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THE RELIGION OF THE IGNORANT

recognize legal order. They regard beauty, love, compassion, mercy
and respect as utterly unnecessary. That is why this global ecomic
crisis of today can flourish so well on this basis. However, were peo-
ple to trust in Allah and see goodness in everything, be compassion-
ate, protect their neighbors more than themselves, and adopt the
words of our Prophet (saas), "Those who are satied while their
neighbors are hungry are not one of us" as a beautiful moral tenet,
then there would be a very different environment. For instance, peo-
ple do not give alms, they hardly give zakat. However, Muslims
protect the poor and do good to other people. They especially for-
give people's debts, which is very important. They do not fear for
the future and greedily accumulate wealth. They do not accumulate
gold, silver or money and use it on Allah's path because they hope
Allah will give them. That is why there is tension all over the world.
That is because everyone holds onto his money. Everyone keeps his
gold and silver back, nobody wants to engage in production.
Everyone waits to see what the end will be in fear and anxiety. That
should not be the case. This is a collapse. That is deadlock in the true
sense of the word. This is a sickness.

MR. ADNAN OKTAR'S LIVE INTERVIEW
ON CAY TV (FEBRUARY 25, 2009)
ADNAN OKTAR: ... For instance a Muslim approaches an old,
pure grandfather with compassion and wants to help him cross the
street. He wants to carry his load or gives him his seat on the bus.
But someone who is brought up as a selfish, egoist, irreligious per-
son starts to look out of the window when he sees such an old man.
He turns his head away, for instance, if he is walking on the street.
The old man may be doubled over and in great pain from carrying
his load. The other person, on the other hand, is as fit as a fiddle. He

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