Adnan Oktar

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Adnan Oktar nom de plume Harun Yahya (a.k.a Adnan Hoca) (born Ankara, 1956) is one of the leading figures in Turkish creationism, and a fervent advocate of creationism in the creation vs. evolution debate. He is considered the leading Muslim advocate of creationism^{[citation needed]}; unlike the majority of Christian creationists he subscribes to Old Earth creationism^{[citation needed]}. He is an anti-zionist and anti-mason which he sees as very interrelated movements. Although he rejects allegations of anti-Semitism, claiming pagan and Darwinist roots for anti-Semitism ^[1] he is also credited as a Holocaust denier,^[2] with his book Soykırım Yalanı (The Holocaust Hoax).

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Trivia 2 Writings 3 Bibliography (Partial) 3.1 Credited works 3.2 Children's books 3.3 Booklets 3.4 Works on Quranic topics 4 Notes 5 External links 5.1 Critical articles 5.2 An Invitation to The Truth ~ videos download

[edit] Biography

Born in Ankara in 1956, Adnan Oktar lived there through his high school years. In 1979 he moved to Istanbul to attend a interior design-study at Mimar Sinan University.

In the first half of the 1980s, he gathered young students around him, to teach them his views about Islam, mixing mysticism with scientific rhetoric. These young people belonged to socially active and prominent families of Istanbul which had a high economic status. From 1982 to 1984, a group of 20-30 young people was formed. In 1986 Adnan Oktar's published a book Judaism and Freemasonry on Jews and Freemasonry. The book suggests the principal mission of the Jews and freemasons in Turkey was to erode the spiritual, religious and moral values of the Turkish people and thus make them like animals as stated in the verse of Distorted Torrah.^[3] Oktar asserts that the materialist standpoint, evolution theory, anti-religious and immoral lifestyles were indoctrinated to the society as a whole.

Shortly after the publication of Judaism and Freemasonry, Adnan Oktar was arrested and imprisoned. He was transferred to Bakirköy Mental Hospital and placed under observation. After 19 months, Oktar was released.^[4]

In 1990, he founded Bilim Araşırma Vakfı (Foundation for Scientific Research), through which he still effectively functions. His followers gathered around the Foundation are usually named as Adnan Hocacılar ("Adherents of Adnan the Hodja") by the public. Adnan Oktar was declared the Honorary President of the BAV. The Foundation ensured the performance of several activities; the members of the foundation published books and conducted cultural studies, held panels, discussions and conferences to protect and revive moral values. In 1995, he also founded Millî Değerleri Koruma Vakfı (Foundation for Protection of National Values).

In early 1998, Adnan Oktar and the BAV launched a campaign against Darwinism. Thousands of free copies of Adnan Oktar's book, The Evolution Deceit and the booklets based on this book were distributed within Turkey. BAV spearheaded an effort to attack Turkish academics who taught evolutionary theory. A number of academics claim to have been harassed, threatened and slandered in fliers that labeled them "Maoists" for teaching evolution. In 1999, six of the professors won a civil court case against BAV for defamation and were awarded $4,000 each.^[5] Fear of persecution by the BAV alledgely has continued, Professor Umit Sayin is reported to have said in 2005: In 1998, I was able to motivate six members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences to speak out against the creationist movement. Today, it's impossible to motivate anyone. They're afraid they'll be attacked by the radical Islamists and the BAV.

[edit] Trivia

• He is seen as a protagonist of the so-called "Moderate Islam" current in Turkey, since Adnan Hocacılar have never been engaged in direct conflict with the secularist Turkish Establishment.
• He preserves good relations with various nationalist and mainstream Islamist currents to the right of Turkish political spectrum, with references to Atatürk.
• Even though he often writes about science, he has never actually studied any science at a university level.^[6][7][8]

[edit] Writings

Oktar has written numerous books under the name Harun Yahya (Harun (Aaron) and Yahya (John)), arguing against evolution. He also asserts that evolution is directly related to the claimed evils of materialism, Nazism, communism, and Buddhism. Most of his anti-evolution resources are identical to Christian creationist arguments (see: Creation_science).^[9]

He also has produced various works on Zionism and Freemasonry, accusing Zionists of racism and arguing that Zionism and Freemasonry have had significant negative effects on world history and politics. Finally, he has written more than a hundred books describing the morals of the Qur'an and faith related issues ^{[citation needed]}.

Oktar's books on faith-related topics attempt to communicate the existence and oneness of God according to the Islamic faith, and are written with the main purpose of introducing Islam to those who are strangers to religion. Each of his books on science-related topics stresses his views on the might, sublimity, and majesty of God. These books attempt to display for non-Muslims what Oktar claims to be signs of the existence of God, and the excellence of his creation. A sub-group within this series are the series of "Books Demolishing the Lie of Evolution", a critique of the ideas of Materialism, Evolution, Darwinism, and atheism.

Oktar asserts that Buddhism as being a false religion built upon idolatry and falsehood^[10] He calls Buddhist rituals "meaningless" and "empty".

