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tionships of mutual tolerance and peace... In the aftermath of the Sept 11
attacks, however, a dire problem emerged. Certain circles that claim to
speak on behalf of Islam, but clearly lack the understanding of the

essence of it, work to wreak suffering on humanity rather than striving
for its benefit. In attacking and killing innocent people, they committed
the vilest sin forbidden by Islam - in other words, they brought chaos to
the world."
How would your proposed Islamic Union deal with the problem of
terrorism?

MR. OKTAR: The most effective struggle that can be waged
against terror is an intellectual one, a struggle of ideas. It is
impossible to defeat mosquitoes until the swamp they breed in
has been dried up, in other words, until the ideologies repre-
senting the foundations of terror have been
eliminated. Darwinism lies at the heart of
terrorism. You cannot expect someone

who has been indoctrinated to regard
human beings as a kind of animal, to
believe that progress is possible only
through conflict, and to think one has to be
strong to survive, to also be loving and com-
passionate. Such a person's ruthlessness and
willingness to kill, without batting an eye-
lid, anyone who threatens his own interests,
and slaughter others for the sake of the ide-
ology he espouses is the natural conse-
quence of Darwinist indoctrination. Those
who claim to resort to terror and violence in
the name of Islam are at heart Darwinists.

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