What is Islam?

The Core of Islam Description: The main message of Islam is the same basic message in all revealed religions, as they are all are from the same source, and the reasons for disparity found between religions.By M. Abdulsalam (IslamReligion.com) Among the blessings and favors that God has bestowed upon humanity is that He endowed them with an innate ability to recognize and acknowledge His existence. He placed this awareness deep in their hearts as a natural disposition that has not changed since human beings were first created. Furthermore, He reinforced this natural disposition with the signs that he placed in Creation that testify to His existence. However, since it is not possible for human beings to have a detailed knowledge of God except through revelation from Himself, God sent His Messengers to teach the people about their Creator Who they must worship. These Messengers also brought with them the details of how to worship God, because such details cannot be known except by way of revelation. These two fundamentals were the most important things that the Messengers of all the divine revelations brought with them from God. On this basis, all the divine revelations have had the same lofty objectives, which are: 1. To affirm the Oneness of God - the praised and glorified Creator – in His essence and His attributes. 2. To affirm that God alone should be worshipped and that no other being should be worshipped along with Him or instead of Him. 3. To safeguard human welfare and oppose corruption and evil. Thus, everything that safeguards faith, life, reason, wealth and lineage are part of this human welfare that religion protects. On the other hand, anything that endangers these five universal needs is a form of corruption that religion opposes and prohibits. 4. To invite the people to the highest level of virtue, moral values, and noble customs. The ultimate goal of every Divine Message has always been the same: to guide the people to God, to make them aware of Him, and to have them worship Him alone. Each Divine Message came to strengthen this meaning, and the following words were repeated on the tongues of all the Messengers: “Worship God, you have no god other than Him.” This message was conveyed to humanity by prophets and messengers which God sent to every nation. All of these messengers came with this same message, the message of Islam. All the Divine Messages came to bring the life of the people into willing submission to God. For this reason, they all share the name of “Islam”, or “submission” derived from the word “Salam”, or “peace”, in Arabic. Islam, in this sense, was the religion of all the prophets, but why does one see different variations of the religion of God if they all emanated from the same source? The answer is twofold. The first reason is that as a result of the passage of time, and due to the fact that previous religions were not under the Divine protection of God, they underwent much change and variation. As a result, we see that the fundamental truths which were brought by all messengers now differ from one religion to another, the most apparent being the strict tenet of the belief and worship of God and God alone. The second reason for this variation is that God, in His infinite Wisdom and eternal Will, decreed that all the divine missions prior to the final message of Islam brought by Muhammad, may God praise him, be limited to a specific time frame. As a result, their laws and methodologies dealt with the specific conditions of the people whom they had been sent to address. Humanity has passed through numerous periods of guidance, misguidance, integrity, and deviation, from the most primitive age to the heights of civilization. Divine guidance accompanied humanity through all of this, always providing the appropriate solutions and remedies. This was the essence of the disparity that existed between the different religions. This disagreement never went beyond the particulars of the Divine Law. Each manifestation of the Law addressed the particular problems of the people it was meant for. However, the areas of agreement were significant and many, such as fundamentals of faith; the basic principles and objectives of the Divine Law, such as protecting faith, life, reason, wealth, and lineage and establishing justice in the land; and certain fundamental prohibitions, some of the most important of these being idolatry, fornication, murder, theft, and giving false witness. Moreover, they also agreed upon moral virtues like honesty, justice, charity, kindness, chastity, righteousness, and mercy. These principles as well as others are permanent and lasting; they are the essence of all the Divine Messages and bind them all together. What is Islam? (part 2 of 4): The Origins of Islam Description: The role of Islam among other world religions, specifically in relation to the Judeo-Christian tradition.By M. Abdulsalam (IslamReligion.com) - Published on 16 Jan 2006 - Last modified on 26 Jun 2006Viewed: 2395 - Rating: 1 from 5 - Rated by: 1Printed: 154 - Emailed: 5 - Commented on: 0 Category: Articles > Beliefs of Islam > What is Islam But where does the message of Muhammad, may God praise him, fit in with the previous messages revealed by God? A brief history of the prophets might clear this point. The first human, Adam, followed Islam, in that he directed worship to God alone and none else and abided by His commandments. But through the passage of time and the dispersal of humanity throughout the earth, people strayed from this message and began directing worship to others instead of or along with God. Some took to worshipping the pious who passed away amongst them, while others took to worshipping spirits and forces of nature. It was then that God started to send messengers to humanity steering them back to the worship of God Alone, which accorded to their true nature, and warning them of the grave consequences of directing any type of worship to others besides Him. The first of these messengers was Noah, who was sent to preach this message of Islam to his people, after they had started to direct worship to their pious forefathers along with God. Noah called his people to leave the worship of their idols, and ordered them to return to the worship of God Alone. Some of them followed the teachings of Noah, while the majority disbelieved in him. Those who followed Noah were followers of Islam, or Muslims, while those that did not, remained in their disbelief and were seized with a punishment for doing so. After Noah, God sent messengers to every nation who had strayed from the Truth, to steer them back to it. This Truth was the same throughout time: to reject all objects of worship and to direct all worship without exception to God and none else, the Creator and Lord of all, and to abide by His commandments. But as we mentioned before, because each nation differed in regards to their way of life, language, and culture, specific messengers were sent to specific nations for a specific time period. God sent messengers to all nations, and to the Kingdom of Babylon He sent Abraham – one of the earliest and greatest prophets – who called his people to reject the worship of the idols to which they were devoted. He called them to Islam, but they rejected him and even tried to kill him. God put Abraham through many tests, and he proved true to all of them. For his many sacrifices, God proclaimed that he would raise from amongst his progeny a great nation and choose prophets from amongst them. Whenever people from his progeny started to stray away from the Truth, which was to worship none but God alone and to obey His commandments, God sent them another messenger steering them back to it. Consequently, we see that many prophets were sent amongst the progeny of Abraham, such as his two sons Isaac and Ishmael, along with Jacob (Israel), Joseph, David, Solomon, Moses, and of course, Jesus, to mention a few, may the Peace and Blessings of God be upon them all. Each prophet was sent to the Children of Israel (the Jews) when they went astray from the true religion of God, and it became obligatory upon them to follow the messenger which was sent to them and obey their commandments. All of the messengers came with the same message, to reject worship of all other beings except God Alone and to obey His commandments. Some disbelieved in the prophets, while others believed. Those that believed were followers of Islam, or Muslims. From amongst the messengers was Muhammad, may God praise him, from the progeny of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, may God praise him, who was sent as a messenger in succession to Jesus. Muhammad, may God praise him, preached the same message of Islam as the previous prophets and messengers – to direct all worship to God Alone and none else and to obey His commandments – in which the followers of the previous prophets went astray. So as we see, the Prophet Muhammad, may God praise him, was not the founder of a new religion, as many people mistakenly think, but he was sent as the Final Prophet of Islam. By revealing His final message to Muhammad, which is an eternal and universal message for all of mankind, God finally fulfilled the covenant that He made with Abraham. Just as it was incumbent upon the those who were alive to follow the message of the last of the succession of prophets which was sent to them, it becomes incumbent upon all of humanity to follow the message of Muhammad. God promised that this message would remain unchanged and fit for all times and places. Suffice is it to say that the way of Islam is the same as the way of the prophet Abraham, because both the Bible and the Quran portray Abraham as a towering example of someone who submitted himself completely to God and directed worship to Him alone and none else, and without any intermediaries. Once this is realized, it should be clear that Islam has the most continuous and universal message of any religion, because all prophets and messengers were “Muslims”, i.e. those who submitted to God’s will, and they preached “Islam”, i.e. submission to the will of Almighty God by worshipping Him Alone and obeying His commandments. So we see that those who call themselves Muslims today do not follow a new religion; rather they follow the religion and message of all prophets and messengers which were sent to humanity by God’s command, also known as Islam. The word “Islam” is an Arabic word which literally means “submission to God”, and Muslims are those who willfully submit to and actively obey God, living in accordance with His message. What is Islam? (part 3 of 4): The Essential Beliefs of Islam Description: A look at some of the beliefs of Islam.By IslamReligion.com - Published on 16 Jan 2006 - Last modified on 21 May 2006Viewed: 2378 - Rating: 4 from 5 - Rated by: 1Printed: 157 - Emailed: 7 - Commented on: 0 Category: Articles > Beliefs of Islam > What is Islam There are many aspects of belief in which one who adheres to Islam must have firm conviction. From those aspects, the most important are six, known as the “Six Articles of Belief”. 