand God and His sublime artistry.

The dishonesty of fanatics who seek to ban music

In discussing these things, we also need to look at the fanatics'
own lives. Since they have invented a false prohibition that appears
nowhere in the Qur'an, a great many of these people are in a constant

state of contradiction and falsity in their daily lives (those who are
genuine are surely apart from that description, however).

• Those people who say, "Music is forbidden" generally

keep music stations turned on the whole time, and even
enjoy music themselves.

• When these people attend weddings they happily dance
and sing or hold henna nights.

• These people generally listen to music in their cars.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with listening to music all the
time or dancing at weddings; on the contrary, these things are

delightful blessings. The way that these people we are criticizing
here use religion to back up their prohibitions on music is entirely
false and reflects their own dishonesty. It is important to be aware of
the true face of those who issue prohibitions in the name of religion
and their position is described in verses of the Qur'an.

Our Almighty Lord describes the state of those who
adopt faiths other than the Qur'an as follows:

There is folklore and folk dance all over the world.
Dance is a form of entertainment that people feel the
need for. A world in which music and dance are
banned is incompatible with human nature.

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