Page 323 - Christians Must Heed Jesus

Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya

find guidance will heed this call, while those without will reject it. This
means that no matter how hard you work at it, someone who has not

found guidance will never become a true Muslim. It is therefore un-
lawful in the eyes of the Koran to compel such people, and compulsion
produces no results.
Islam means submission. In order for someone to enter Islam,
find true guidance and become a true Muslim, he must genuinely sub-
mit himself to God and the Koran.
But what happens if someone is forced to become a Muslim?
If someone is forced to convert to Islam, he will be a hypocrite,
not a Muslim. He will worship and pray through compulsion, as a re-
sult of which he will most likely become a hypocrite full of rage and
hatred. He will detest Islam and Muslims and, while appearing to be
a Muslim, he will spend his life trying to lead Muslims into traps.
The hypocrite is Muslims' worst enemy, and the lowest form of
life on Earth. God regards hypocrites as deserving of the lowest level
of hell. These base creatures constantly seek to harm Muslims. There-
fore, to go against God's command and try to compel someone to be-
come a Muslim merely results in generating hypocrites and ends in
harm. This is one of the last things Muslims should ever want.

Forcing someone to be a Muslim is also against the general spirit
of the Koran. There is a conception of justice set out in the Koran, ac-
cording to which all ideas and opinions are as free as possible. God
makes this clear in the verse "You have your religion and I have my
religion," (Koran, 109:6) addressed to the unbelievers. This means full
democracy, freedom of religion and belief. In other words, freedom of
belief and democracy have their origins in the Koran. When this con-
ception enshrined in the Koran spreads across the world, then we will
have complete democracy and liberty. This system of justice is a law of
humanity that includes all communities, the whole world and all be-
liefs: It is the law of God. The commandments of the Koran are created
so as to bring people material and psychological comfort.

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