1) Belief in God Islam upholds strict monotheism and belief in God forms the heart of their faith. Islam teaches belief in one God who neither gives birth nor was born Himself, and has no share in His caretaking of the world. He alone gives life, causes death, brings good, causes affliction, and provides sustenance for His creation. God in Islam is the sole Creator, Lord, Sustainer, Ruler, Judge, and Savior of the universe. He has no equal in His qualities and abilities, such as knowledge and power. All worship, veneration and homage is to be directed to God and none else. Any breach of these concepts negates the basis of Islam. 2) Belief in the Angels Adherents to Islam must believe in the Unseen world as mentioned in the Quran. From this world are the angels’ emissaries of God, each assigned with a specific task. They have no free-will or ability to disobey; it is their very nature to be God's faithful servants. Angels are not to be taken as demigods or objects of praise or veneration; they are mere servants of God obeying His every command. 3) Belief in the Prophets and Messengers Islam is a universal and inclusive religion. Muslims believe in the prophets, not just the Prophet Muhammad, may God praise him, but the Hebrew prophets, including Abraham and Moses, as well as the prophets of the New Testament, Jesus, and John the Baptist. Islam teaches God did not send prophets to Jews and Christians alone, rather He sent prophets to all nations in the world with one central message: worship God alone. Muslim must believe in all prophets sent by God mentioned in the Quran, without making any distinction between them. Muhammad was sent with the final message, and there is no prophet to come after him. His message is final and eternal, and through him God completed His Message to humanity. 4) Belief in the Sacred Texts Muslims believe in certain books that God has sent down to humanity through His prophets. These books include the Books of Abraham, the Torah of Moses, the Psalms of David, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. These books all had the same source (God), the same message, and all were revealed in truth. This does not mean that they have been preserved in truth. Muslims (and many other Jewish and Christian scholars and historians) find that the books in existence today are not the original scriptures, which in fact have been lost, changed, and/or translated over and over again, losing the original message. As Christians view the New Testament to fulfill and complete the Old Testament, Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammad received revelations from God through the angel Gabriel to correct human error that had entered into the scriptures and doctrine of Judaism, Christianity and all other religions. This revelation is the Quran, revealed in the Arabic language, and found today in its pristine form. It seeks to guide mankind in all walks of life; spiritual, temporal, individual and collective. It contains directions for the conduct of life, relates stories and parables, describes the attributes of God, and speaks of the best rules to govern social life. It has directions for everybody, every place, and for all time. Millions of people today have memorized the Quran, and all copies of the Quran found today and in the past are identical. God has promised that He will guard the Quran from change until the end of times, so that Guidance be clear to humanity and the message of all the prophets be available for those who seek it. 5) Belief in Life after Death Muslims believe that a day will come when all of creation will perish and resurrected in order to be judged for their deeds: The Day of Judgment. On this day, all will gather in the presence of God and each individual will be questioned about their life in the world and how they lived it. Those who held correct beliefs about God and life, and followed their belief with righteous deeds will enter Paradise, even though they may pay for some of their sins in Hell if God out of His Infinite Justice chooses not to forgive them. As for those who fell into polytheism in its many faces, they will enter Hellfire, never to leave therefrom. 6) Belief in the Divine Decree Islam asserts that God has full power and knowledge of all things, and that nothing happens except by His Will and with His full knowledge. What is known as divine decree, fate, or "destiny" is known in Arabic as al-Qadr. The destiny of every creature is already known to God. This belief however does not contradict with the idea of man's free will to choose his course of action. God does not force us to do anything; we can choose whether to obey or disobey Him. Our choice is known to God before we even do it. We do not know what our destiny is; but God knows the fate of all things. Therefore, we should have firm faith that whatever befalls us, it is according to God's will and with His full knowledge. There may be things that happen in this world that we do not understand, but we should trust that God has wisdom in all things. What is Islam? (part 4 of 4): Islamic Worship Description: A look at some of the essential practices of Islam, with a brief explanation of who are Muslims.By IslamReligion.com - Published on 16 Jan 2006 - Last modified on 26 Jun 2006Viewed: 1814 - Rating: 4.14 from 5 - Rated by: 7Printed: 151 - Emailed: 16 - Commented on: 1 Category: Articles > Beliefs of Islam > What is Islam There are five simple but essential observances that all practicing Muslims accept and follow. These “Pillars of Islam” represent the core that unites all Muslims. 1) The ‘Declaration of Faith’ A Muslim is one who testifies that “none deserves worship but God, and Muhammad is the messenger of God.” This declaration is known as the “shahada” (witness, testimony). God is the Arabic name for God, just as Yahweh is the Hebrew name for God. By making this simple proclamation one becomes a Muslim. The proclamation affirms Islam’s absolute belief in the oneness of God, His exclusive right to be worshipped, as well as the doctrine that associating anything else with God is the one unforgivable sin as we read in the Koran: “God does not forgive anyone for associating something with Him, while He does forgive whomever He wishes to for anything else. Anyone who gives God partners has invented an awful sin.” (Quran 4:48) The second part of the testimony of faith states that Muhammad, may God praise him, is a prophet of God like Abraham, Moses and Jesus before him. Muhammad brought the last and final revelation. In accepting Muhammad as the “seal of the prophets,” Muslims believe that his prophecy confirms and fulfills all of the revealed messages, beginning with Adam’s. In addition, Muhammad serves as the role model through his exemplary life. A believer’s effort to follow Muhammad’s example reflects the emphasis of Islam on practice and action. 2) The Prayer (Salah) Muslims worship five times a day: at daybreak, noon, mid afternoon, sunset, and evening. It helps keep believers mindful of God in the stress of work and family. It resets the spiritual focus, reaffirms total dependence on God, and puts worldly concerns within the perspective of the last judgment and the afterlife. The prayers consist of standing, bowing, kneeling, putting the forehead on the ground, and sitting. The Prayer is a means in which a relationship between God and His creation is maintained. It includes recitations from the Quran, praises of God, prayers for forgiveness and other various supplications. The prayer is an expression of submission, humility, and adoration of God. Prayers can be offered in any clean place, alone or together, in a mosque or at home, at work or on the road, indoors or out. It is preferable to pray with others as one body united in the worship of God, demonstrating discipline, brotherhood, equality, and solidarity. As they prepare to pray, Muslims face Mecca, the holy city centered around the Kaaba - the house of God built by Abraham and his son Ishmael. 3) The Compulsory Charity (Zakah) In Islam, the true owner of everything is God, not man. People are given wealth as a trust from God. Zakah is worship and thanksgiving to God by supporting the poor, and through it one’s wealth is purified.. It requires an annual contribution of 2.5 percent of an individual’s wealth and assets. Therefore, Zakah is not mere “charity”, it is an obligation on those who have received their wealth from God to meet the needs of less fortunate members of the community. Zakah is used to support the poor, orphans, and widows, help those in debt, and, in olden times, to free slaves. 4) The Fast of Ramadan (Sawm) Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar which is spent in fasting. Healthy Muslims abstain from dawn to sunset from food, drink, and sexual activity. Fasting develops spirituality, dependence upon God, and brings identification with the less fortunate. A special evening prayer is also held mosques in which recitations of the Quran are heard. Families rise before sunrise to take their first meal of the day to sustain them till sunset. The month of Ramadan ends with one of the two major Islamic celebrations, the Feast of the Breaking of the Fast, called Eid al-Fitr, which is marked by joyfulness, family visits, and exchanging of gifts. 