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Harun Yahya-Adnan Oktar
exceptions that, for some reason, do not conform to the norm. Such
individuals, under particular conditions, may not display any of the
qualities predicated by these conditions. Therefore, we cannot say
that all individuals in a society of ignorance acquire the character we

will describe. We are not referring to these individuals, but only
those who reflect the endemic corruption that plagues the societies
of ignorance.

The Character of the Female in the Societies

of Ignorance
In a society of ignorance, there is a silent, unnamed power that
directs all the people. From the moment he is born, a member of
such societies submits himself to this power, and orders his entire
life according to its edicts. This power dominates this member of the

society of ignorance, to such an extent that he does not depart from
its laws, even though they go against his own desires and expecta-
tions; and, come what may, he remains loyal to it.
What is this power, then, to which the ignorant are so attached,
and which commands them so absolutely?
As we have said, it does not have a name; it is the totality of the
false laws that the ignorant refer to as “tradition.” It is not known

who formulated these laws and determined whether or not they
were valid. No one, however, would dare to question or alter them.
Anyone who attempts to question these traditions is despised, and
attempts are made to prevent any who are thought to be violating
these laws or disrupting the established order.
Members of this society are firmly devoted to the rules they
have adopted; if one wanted to tell them that these rules may be

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