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THE RELIGION OF THE IGNORANT

are far removed from the ideal forms of behavior and personal and
ethical structure described in the Qur'an. In this way, it will be made
plain how satan's ignorant superstitious religion dominates those peo-
ple who live far removed from Islam, at all periods of their lives.

BEING A MAN ACCORDING TO
THE RELIGION OF THE IGNORANT
MR. ADNAN OKTAR'S LIVE INTERVIEW
ON KANAL 35 (IZMIR) (January 18, 2009)
ADNAN OKTAR: The religion of ignorance exists among peo-
ple. For instance they say, "He is the type of man deserving to be a
man." His behavior is extremely affected, his speech, gestures and atti-
tudes are like those of an actor. Their affectedness is of a humiliating
nature. Their speech is artificial, their language is artificial, that is to
say they are insincere. There are hundreds of such gestures, hundreds
of styles. For instance someone comes up and behaves artificially, say-
ing, "We have been waiting for you for so long. Where have you been
all this time?" However, a person may well express his love and long-
ing perfectly sincerely. What is the point in being so artificial? This is
the religion of the ignorant. That is what I am talking about.
Affectation exhausts a person. Being natural is very beautiful, sin-
cerity is beautiful. Loving sincerely and using sincere expressions is
very beautiful. That is why Allah says, I take refuge in Allah from the
cursed satan, "My sincere servants will be saved." If one asks a Muslim
to choose between the pleasure sincerity gives and the repulsiveness of
affectedness, even in the absence of a provision in the Qur'an on the
subject, he will immediately choose naturalness. That is because a nat-
ural person is very beautiful. You cannot even compare a natural
woman to an affected one. An affected woman looks very repulsive.

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