5) The fifth Pillar is the Pilgrimage or Hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia At least once in a lifetime, every adult Muslim who is physically and financially able is required to sacrifice time, wealth, status, and ordinary comforts of life to make the Hajj pilgrimage, putting himself totally at God’s service. Every year over two million believers from a diversity of cultures and languages travel from all over the world to the sacred city of Mecca to respond to God’s call. Who are Muslims? The Arabic word “Muslim” literally means “someone who is in a state of Islam (submission to the will and law of God)”. The message of Islam is meant for the entire world, and anyone who accepts this message becomes a Muslim. There a over a billion Muslims worldwide. Muslims represent the majority population in fifty-six countries. Many people are surprised to know that the majority of Muslims are not Arab. Even though most Arabs are Muslims, there are Arabs who are Christians, Jews and atheists. Only 20 percent of the world’s 1.2 billion Muslims come from Arab countries. There are significant Muslim populations in India, China, Central Asian Republics, Russia, Europe, and America. If one just takes a look at the various peoples who live in the Muslim World - from Nigeria to Bosnia and from Morocco to Indonesia - it is easy enough to see that Muslims come from all different races, ethnic groups, cultures and nationalities. Islam has always been a universal message for all people. Islam is the second largest religion in the world and will soon be the second largest religion in America. Yet, few people know what Islam is. Parts of This Article What is Islam? (part 1 of 4): The Core of Islam What is Islam? (part 2 of 4): The Origins of Islam What is Islam? (part 3 of 4): The Essential Beliefs of Islam What is Islam? (part 4 of 4): Islamic Worship View all parts together

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Duplicate of Opera House EventTopic: Evolution Deceit 3rd January, 2005Melbourne Creation of the Universe workshop 4th January, 2005Homebush Sports Stadium "The Qur'an, Sunnah and Independent Reasoning"Topic: Why the Quran is a Miracle For further information pls visit: www.islamicrealm.com or call (02) 9607-7787 Harun Yahya Conferences in UK We are happy to announce that there will be series of conferences based on Harun Yahya works, in UK on December 5, 6, and 11. We will be delighted with your participation to these events. All entrances are free of charge. Sunday December 5, 2004, 7.30 pm Science Through Divine Revelation - an invitation to think Castlemere Community Centre, Tweedale Street, Rochdale, OL11 1HH Please contact: info@loletree.co.uk - Br Nazrul 07951832540 December 6, 2004, 7.30 pm Creation of the Universe Signs of the Last Day Masjid Al-Quba, Aboukir Street (Off Entwistle road), Rochdale Please contact: info@loletree.co.uk - Br Nazrul 07951832540 December 11Miracles of the Quran Amal Trust Eid Festival & Prize Giving CeremonyKensington & Chelsea Town Hall, Hornton Street, London W8 7NXPlease contact: info@amaltrust.org - tel. 020-77275882 Works by Harun Yahya at the Moscow International Book Fair Works by Harun Yahya will be appearing at this year's 17th Moscow International Book Fair. All readers are cordially invited. The official opening of the fair is due to take place on 1 September 2004, and it will remain open until 6 September. Fair address: VDNH Fair Convention, Hall 57, Stand B 33.Opening hours will be 10:00 to 18:00. Harun Yahya Conference Tour in South Africa There will be a series of conferences based on the works of Harun Yahya in South Africa (Durban, Cape Town and Jahannesburg) between September 4 and 14, organized by the Al-Ansaar Foundation. There will be a video show preceding the conferences. Entrance to all conferences is free of charge. For further details, please click >> Harun Yahya Calls Hungary to "Union" The strong interest in Hungary in the conferences based on the works of Harun Yahya is continuing. On 28 July 2004 the documentary film "The Miracle of Human Creation" was shown, dubbed into Hungarian, at the 1. Kerulati Budavari MuvelodesiHaz Bem rkp. 6 Cultural Centre in Budapest. Following that film, which was watched with great interest, an address titled "Let us Work Together" was given, in the light of the fact that there were several Christians in the audience. In this address it was emphasised that the conflicts and tensions that had left their stamp on the 20th century were continuing apace in the 21st, and that one of the most important ways of preventing these catastrophes was for Muslims, Christians and Jews, all together, to wage a joint intellectual struggle against all those ideologies, and particularly Darwinism, that laid the foundations for atheism and immorality. The participants were reminded that in the Qur'an God has commanded Muslims to call the People of the Book to a common word: Say, "O People of the Book! Let us rally to a common formula to be binding on both us and you: That we worship none but God; that we associate no partners with Him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than God." (Qur'an, 3:64). It was explained, in the light of this verse, that the world will be a very different, peaceful place when Muslims, Christians and Jews come together in a common word, realise that they are one another's friends, not foes, and see that atheism and irreligion are the ideological systems that really need to be fought. Those subjects requiring unity were summarised as follows: - Let us work together to tell people of the existence of Allah and His creative artistry- Let us work together against all ideologies based on Darwin and Darwinism- Let us work together for peace. The participants listened to the address with great care and satisfaction, and expressed their pleasure at attending and the hope that such conferences would continue in the future. The participants, who were clearly full of enthusiasm and eagerness on this subject, also provided telephone numbers and e-mail addresses in order to be notified regarding the date and location of the next programme. The Works of Harun Yahya at the Sabantuy Folk Festival in Russia The traditional "Sabantuy Folk Festival" on Sunday 4 June 2004, that brings together the Tatar and Bashkort ethnic groups living in the Russian capital Moscow, was attended by 50,000 people. ("Sabantuy," or "Plough Wedding," is a historical Tatar and Bashkort summer festival symbolizing the harvest and the end of the agricultural cycle.) A stand displaying the works of Harun Yahya attracted great interest during the festival. The festivities, held in Moscow's Bitsa Park, began with celebratory messages from the Russian president and the mayor of Moscow. The opening ceremony was attended by Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaymiyev and Russian (European section) Religious Affairs President Sheikh Mufti Ravil Gaynutdin. Harun Yahya Documentaries to be broadcast in an Indonesian TV station A private Indonesian TV station called TPI is broadcasting Harun Yahya works-based documentary films every Sunday morning at 5.30 Jakarta time. The program is scheduled to be aired for the next six months. Harun Yahya Activities in Chimkent, Kazakhstan Another city in Kazakhstan has the pleasure of getting to know Harun Yahya. The Chimkent people watched Harun Yahya documentaries in 11 and 12 May, 2004. The audience paid great interest to a series of activities that took place in 8 universities and schools. The organizers said, they estimated such a high participation yet what they saw was beyond their imagination. Especially the university lecturers expressed their pleasure of getting their students to experience such informative, quality activity. In the exhibitions, many students purchased the author's books and documentaries, and expressed their wish for the continuation of these activities. The two-days activities in which 1,200 people participated were as follows: Kazakh-Arab Institute: "Miracles of the Qur'an" and "Islam Denounces Terrorism"College of Economy and Law: "The Creation of Man"College of Medicine: "The Creation of Man", "The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution", "Islam Denounces Terrorism"Yesevi Foundation, Kazakh-Turkish University, "Romanticism: A Weapon of Satan"Darin High School: "Maternal Love and Compassion for the Young in Living Beings" "Voyage in the Universe" Chimkent University: "Miracles of the Qur'an" and "Islam Denounces Terrorism"North Kazakhstan Open University: "The Creation of Man"Chimkent Medicine School: "The Creation of Man" Series of Conferences in Malaysia We are happy to announce that there will be series of conferences based on Harun Yahya works, in Malaysia between May 26 - June 1. We would be delighted with your participation to these events. Please click for details >> The World is Watching Harun Yahya! The works of Harun Yahya are arousing increasing interest throughout the world. These works, prepared in an effective, simple and easy to understand style, are continuing to change the whole world's outlook on life. Now ARY television from Dubai has started to broadcast these works. One TV program, Insight, was aired on the ARY digital TV channel that broadcasts to 110 countries, on April 1st 2004. The participators discussed, referring to the works of Harun Yahya, the following subject: "From the Ottomans to today's world, Islam in Turkey, Europe and the Near Asia." This program is broadcast on Mondays in English at the news hour for the peoples of Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and the Gulf countries. The guests on the first program said that people in these countries have started to learn about Islam from the books and documentary films of Harun Yahya translated into their local languages. They went on to say that readers' interest was made clear by the hundreds of messages reaching the Harun Yahya websites. They also stated that "people who had lived under the communist system and were unable to learn about their religion because of the atheist propaganda in the Turkic Republics and the Balkans can now easily secure the Islamic materials, and free of charge, from the