Page 139 - A Call for a Turkish-Islamic Union

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

AN INTERVIEW WITH
MR. ADNAN OKTAR BY AL BAGHDADIA
TV, AUGUST 5th, 2008

Ad nan Ok tar: You know my ideas. I am a fol-
lower of the creed of the Ahl al-Sunnah. … For one thing, we
must eliminate all sectarian differences. These are completely un-
conscionable. Wahhabism, Shiism and Sunnism are all fraternal
sects. We all live together. We are all brothers. Muslims must
never be one another's enemies on the pretext of sectarian differ-

ences. They are all sects of great piety. They are all sects that
scrupulously abide by the faith. There is no division among us.
We all believe in the same Allah and the same Prophet. We face
the same direction in prayer. We love the same prophets. We are
the same in just about everything. A spirit of opposition caused by
differences of minor detail would be very ugly. It would mean
falling into satan's trap. My brothers must take great care over
this. All Muslims must love one another. For example, when a Shi-
ite meets a Sunni he must embrace him and ask how he is doing.

When he meets Wahhabist brothers, for example, he must go to
their homes and embrace them and dine with them and even pray
with them. I sometimes hear people say they do not pray behind
each other, and that is totally out of order. They must be
happy to pray behind them. Be they Shiite or Wah-
habist or Sunni… It makes no difference, as
we are all brothers… This ill becomes

any Muslim.

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