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Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya

The false idea of dissimulation held by
various evangelicals who fall into error

on the definition of the antichrist

The dangerous aspect of those evangelicals discussed here is that
they equate the supporters of goodness, love and beauty with the an-
tichrist. According to this incorrect view, a person or a society that is
not Christian is made up of potential antichrists, and if they espouse
peace, brotherhood, friendship and love, then they are declaring them-
selves to be the antichrist. Evangelicals also misinterpret the descrip-

tion of the "savior Mahdi" in the Koran and the Torah, confusing him
with the antichrist. This false conception of the antichrist they propose
therefore indoctrinates people with the ideas that "You must not ad-
vocate peace," "You must not call people to brotherhood, joy and
union" and that "You must be suspicious of people who call for friend-
ship and brotherhood." Even though they may be unaware of it, or
even unwilling for it to happen, they are doing precisely what the an-
tichrist wants and are serving his purposes by depicting good as evil.
One of the incorrect beliefs that some evangelicals hold about Mus-
lims is their explanation on the subject of dissimulation. The Arabic
word "taqiyya" means "caution or concealment." In the Koran God says,
"Those who reject God after having believed – except for someone
forced to do it whose heart remains at rest in its belief – but as for
those whose breasts become dilated with unbelief, anger from God

will come down on them. They will have a terrible punishment."
This verse describes how someone who is actually a believer can
deny his faith, on a purely temporary basis, in the face of threats to his
own life or that of others. To put it another way, it is permissible for
him to dissimulate - to deny his faith in other words - in the face of
threats to his life, property, family or country. That is all that the con-
cept of dissimulation means.

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