internet sites of Harun Yahya" The producers of the program also stated that similar programs will continue to be broadcast in days ahead. The Enthusiasm in Hungary over Harun Yahya Continues! At 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 5, a conference on "The Creation of the Universe" was held for students at the Mikszath Grammar School, a private college an hour from Budapest. Some 100 students attended the conference, which was inspired by the works of Harun Yahya and held in English. In the first part of the conference the film The Miracle Planet was screened. The creation of the universe was then considered in the light of the scientific facts. The students listened with interest to how the fact of "the creation of the universe" totally invalidates the atheist philosophy built on chance. During their address the officials who organised the conference stated that they had enjoyed the subject matter and that they wished to invite representatives to give other talks in the future. In addition, a conference titled "The Fact of Creation" is to be held, God willing, in Hungary on Thursday, April 8, 2004. A multi-vision show on the Miracles of the Qur'an is also to be held on Saturday, April 10, 2004. God willing, other conferences will also be held in the weeks to come. However, the activities in Hungary are not limited to conferences. The voice-over to a Hungarian language film recently prepared will be completed. The Hungarian translation of the documentary "The Miracle of Man's Creation" has begun. Furthermore, Global Yayincilik representatives state that the translation into Hungarian of The Evolution Deceit, which has already been translated into more than 15 languages, is nearing completion. Hungary Also Played Host to Harun Yahya Enthusiasm in February A conference attended by 60 people was held in Budapest on Sunday, February 29, 2004. Titled "The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution and the Fact of Creation," the conference was the subject of great interest among the participants. Many of the participants at this conference were young Hungarians aged 20-25 with no previous knowledge of the subject. The remaining participants consisted of a few middle-aged Muslims and Turks living in the country. Conference Notes... Before the address, the film "The Truth of the Life of This World," inspired by the works of Harun Yahya, was screened with Hungarian subtitles. The participants watched this with great interest. An address lasting about an hour and translated into Hungarian was then given. This, too, was received with great interest. The impressions received after the conference were exceedingly positive. Many of the participants thanked the organisers of the conference, describing it as one of the most important and successful to be held in the country to date. One of them said: "They taught us evolution all our lives. We knew that this was incompatible with our natures, but nobody ever told us the truth. They kept the facts you have told us today hidden all our lives and never even told us about them. We now realise that everything they told us was nonsense. Thank you for telling us what you did." By the will of Allah, the Harun Yahya conferences intended to teach these enthusiastic believers the "truth" and change their perspective on life will continue in that country! Harun Yahya Conferences continue in Hungary [April 5] After the conference in Budapest on February 28, 2004 entitled "The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution and the Fact of Creation", the Harun Yahya conferences continue in Hungary. On April 5, 2004, at 10:00 there will be a conference entitled "The Creation of the Universe", venue Mikszath Grammar School -- about an hour's drive from Budapest. Within the conference based on the works of Harun Yahya, the subject will be taken up in the light of scientific findings and also it will be empahised how atheism has collapsed with the fact of "Creation of the Universe". There will be various conferences in Hungary in the next weeks, God willing. Also Global Publishing has announced that the translation of the book "The Evolution Deceit" by Harun Yahya into Hungarian is about to finish. The book has been translated into 15 different languages including English, Italian, Albanian, Indonesian, Malaysian, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Danish. The new editions of the book will continue to be published because of the great interest. The details of t the conference in Hungary is detailed below: Date : April 5, 2004Time : 10:00 AMPlace : Mikszath Grammar SchoolPaszto, 1. Rakoczi StreetBudapest, Hungary Book Fair in Jakarta Harun Yahya books will be displayed at Jakarta Islamic Book Fair during 24-28 March. You may visit the stands of our publishers: Rabbani Press - Stand No 90 As-Syaamil/Dzikra - Stand No 54NCR/Globalmedia - Stand No 51 Senayan Abadi - Stand No 97-98 Conferences in Hungary The subject matter of the conference to be held in Budapest at 16:00 on February 28, 2004, at Bekasmegyeri Közössegi Haz 1039, Csobánka tér 5, is The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution and the Fact of Creation. As always, entrance to the conference, which will be enhanced by documentary screenings on the subject, is free of charge. You can make use of the map provided at the website http://web.axelero.hu/bkhouse/BKH/index.htm in order to find the conference hall. You can also telephone 243-2433 for detailed information about the conference. click here>> Conferences in San Francisco There have been a 3 day event in San Francisco between Dec 26-28, organized by As Sabeel Masjid Noor al Islam. Prominent Muslim scholars gave lectures in this Annual Islamic Convention. Also academicians from Science Research Foundation participated to this event as speakers, and they presented their lectures on the works of Harun Yahya on the following topics: "Miracles of the Quran," and "The Quran Leads the Way to Science." Harun Yahya.com in Spanish In addition to other languages our web site is now ready to visit in Spanish. You can see the site, also recommend it to your friends. The sites in different languages are coming soon. Conferences in USA A series of conferences based on the works of Harun Yahya, organized in United States between November 17-27. Conferences in Malaysia A series of conferences based on the works of Harun Yahya, organized in Malaysia between November 3-6. Download and share Harun Yahya works on the Internet Now all of Harun Yahya books, documentary films, audio books are available in the file sharing program Kazaa. You can download the file sharing software from www.kazaa.com, search for Harun Yahya and then download all the materials for free. Then you can share these files from your computer to other users. Conferences in Pakistan A series of conferences based on the works of Harun Yahya, organized, in Pakistan between October 20-26. --- Video show and poster exhibition was available. ---- Entrance to all the conferences were free of charge. THE BRITISH EXPEDITION"Challenging Darwinism in Its Homeland"Aa series of conferences based on the works of Harun Yahya, organized in UK between October 13-17 organized by FOSIS (Federation of Students Islamic Studies). A multivision show was at the beginning of the conferences together with an exhibition on "Creation and Refutation of Darwinism."Entrance to all the conferences were free of charge. Insight Magazine in Indonesian is now ready to read online. [ September 22 ]Read the Insight magazine online which will take you to a fascinating journey on science, faith and the world. It is now ready to read in Indonesian. >> Our site "Islam Denounces Antisemitism" has been updated. . [ September 22 ]Muslims criticize Zionism but defend the right of Jews to live in peace and security. Read more in this site with its new design and expanded content. >> Our first book in Persian is now ready to download in txt format. [ September 13 ]In addition to the previous languages, the Harun Yahya series is now ready to download and read online in Persian (Farsi language). Read our first book in Persian at our other languages page. Other books in Persian that will be coming soon. Many new articles of Harun Yahya are now ready to read online. [ September 09 ]We have added new articles, mostly published in August and September, to our "worldwide" section where you can find some of the articles of the author published in international newspapers and magazines. You can download and read them in pdf format, which will allow you to preserve the page layout, formatting and graphics. Read the articles >> The "Islam and Science" Conferences Continue... [ August 25 ]The last of the conferences we began organizing at the Brunei International Book Expo in 2001 was held in London on the 14th of August. The speakers who attended the conference, sponsored by the Abrar Islamic Foundation, set out their views on the Islamic perspective on science. Read more > Four books in Urdu, are now available on-line. [ August 06 ]In addition to the previous languages, the Harun Yahya series is now ready to download and read online in Urdu. Read the new books in Urdu at our other languages page. Other books in Urdu that will be coming soon. The conference entitled 'Religions Denounce Terrorism' has been accomplished. [ June 29 ]The conference entitled 'Religions Denounce Terrorism' has been successfully accomplished in Istanbul on June 23, 2003. About 200 invited guests, all prominent members of various religious communities and organizations, from a a wide range of countries like Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria, Israel, The United States, Italy or France was present at the meeting. Several Turkish MP's and politicians were also among the audience. The picture that shows some of the speakers, Christian, Jewish and and Muslim clerics together with Mr. Yavas, the SRF president. Nearly all the speakers mentioned the importance of human life in monotheistic faiths and took a powerful stance against terrorism and extremism. The fact that all the three Abrahamic faiths share the same belief in the Creator and the common moral values was also stressed. In