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cruelty. We hope that the practitioners of these religions will come to
realize the perverted nature of their lifestyles and the losses that fol-

lowing blindly in the footsteps of their forefather’s causes them in this
life, as well as in the hereafter, so they can leave these pagan beliefs be-
hind and surrender to Allah.
We will also examine the far-reaching effects of these superstitious
beliefs on the Western culture. The influence of superstitious Eastern
religions on Western society is not easily recognizable at first. The
th
Enlightenment of the 18 century followed by the materialism of the
19th century distanced European people from Divine religions and the
spiritual void thus created enabled false Eastern religions like
Hinduism and Buddhism to move into Western thought. These false re-
ligions played a major role in removing the good and positive morali-
ty of religions, in promoting the materialist worldview, and in mis-
leading people in search of spirituality by misleading people with “a
false religion opposed to belief in Allah.”
The comprehensive propaganda campaign on behalf of the New
Age movement which comprises all pagan teachings of the Far Eastern
st
cultures, and is sometimes termed to be “the religion of the 21 centu-
ry” or “the millennium religion”, proves that New Age-like move-
st
ments will be an issue in the 21 century Western world. Many
Christian churches, especially the Vatican, consider such movements
based on superstitious Far Eastern religions as one of the biggest
threats to Christianity. A report prepared by the Vatican titled “A
Christian reflection on the New Age”, seen as a new interpretation of
Christianity by some, just shows how big a threat this movement is

considered to be by the Christian world. 2
No doubt it is necessary that all people who genuinely believe in
Allah unite and begin a coordinated ideological resistance against such

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)