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Adnan Oktar
                                        (Harun Yahya)




                       • With the banning of media organizations, we would
                  have to forego the innumerable benefits to be obtained from the
             media. It would also be impossible to preach moral values, and tell
             people of goodness and truth, as required by the Qur'an.


                 Make-up, Grooming, Cleanliness, Modernity and Culture,
                 "Quality" for Short, Are All Requirements of Islam

                 Of course a Muslim must be well-groomed, clean and attractive,

             because beauty, grooming and taking pleasure in art are all charac-
             teristics beloved of God and, as set out in the verses cited above, are
             all blessings bestowed on believers. There is nothing in the Qur'an to
             suggest that it is unlawful for women to wear make-up and be well-
             groomed. Indeed, women used to go out looking as attractive and
             well-groomed as possible in the time of our Prophet (pbuh). Women

             wore make-up at that time, too: Men, too, including our Prophet
             (pbuh) in particular, wore kohl on their eyes. As one hadith reveals:




































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