Mr. Yavas' speech, the materialist philosophy and Darwinism was also pointed as a common adversary that all theists should stand against. Read the details >> New movies in Azerbaijani are added to our site. [ June 27 ] In addition to the previous ones, 8 new movies in Azerbaijani are added to our site. The new titles are listed below. See the movies >> Quran Mocüzeleri Axir Zaman ve Mehdi Islam Dünyani Aydinladan Isiq Tekamül Nezeriyyesinin Süqutu: Yaradilis HaqiqetiQövmlerin Mehvi - 2 Harika CanlilarSemadaki Intizam Darvinizmin Qara Uzü Major update in our other languages page with more than 40 movies in different languages. [ June 21 ]Harun Yahya's works are not just in produced English but also in many languages. You can download and read many books, audio books, articles, presentations and movies in different languages at our site. Our "Other Languages" section has a major update with more than 40 new movies. See other languages page >> 24 new movies in Arabic8 new movies in Azerbaijani4 new movies in Uighur2 new movies in Albanian2 new movies in Bosnian2 new movies in Serbian1 new movie in Italian1 new movie in Urdu 2 new books in Español are added to our site. [ June 17] 2 new books in Español entitled "Meditacion Profunda" and "La Creacion Del Universo" are added to our site. Both of them are free to read and download. To read the books >> Harun Yahya books are awarded at The 2nd International Book Fair, Kazakhstan [ May 29 ]The 2nd International Book Fair called "Big Silk Road" was held, in Almati, Kazakhstan at The Atakent Exhibition Center at 23-25th April. This fair is known as the biggest book fair of Central Asia. The works of Harun Yahya has received a great interest and admiration from visitors and publishers. In the competition that was organized to select the best books of the fair, the books of Harun Yahya were awarded as "the most qualified book published by using the latest technology" and given a diploma by Viktor Hrapunov, Governor province of Almati, Statesmen who participated to the fair like the President of Kazakhstan Republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev; Minister of Culture of the Kazakhstan Republic, Muhtar Kul Muhammedov; Governor of Almati, Viktor Hrapunov; and world-renown author, Chingiz Aymotov have also expressed their interest and admiration to Harun Yahya's books. The booth that presented the works of Harun Yahya was also on the news at many TV channels and newspapers of Kazakhstan. The first Harun Yahya book in Dutch, Islam Denounces Terrorism, is now available on-line. [ April 1 ]In addition to the previous languages, the Harun Yahya series is now being published in Dutch. The first book, Islam Denounces Terrorism, is full text available in our site to read or ready to download in text format. Other books in Dutch that will be published in the Netherlands are coming soon. Field reports from the latest Harun Yahya conferences in Indonesia. [ April 1 ]The international conferences of based on the works of Harun Yahya continue to spread worldwide. The last series has been organized in Indonesia in March. All the seminars received great attention and support from the Indonesian people. To see the pictures and details about the Harun Yahya seminars in Indonesia, click here>> Presentations of Harun Yahya videos in Kazakhstan. [ March 15 ]Two multivision presentations based on the works of Harun Yahya will be held at The Presidential Cultural Center of Kazakhstan, Astana. All our visitors are invited to participate in these events. Details are mentioned below: Date Time Place Topic March 16 15:00 The Presidential Cultural Centre of Kazakhstan, Astana The Creation of Man March 30 15:00 The Presidential Cultural Centre of Kazakhstan, Astana Collapse of Atheism Harun Yahya documentary films become part of the curriculum at the Faculty of Medicine, Kazakhstan. [ March 4 ]Harun Yahya documentary films in the Russian language are now part of the curriculum in Akmola State Medical Institute in Kazakhstan, since last February. Since the contents of the films are very suitable for science education, the lecturers of the faculty have much appreciated these films and decided to use them in their classes. While the film "The Creation of Man" is being displayed at lessons of 4th grade, "The Miracle in the Cell" takes place at 5th grade. The educators emphasize that they and their students appreciate both the high quality visual content and the easy-to-understand language and compelling arguments in Harun Yahya documentaries. The films will continue to be displayed in the following terms. A lot of lecturers from other universities also demand to use the documentary films of Harun Yahya such as "The Miracle of Man", "Miracle in the Cell" or "The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution and Fact of Creation" in their annual lesson plan. A new series of conferences in INDONESIA between 8-15th March. [ March 4 ]Conferences based on the works of Harun Yahya continue to spread worldwide. A new series of scientific seminars will be held in Indonesia between 8-15th March. All our visitors are invited to participate in these events. For details see the timetable >> More than 60 TV channels broadcast the documentary films of Harun Yahya. [ February 21 ]Most of these documentary films are translated into the language of countries where they are being broadcast. As there is a great deal of interest in the documentary films, the TV officials demand continuously to broadcast the new works of Harun Yahya. To see the list of worldwide TV channels that broadcast the documentary films, click here >> Harun Yahya materials will be displayed at the Cairo Book Fair [ January 23 - February 7 ]Harun Yahya materials will be displayed at the Cairo Book Fair, [ January 23 – February 7]. You are welcome to visit our booth, Resalah. New Publications in Indonesia [ December 22 ] As from February 2003, the Istanbul-based Mercek magazine, a publication based on the works of the Harun Yahya, will be published as a quarterly with the name Neo Sains in Indonesia. Publishers of the popular magazine Hidayatullah of Indonesia, are also planning to publish The Thinking Child magazine, which is being collected from the works of Harun Yahya. New products for the children of Indonesia. The firm that publishes the works of Harun Yahya in Indonesia is now going to produce a magazine called The Masterpieces of Harun Yahya for Children. All of its topics are going to be compiled by Harun Yahya's books. The first issue of the magazine is going to be published as of February 2003. The third edition of Evolution Deceit in Indonesian is on the way. Harun Yahya Documentary Films in Serbia and Croatia [ December 22 ] In Yugoslavia, the prominent Serbian television channel Vojvodina, accepts to broadcast the documentary works by Harun Yahya in Serbian language. A publisher in Croatia is having Harun Yahya documentary films translated into Croatian. As soon as the translation is finished, these are going to be broadcasted in the leading TV channels of Croatia. Besides, same publisher will take the responsibility of selling and distributing of these films in cassettes. Since, December 9,2002, a book fair was established in Nis, Yugoslavia. The books by Harun Yahya are being sold in Serbian language. Creation Museum in Ukraine [ December 22 ]"The Museum of Creation" is opening in Ukraine. In the museum, Harun Yahya's poster exhibition regarding "The Collapse of Evolution Theory" is going to take a special place. Harun Yahya Documentary Films in Kazakhstan [ December 22 ]In Astana, which is the capital city of Kazakhstan, the most watched TV channel; Astana TV have been broadcasting The Fact of Creation documentaries by Harun Yahya on every Friday and Saturday at 07.30 pm since November 22, 2002. As there is a great deal of interest in the documentaries, which are broadcasted in Russian, the TV officials broadcast a film that involves the life story of Harun Yahya and his works. Evolution Deceit published in Bulgarian [ December 17 ]In addition to the previous 9 languages, Evolution Deceit has recently been published in Bulgarian. This book is full text available in our "All Other Languages" page in the PDF format. Other books in Bulgarian are coming soon. New Campaign: Supply us with information, documents, pictures, etc. [ December 15 ]All kinds of information, documents, books, news from papers and magazines, newspaper clippings (original or digital), pictures, maps etc. that can be used in our work are all of great importance to us. If you have information of that nature you might like to tell us of or send us, you can reach us at the addresses below. Your support in this matter will be of enormous assistance. e-mail address: info@harunyahya.com Regular mail address: MBEMahir Iz cad. No: 47 / 101Altunizade-Uskudar / Istanbul81190 TURKEY Harun Yahya materials are to be displayed at the Sharjah Book Fair (UAE), [ December 29 - January 9 ]Harun Yahya's books and videos at various languages will be displayed at the Sharjah (UAE) book fair between December 29 and January 9. You are welcome to visit our booth, Resalah. Our "Truths for Kids" page has been redesigned and updated [ December 09 ]Our page for children, "Truths for Kids", is ready to be explored by kids with its new design and updated contents. New Books in Arabic [ November 21 ]10 new books in Arabic are added to our "All Other Languages" page: Consciousness in the Cell, Evolution Deceit, Self-Sacrifice and Intelligent Behaviour Models in Animals, The Miracle of Man's Creation, Miracles of the Qur'an, Never Plead Ignorance, The Design in Nature, The Importance of Conscience in the Qur'an, A String of Miracles, Glory is Everywhere. All of them are free to read and download. Updates in All Other Languages [ November 2 ]Updates in our "All Other Languages" page. New books in Albanian, Russian and Bosnian are available on-line. There are also many books in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, French and German. Monthly Visits to Our Site [ November 2] Monthly visits to our site reach up to 200.000. Everyday, thousands of people from different countries and continents browse the Harun Yahya