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Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

disobey that command and force anyone else to be devout. That is
expressly forbidden in the Qur'an.

Our Prophet (pbuh) is only an adviser. He has a responsibility to
preach and introduce communities to Islam, the last revealed reli-
gion. At that time, some of those who heard about Islam from the

mouths of our Prophet (pbuh) and other Muslims came to believe,
while others did not. As explicitly required by the Qur'an, neither
our Prophet (pbuh) nor the other Muslims with him ever resorted to
compulsion. Our Prophet (pbuh) is reminded in the Qur'an; "So
remind them! You are only a reminder. You cannot compel them

[to believe]." (Qur'an, 88:21-22) Compulsion is therefore absolutely
forbidden.

According to the Qur'an, all Muslims have a duty to tell people
of the moral values of Islam, but nobody can use compulsion and
say, "You must become a Muslim" or "You must perform the reli-
gious observances." The purpose of the Qur'an is to bring love and

peace to the world. Such pressure is therefore incompatible with the
Qur'an.

Other verses in which compulsion is prohibited read:

Say: "It is the truth from your Lord; so let whoever wishes have
faith and whoever wishes be irreligious"… (Qur'an, 18:29)
If your Lord had willed, all the people on the earth would have
had faith. Do you think you can force people to be believers?
(Qur'an, 10:99)

We know best what they say. You are not a dictator over them. So
remind, with the Qur'an, whoever fears My threat. (Qur'an, 50:45)

Say: "Unbelievers! I do not worship what you worship and you

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