[edit] Bibliography (Partial)

[edit] Credited works

• Judaism and Freemasonry
• The 'Secret Hand' in Bosnia
• Behind the Scenes of Terrorism
• Israel's Kurdish Card
• A National Strategy for Turkey
• Solution: The Morals of the Qur'an
• The Winter of Islam and Its Expected Spring
• Communism in Ambush
• The Bloody Ideology of Darwinism: Fascism
• Darwin's Antagonism Against the Turks
• The Disasters Darwinism Brought to Humanity
• The Evolution Deceit
• Articles 1-2-3
• A Weapon of Satan: Romanticism
• Truths 1-2
• The Western World Turns to God
• Perished Nations
• The Prophet Moses
• The Prophet Joseph
• The Golden Age
• Allah's Artistry in Colour
• Glory is Everywhere
• The Truth of the Life of This World
• Confessions of Evolutionists
• Precise Answers to Evolutionists
• Evolutionary Falsehoods
• The Dark Magic of Darwinism
• The Religion of Darwinism
• The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution in 20 Questions
• The Qur'an Leads the Way to Science
• The Real Origin of Life
• The Creation of the Universe
• Miracles of the Qur'an
• Consciousness in the Cell
• A String of Miracles
• The Design in Nature
• Self-Sacrifice and Intelligent Behaviour Models in Animals
• Eternity Has Already Begun
• Children Darwin Was Lying!
• The End of Darwinism
• Deep Thinking
• Timelessness and the Reality of Fate
• Knowing the Truth
• Never Plead Ignorance
• The Secrets of DNA
• The Miracle in the Atom
• The Miracle in the Cell
• The Miracle of the Immune System
• The Miracle in the Eye
• The Miracle of Creation in Plants
• The Miracle in the Spider
• The Miracle in the Ant
• The Miracle in the Gnat
• The Miracle in the Honeybee
• The Miracle of the Seed
• The Miracle of the Termite
• The Green Miracle: Photosynthesis
• The Miracle of Hormone
• The Miracle of the Human Being
• The Miracle of Man's Creation
• The Miracle of Protein.
• Global Freemasonry

[edit] Children's books

• Children Darwin Was Lying!
• The World of Animals
• The Splendour in the Skies
• The World of Our Little Friends: The Ants
• Honeybees That Build Perfect Combs
• Skillful Dam Builders: Beavers

[edit] Booklets

• The Mystery of the Atom
• The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution: The Fact of Creation
• The Collapse of Materialism
• The End of Materialism
• The Blunders of Evolutionists 1
• The Blunders of Evolutionists 2
• The Microbiological Collapse of Evolution
• The Fact of Creation
• The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution in 20 Questions
• The Biggest Deception in the History of Biology: Darwinism.

[edit] Works on Quranic topics

• The Basic Concepts in the Qur'an
• The Moral Values of the Qur'an
• Quick Grasp of Faith 1-2-3
• Ever Thought About the Truth?
• Crude Understanding of Disbelief
• Devoted to Allah
• Abandoning the Society of Ignorance
• The Real Home of Believers: Paradise
• Knowledge of the Qur'an
• Qur'an Index
• Emigrating for the Cause of Allah
• The Character of the Hypocrite in the Qur'an
• The Secrets of the Hypocrite
• The Names of Allah
• Communicating the Message and Disputing in the Qur'an
• Answers from the Qur'an
• Death Resurrection Hell
• The Struggle of the Messengers
• The Avowed Enemy of Man: Satan
• The Greatest Slander: Idolatry
• The Religion of the Ignorant
• The Arrogance of Satan
• Prayer in the Qur'an
• The Importance of Conscience in the Qur'an
• The Day of Resurrection
• Never Forget
• Disregarded Judgements of the Qur'an
• Human Characters in the Society of Ignorance
• The Importance of Patience in the Qur'an
• General Information from the Qur'an
• The Mature Faith
• Before You Regret
• Our Messengers Say
• The Mercy of Believers
• The Fear of Allah
• The Nightmare of Disbelief
• Jesus Will Return
• Beauties Presented by the Qur'an for Life
• A Bouquet of the Beauties of Allah 1-2-3-4
• The Iniquity Called "Mockery"
• The Mystery of the Test
• The True Wisdom According to the Qur'an
• The Struggle with the Religion of Irreligion
• The School of Yusuf
• The Alliance of the Good
• Slanders Spread Against Muslims Throughout History
• The Importance of Following the Good Word
• Why Do You Deceive Yourself?
• Islam: The Religion of Ease
• Enthusiasm and Excitement in the Qur'an
• Seeing Good in Everything
• How does the Unwise Interpret the Qur'an?
• Some Secrets of the Qur'an
• The Courage of Believers
• Being Hopeful in the Qur'an
• Justice and Tolerance in the Qur'an
• Basic Tenets of Islam
• Those Who do not Listen to the Qur'an.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://islamdenouncesantisemitism.com
2. ^ http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/organizations/harunyahya.html
3. ^ http://www.jamiat.org.za/whatsnew/hyahya.html
4. ^ http://www.harunyahya.com/theauthor2.php
5. ^ http://www.pitch.com/issues/2005-05-05/news/feature_1.html
6. ^ http://www.harunyahya.com/theauthor.php
7. ^ http://www.darwinismrefuted.com/about_author.html
8. ^ http://www.islamonline.net/english/OnthePathofReturn/articles/2006/01/01.shtml
9. ^ http://www.tabsir.net/?p=122
10. ^ http://www.harunyahya.com/buddhism01.php

[edit] External links

• Foundation for Scientific Research
• Foundation for Protection of National Values
• Harun Yahya official site
• Other Harun Yahya official site
• Who is Harun Yahya?

[edit] Critical articles

• Harun Yahya and Islamic Creationism
• Cloning Creationism in Turkey
• Harun Yahya or Adnan Oktar: The Promised Mahdi?
• Turkish refutation of Harun Yahya's work
• Mahdi as Hell: Look out Darwin
• Harun Yahya: an Invitation to Dogmatism

[edit] An Invitation to The Truth ~ videos download

• Harun Yahya official video download page (HTTP download)
• Harun Yahya video download page (bit torrent)