site, read the books, watch the documentaries and download a great deal of our content. We thank all our visitors for their great interest and support. The first Harun Yahya book in Chinese, The Miracles of the Qur'an, is now available on-line. [ October 23 ] In addition to the previous 20 languages, the Harun Yahya series is now being published in Chinese. The first book, The Miracles of the Qur'an, is full text available in our site in the PDF format. Other books in Chinese, like The Evolution Deceit are coming soon. Harun Yahya works are displayed at the Frankfurt Book Fair "Buchmesse", [ October 9 - 14]The works of Harun Yahya are displayed at the Buchmesse Frankfurt Book Fair between 9 - 14 October 2002 at Frankfurt, Germany. You are welcome at our booth number 4.1 B 0224 during the fair. Our site has been fully updated. Major innovations in design, content and speed. [ October 4 ]Harun Yahya.com has its first major update. New features and sections are added. Now our site has categories, which presents you all the Harun Yahya material arranged according to topics. New sections like Media Watch or Wallpapers are added. Many other user-friendly features in design and content are waiting for you to explore. A Series of Harun Yahya Conferences in the UK and Ireland [ October 1-28 ]Under the organization of The Federation of Students Islamic Societies In the UK & Eire, a series of seminars based on Harun Yahya books are held in England, Scotland and Ireland. Several universities like Oxford, Cardiff or Leicester are included in the program. A Series of Harun Yahya Conferences in Indonesia [ September 16 - October 3 ]A series of conferences based on the books of Harun Yahya are held in Indonesia, in Solo, Yogya, Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Malang, Padang, Palembang and Lampung between September 16-October 3, 2002. For detais, see the timetable. Harun Yahya Conferences in the US [ September 6-16 ]Several conferences based on the books of Harun Yahya are held in the US, in New York, Washington D.C., Virginia and Illinois. Islam Denounces Terrorism is published in the US [ September 2 ]One of Harun Yahya's new titles, Islam Denounces Terrorism, has been published in the United States by Tahrike Tarsile Quran publishing. The first printing sums up to 10.000 copies. The book has gained wide interest.

The Global Impact of Harun Yahya's Works

The Global Impact of Harun Yahya's Works Each of HARUN YAHYA's more than 190 publications on matters of science, faith and politics can change the way a person looks at the world. His scientific books demonstrating the proofs of creation to be seen in the universe, his works about Islamic moral values composed with reference to the verses of the Qur'an, and his political books that expose the hidden side of historical events and propose peaceful solutions to contemporary problems have addressed millions of people of every nation, language and religion. These works have stimulated a wide response throughout the world. Harun Yahya writes for solely spreading the message of the Qur'an to the whole world and for reminding people about matters of faith, such as the existence of God and and our duties to Him. Thus, he aims to make his work easily accessible to everyone. With this purpose in mind, Internet sites such as this, have been launched that render a great service to thousands of people every day. On these sites, the more than 190 books written by Harun Yahya, complete with their full texts and illustrations, are available free of charge to visitors, in addition to documentaries and audio narrations. This is a service rarely found on the Internet. The message of Harun Yahya is now widespread all around the world. Whether in America, Britain, Russia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, France, Nigeria, Canada or Lebanon, you can find books by Harun Yahya in in bookstores or his articles in magazines and newspapers. Documentaries and audio narrations based on Harun Yahya's works, which are broadcast on many radio and television stations, have also aroused great interest throughout the globe. The works of Harun Yahya have been translated into French, German, Italian, Russian, Albanian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Serbo-Croat, Indonesian, Malay, Urdu, Estonian, Arabic, Swahili and Bengali, and further translations into many other languages are on the way. The purpose of this effort is to distribute all these books throughout the world in order to inform all people of the existence of God, the true morality of Islam, the existence of the hereafter and the fallacy of atheistic theories such as Darwinism. Articles by Harun Yahya Published in Worldwide Media Worldwide TV Channels That Broadcast The Harun Yahya Documentary Films The Impact of the Conferences Based on the Works of Harun Yahya Other Activities Based on Harun Yahya's Works The book "Global Impact of the Works of Harun Yahya"

The Miracle in the Defence System

The Miracle in the Defence System HARUN YAHYA Defence is an issue that has to be given top priority by a country for the continuance of its existence. Nations have always to watch out for all kinds of internal and external threats, assaults, risks of wars and terrorist actions. This is why they allocate a great part of their official budgets to defence. Armies are provided with the most advanced aircraft, ships, and arms, and the forces of defence are always kept at the highest level of preparedness. The human body is surrounded by a great number of enemies and threats. These enemies are bacteria, viruses, and similar microscopic organisms. They exist everywhere; in the air we inhale, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the environment in which we live. What most people are not aware of is that the human body has an excellent army, the immune system, which fights against enemies. This is a real army made up of many "soldiers" and "officials" with different assignments, who are specially trained, employ high technology and fight with conventional and chemical weapons. Every day, even every minute, a permanent war is fought between this army and the enemy forces, but away from our knowledge. This war can also be in the form of minor, local skirmishes as well as battles in which the whole body is involved and alarmed. We call these battles "diseases". The general conduct of this war almost never changes. The enemy attempts to fool the other side by camouflaging itself when intruding into the body. The trained investigative forces are assigned by the defence to identify the enemies. The enemies are identified and appropriate weapons are produced to exterminate them. Then there is close contact, the defeat of the enemy, cease-fire, and clearance of the battleground. Last, there is storage of every type of information about the enemy as a precaution against the possibility of a later attack.... Now let us examine this interesting war closer. THE BESIEGED CASTLE: THE HUMAN BODY We can liken the human body to a castle besieged by enemies. The enemies look for various ways to invade this castle. The human skin is the wall of this castle. The substance of keratin in the cells of the skin is an impassable barrier for bacteria and fungi. Foreign substances that reach the skin cannot pass through this wall. Moreover, although the outer layer of skin that contains keratin is continuously rubbed off, it is renewed by skin growing from beneath. Thus, all unwanted guests that have squeezed between the skin are ejected from the body together with dead skin, during renewal of the skin from inwards to outwards. The enemy can only make its way in through a wound that is inflicted on the skin. THE FRONT LINE One of the ways through which viruses enter the body is air. The enemy pushes its way to the body through the air inhaled. However, a special secretion in the nasal mucous membrane and cell-swallowing defence elements in the lungs (phagocytes) meet these enemies and take control of the situation before the danger grows. Digestive enzymes in the stomach acid and small intestine eliminate a great number of the microbes that seek to enter the body through food. THE CLASH OF THE ENEMIES There are some microbes that have settled in various parts of the human body (such as skin, skin folds, mouth, nose, eye, upper respiratory canals, digestive canal, the genitals) yet do not cause illness. When a foreign microbe enters the body, these domestic microbes - thinking that their habitation would be invaded- and not wishing to give way to the foreigners who invade their habitation - fight strenuously. We can define them as professional soldiers. They try to protect their territory for their own ends. Thus, the complex army in our body is reinforced by these micro supports. STEP BY STEP TO HOT WAR If a microscopic intruder entering the body can overcome defence elements on guard and bacteria serving as soldiers, it causes war to begin with. After that, the body, with its ordered army, fights a perfect offence-defence war against this foreign army. The war fought by the defence system is comprised of four parts: 1. Identification of the enemy.2. The fortification of defences and the preparation of offensive weapons.3. Attack and battle.4. Retreat to normal state. The cells that first meet the enemy units are macrophage cells that make "phagocytosis", i.e., that engulf the enemy. These cells are involved in close contact with the enemy, and fight a hand-to-hand war. They are just like infantrymen who fight a bayonet war against enemy units and struggle at the distant front line of the army. Moreover, macrophages function as intelligence units, or as the secret service of an army. They hold one portion of the enemy they destroy. This portion is used to identify the enemy’s identity and to determine its features. Macrophages pass this portion to another intelligence unit, messenger-T cells. GENERAL ALARM When a country is involved in war, a general mobilisation is declared. Most of the natural resources and the budget are spent on war expenses. The economy is re-arranged according to this extraordinary situation and the country is involved in total action. In a war, which