Page 23 - Islam Denounces Terrorism

Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) 21

to impose anything on other people; however the problem is most
Muslims today follow not the Qur'an, but their tribal, local or regional
traditions and superstitions. Therefore, unless all those superstitions
are completely eliminated from the Islamic resources considered as

fundamental, unless Muslims completely turn to the Qur'an, it is sim-
ply impossible to prevent those violent people that act in the name of
Islam or to stop Islamophobia.

The only way to remove the impact of those extremists who por-
tray as "Islam" the bigoted mindset that forbids science, technology,

high quality, joy, beauty and the arts to Muslims, and thus condemns
them to oppression and ignorance, is through education.

Modern Western education is definitely obligatory; however, the
number of people educated in the West but then going to the East - and
Africa - to participate in acts of terror is far from insignificant. There-

fore the question that demands an answer is this:
How is it possible to convince those who are well-educated in all

fields to become involved in terrorism?

When observed carefully, we understand that the crux of the prob-
lem is those teachings which legitimize violence and are widely seen in
both West and the Islamic world. Everyone knows about the negative
aspect of the Darwinian worldview, which is the basis of Western-style

education, and we will be talking about this in detail in the coming
chapters. However, what must be explained before is the fact that
praises of violence that exist in some Shia and Sunni references are

mostly ignored, and that during their primary Islamic education, many
young people are first taught about these sources. A generation totally
unaware of the content and context of the Qur'an and whose minds are
moulded by radical views are readily directed to violence. For this rea-
son the cause of terrorism is not a Divine religion, but it is a blend of