(Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar’s live interview on Çay TV and Maraş Aksu TV, December 3rd, 2009)
ADNAN OKTAR: How close they [Jews] are very close to Muslims, they say “Say: ‘He is Allah, Absolute Oneness, Allah, the Everlasting Sustainer of all.” And that is really very nice. Surat Al-Ikhlas, that is also how their own belief is. The exact same belief stated in the Surat Al-Ikhlas is applicable for them as well. For example, La ilaha illa Allahu applies to them, too. Only Christianity has a problem with that and that is the problem of belief in the trinity. If they do away with that, insha’Allah, then they will be freed from the scourge of polytheism. Any other way would be associating others with Allah. If they have the trinity, that is associating others with Allah. Because there is only One Allah and that is perfectly clear. Believing in the One Allah is the basis of faith. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) prays to Allah in the Gospel, doesn’t he? He himself says he is a servant of Allah. Consequently if they put it right, then they will be freed from the scourge of polytheism. But of course Islam is the one true religion in the sight of Allah according to the Qur’an, and that is what we believe in, but for a Christian it is Christianity, of course, and for a Jew it is Judaism, it is Islam for a Muslim. Everyone regards his own religion as the true one. That is perfectly normal. Otherwise they would not be living by that faith. That is why we cannot impose beliefs on one another, we only have to feel respect. Thus there will be mutual respect toward one another, insha’Allah.