the defensive army of the body will fight as a whole, mobilisation is also declared. Do you wonder how? If the enemy is more than they can handle, the cavalcades (macrophages) that launch an attack secrete a special substance. The name of this substance is "pyrogen" and it is a kind of alarm call. After travelling a long way, "pyrogen" reaches the brain and stimulates the fever-increasing centre of the brain. Following this stimulation, the brain sets off alarms in the body and the person develops a high fever. The patient with a high fever naturally feels a need to rest. Thus, the energy needed by the defence army is not spent elsewhere. As seen, there exists an extremely complex plan and design at work. THE ORDERED ARMY SWINGS INTO ACTION The war between the microscopic intruder and the immune system becomes more complicated after mobilisation, that is, your falling ill in bed. At this stage, infantrymen (phagocytes) and cavalrymen (macrophages) have proved insufficient, the whole body is alarmed, and the war becomes heated. At this stage, lymphocytes - (T and B cells) - intervene. Cavalrymen (macrophages) pass the information they have on the enemy to T helper cells. These cells summon T cytotoxic and B cells to the battleground. These are the most effective fighters of the immune system. WEAPONRY PRODUCTION As soon as B cells receive information about the enemy, they start producing weapons. These weapons, just like ballistic missiles, are only produced to hit the enemy on whom information is available. This production is so perfect that the three dimensional structure of the microscopic intruder and the three dimensional structure of the weapon fully match each other. This accord is like that between a key and its lock. Antibodies advance towards the enemy and clamp tightly on it. After this stage, the enemy is neutralised like a tank that has its treads, cannon and gun destroyed. Afterwards, other members of the immune system come and eliminate the neutralised enemy. Here, there is a very important point to consider: there are millions of types of enemy that the immune system will confront. B cells can produce an appropriate weapon for all types of enemy no matter what they are. This means that the immune system innately has the knowledge and capability to produce the keys appropriate to millions of different types of locks. These unconscious cells have the ability to make millions of types of antibodies, and their using it in the best way proves the existence of a creation by the Owner of an exalted power. Furthermore, the system is more sophisticated. As B cells destroy the enemy with ballistic weapons, T cytotoxic cells also fight a tough war against the enemy. When some viruses enter a cell, they can hide from the weapons produced by the B cells. The T cytotoxic cells find the diseased cells in which this camouflaged enemy hides and destroy them. AFTER THE VICTORY After the enemy is defeated, the T suppressor cells swing into action. These cells give the army of defence the command to cease fire, and cause the T cytotoxic and B cells to stop their activities. Thus, the body does not carry on in a state of mobilisation in vain. After the war is over, most of the T and B cells produced specifically for the war complete their lifecycle and die. This tough war, however, is not to be forgotten. Before the war, a short time passed while the enemy was identified and the necessary preparations made. If the enemy ever comes back, the body will be much better prepared. A group of memory cells, which have come to know the features of the enemy, will constantly serve in the immune system in future. In a possible second attack, the immune system, with the information in the memory cells, will have the means to react before the enemy gains force. The reason why we do not catch mumps or measles again, after we have once caught them, is because of the memory of our immune system. WHO IS HE WHO CREATES THE SYSTEM? After all the information we have examined, we have to take our time and think about how this perfect immune system to which we owe our lives has come to exist. There is a flawless plan at work. Everything needed for the operation of this plan is intact: macrophages, the pyrogen substance, the fever raising centre of the brain, the body’s fever raising mechanisms, B cells, T cells, weapons... How, then, has this perfect system come into being? Not surprisingly, the theory of evolution, which proposes that living beings have come into being by coincidence, cannot explain how this complex system came about. The claim of the theory of evolution is that living beings and living systems have originated step-by-step by the accumulation of little coincidences. However, the immune system cannot by any means have originated "step-by-step". The reason is that in the case of the absence or malfunction of even one of the factors that make up the system, the system cannot work and the person could not survive. The system must have come into being completely and flawlessly with all its components intact. This reality renders the notion of "coincidence" meaningless. Who, then, makes this plan? Who knows that the body’s fever must rise, and that only that way the energy needed by the army of defence will not be spent elsewhere? Is it the macrophages? Macrophages are merely tiny cells. They do not have the capacity to think. They are living organisms that obey an established superior order and that fulfil their duties. Is it man? Certainly not. People are not even aware that such a perfect system is at work in their own bodies. However, this system, of which we are unaware, protects us from certain death. It is obvious that the one who created the immune system, and who created the whole human body, should be a Creator Who has exalted knowledge and might. This Creator is Allah, Who has created the human body from a "drop of fluid". “To purchase the works of Harun Yahya, please visit www.bookglobal.net.” http://www.harunyahya.com/articles/70defence_system.html

HARUN YAHYA

Harun Yahya is a pen name used by Mr. Adnan Oktar. Born in Ankara in 1956, Adnan Oktar is a prominent Turkish intellectual. Completely devoted to moral values and dedicated to communicating the sacred values he cherishes to other people, Oktar started his intellectual struggle in 1979 during his education at Mimar Sinan University's Academy of Fine Arts. During his university years, he carried out detailed research into the prevalent materialistic philosophies and ideologies around him, to the extent of becoming even more knowledgeable about them than their advocates. As a result of his accumulation of knowledge, he has written various books on the fallacy of the theory of evolution. His dedicated intellectual effort against Darwinism and materialism has grown out to be a worldwide phenomenon. Quoting from the 22 April 2000 issue of New Scientist, Mr. Oktar became an "international hero" in communicating the fallacy of the theory of evolution and the fact of creation. The author's intellectual struggle against materialism and Darwinism has frequently been mentioned in such mainly evolutionist publications as National Geographic, Science, New Scientist and NSCE Reports. The English and German editions of the November, 2004, issue of National Geographic referred to the author's works concerning the Fact of Creation. The following quotation from the book The Evolution Deceit was also included: "The theory of evolution is nothing but a deception imposed on us by the dominators of the world system." The author has also produced various works on Zionist racism and Freemasonry and their negative effects on world history and politics. The Zionism criticised by the author in his books is the baseless claims of Zionist extremists pretend to world sovereignty, regard other human beings as worthless entities, maintain that the Jews are the chosen people and that God is theirs alone. Yet the author's writings very definitely do not imply a rejection of the Jews' right to live in peace and security within the borders of their own state. - For a detailed life story of Adnan Oktar >> Read "The Global Impact of the Works of Harun Yahya". His pen-name, Harun Yahya, is formed from the names "Harun" (Aaron) and "Yahya" (John) in the esteemed memory of the two Prophets who struggled against infidelity. Many works of Harun Yahya are being currently translated into English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Albanian, Serbo-Croat (Bosnian), Polish, Urdu, Indonesian, Kazakh, Azeri, Malay and Malayalam. The target is to translate all books into English and many other languages in the near future, and thus to make them available for the benefit of all people. The common point in all the writer's works is that all the topics covered by his works are in full agreement with the Qur'an, and strongly affirmed by Qur'anic understanding. Even the topics addressed by science and mostly considered complicated and confusing are narrated very lucidly and explicitly in the books of Harun Yahya. For this reason, these books appeal to everyone, from every age and social group. Harun Yahya's books on faith-related topics communicate the existence and oneness of God and are written with the main purpose of introducing Islam to those who are strangers to religion, and reconciling their hearts to the truth. For Muslims, these books are advice as well as a reminder. The writer has published works on all the basic issues referred to in the Qur'an that expand the dedication and contemplation of Muslims. Each of the author's books on science-related topics stresses the might, sublimity, and majesty of God in minute detail based on well-structured research and evidence, along with extensive contemplation. These books display, for non-Muslims, the signs of the existence of God, and the excellence of His creation in a very explicit and precise way. On the other hand, they add to the faith and submission of believers, and can serve as perfect materials for communicating Islam to other people (where religion is not practiced in its full sense). A sub-group within this series are the "Books Demolishing the Lie of Evolution". The main purpose of