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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

creatures Allah created, being kind and gentle in the best
possible ways, always favoring compromise and
understanding, never speaking harshly, even under the most

trying circumstances, making sacrifices happily and
willingly, always desiring and seeking the best for others,
relegating one's own personal desires to the background,
wishing for others exactly what one wishes for oneself, being

always quick to offer assistance in cases of need and rejecting
all forms of cruelty. That, no doubt, is exactly the ethical
model that mankind is searching for.

Islam Supports Freedom of Belief

In matters of belief, Islam offers people complete
freedom, and in the very clearest language. That has been so

ever since Islam was first revealed, and forms the basis of
today's Islamic morality. The verses on the subject are
perfectly clear:
There is no compulsion where religion is concerned.
Right guidance has become clearly distinct from error.

Anyone who rejects false Allahs and believes in Allah
has grasped the Firmest Handhold, which will never
give way. Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (Surat al-
Baqara: 256)

According to Islam, people are free to choose whatever
beliefs they wish, and nobody can oblige anyone else. Yes, a
Muslim has a duty to communicate Islam and explain the

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