these books is to demolish the materialistic and atheistic philosophy which has been put forward as an alternative and rival to religion and has been imposed on the whole world since the 19th century. The great impact the books make on readers signifies that this purpose is fulfilled to a great extent. These books, just as it is stated in the Qur'an in the words "We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its brain" (Surat al-Anbiya, 18), demolish the brain, i.e., the thought system and ideology of the faithless system; and help complete (the revelation of) God's light (Surat as-Saff, 8). For these reasons, these books play a significant role in the intellectual war against non-belief. The symbolic meaning of the seal of the Prophet Muhammed (May God bless him and grant him peace) on the covers of all of the books by the writer is related to the content of the books. This seal is an indication that the Qur'an is the last book and the last word of God, and our Prophet Muhammad (May God bless him and grant him peace) is the last of His messengers. By taking this attribute of the Qur'an and the Prophet, the writer seeks, in all of his works, to refute all the basic claims of the systems of disbelief and utter the "last word" which will put a definite end to the assertions of infidelity. The stamp of the Prophet Muhammed (May God bless him and grant him peace) who has the greatest honour and wisdom, is used as a prayer for the intention of saying this last word. A Further Note on The Books of Harun Yahya In all the books by the author, faith-related issues are explained in the light of the Qur'anic verses and the Hadith and people are invited to learn God's words and to live by them. All the subjects that concern God's verses are explained in such a way as to leave no room for doubt or question marks in the reader's mind. The sincere, plain and fluent style employed ensures that everyone of every age and from every social group can easily understand the books. This effective and lucid narrative makes it possible to read them in a single sitting. Even those who rigorously reject spirituality are influenced by the facts recounted in these books and cannot refute the truthfulness of their contents. All the books of the author can be read individually or discussed in a group at a time of conversation. Those readers who are willing to profit from the books will find discussion very useful in the sense that they will be able to relate their own reflections and experiences to one another. In addition, it will be a great service to the religion to contribute to the presentation and reading of these books, which are written solely for the good pleasure of God. All the books of the author are extremely convincing. For this reason, for those who want to communicate the religion to other people, one of the most effective methods is to encourage them to read these books. 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The Earth’s Atmosphere

The Earth’s Atmosphere Description: Modern science has discovered facts about the atmosphere mentioned in the Quran over 1400 years ago.By IslamReligion.com - “By the sky which returns.” (Quran 86:11) “[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling…” (Quran 2:22) In the first verse God swears by the sky[1] and its function of ‘returning’ without specifying what it ‘returns.’ In Islamic doctrine, a divine oath signifies the magnitude of importance of a special relation to the Creator, and manifests His majesty and the supreme Truth in a special way. The second verse describes the Divine Act that made the sky a ‘ceiling’ for the dwellers of earth. Let us see what modern atmospheric science has to say about the role and function of the sky. The atmosphere is a word which denotes all the air surrounding the earth, from the ground all the way up to the edge from which space starts. The atmosphere is composed of several layers, each defined because of the various phenomena which occur within the layer. This image shows the average temperature profile through the Earth’s atmosphere. Temperatures in the thermosphere are very sensitive to solar activity and can vary from 500°C to 1500°C. Source: Windows to the Universe, (http://www.windows.ucar.edu), the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). ©1995-1999, 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan; ©2000-04 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Rain, for one, is ‘returned’ to Earth by the clouds in the atmosphere. Explaining the hydrologic cycle, Encyclopedia Britannica writes: “Water evaporates from both the aquatic and terrestrial environments as it is heated by the Sun’s energy. The rates of evaporation and precipitation depend on solar energy, as do the patterns of circulation of moisture in the air and currents in the ocean. Evaporation exceeds precipitation over the oceans, and this water vapor is transported by the wind over land, where it returns to the land through precipitation.”[2] Not only does the atmosphere return what was on the surface back to the surface, but it reflects back into space that which might damage the flora and fauna the earth sustains, such as excessive radiant heat. In the 1990’s, collaborations between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) of Japan resulted in the International Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Science Initiative. Polar, Wind and Geotail are a part of this initiative, combining resources and scientific communities to obtain coordinated, simultaneous investigations of the Sun-Earth space environment over an extended period of time. They have an excellent explanation of how the atmosphere returns solar heat to space.[3] Besides ‘returning’ rain, heat and radio waves, the atmosphere protects us like a ceiling above our heads by filtering out deadly cosmic rays, powerful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun, and even meteorites on collision course with Earth.[4] Pennsylvania State Public Broadcasting tells us: “The sunlight that we can see represents one group of wavelengths, visible light. Other wavelengths emitted by the sun include x-rays and ultraviolet radiation. X-rays and some ultraviolet light waves are absorbed high in Earth’s atmosphere. They heat the thin layer of gas there to very high temperatures. Ultraviolet light waves are the rays that can cause sunburn. Most ultraviolet light waves are absorbed by a thicker layer of gas closer to Earth called the ozone layer. By soaking up the deadly ultraviolet and x-rays, the atmosphere acts as a protective shield around the planet. Like a giant thermal blanket, the atmosphere also keeps temperatures from getting too hot or too cold. In addition, the atmosphere also protects us from constant bombardment by meteoroids, bits of rock and dust that travel at high speeds throughout the solar system. The falling stars we see at night are not stars at all; they are actually meteoroids burning up in our atmosphere due to the extreme heating they undergo.”[5] This is an image of Earth’s polar stratospheric clouds. These clouds are involved in the creation of Earth’s ozone hole. Source: Windows to the Universe, (http://www.windows.ucar.edu/) at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). ©1995-1999, 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan; ©2000-04 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Encyclopedia Britannica, describing the role of Stratosphere, tells us about its protective role in absorbing dangerous ultraviolet radiation: “In the upper stratospheric regions, absorption of ultraviolet light from the Sun breaks down oxygen molecules; recombination of oxygen atoms with O2 molecules into ozone (O3) creates the ozone layer, which shields the lower ecosphere from harmful short-wavelength radiation…More disturbing, however, is the discovery of a growing depletion of ozone over temperate latitudes, where a large percentage of the world’s population resides, since the ozone layer serves as a shield against ultraviolet radiation, which has been found to cause skin cancer.”[6] The mesosphere is the layer in which many meteors burn up while entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Imagine a baseball zipping along at 30,000 miles per hour. That’s how big and fast many meteors are. When they plow through the atmosphere, meteors are heated to more than 3000 degrees Fahrenheit, and they glow. A meteor compresses air in front of it. The air heats up, in turn heating the meteor.[7] This is an image which shows the Earth and its atmosphere. The mesosphere would be the dark blue edge located on the far top of the image underneath the back. (Image courtesy of NASA) Earth is surrounded by a magnetic force field - a bubble in space called “the magnetosphere” tens of thousands of miles wide. The magnetosphere acts as a shield that protects us from solar storms. However, according to new observations from NASA’s IMAGE spacecraft and the joint NASA/European Space Agency Cluster satellites, immense cracks sometimes develop in Earth’s magnetosphere and remain open for hours. This allows the solar wind to gush through and power stormy space weather. Fortunately, these cracks do not expose Earth’s surface to the solar wind. Our atmosphere protects us, even when our magnetic field does not.[8] An artist’s rendition of NASA’s IMAGE satellite flying through a ‘crack’ in Earth’s magnetic field. How would it be possible for a fourteenth century desert dweller to describe the sky in a manner so precise that only recent scientific discoveries have confirmed it? The only way is if he received revelation from the Creator of the sky. Footnotes: [1] Al-Samaa’, the Arabic word translated here as ‘sky’ includes earth’s atmosphere as indicated by the verse 2:164. [2] ”Biosphere.” Encyclopedia Britannica from Encyclopedia Britannica Premium Service.(http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=70872) [3] (http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sweather1.htm) [4] Atmospheric, Climate & Environment Information Programme of the Manchester Metropolitan University at (http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/Atmosphere/atmosphere.html) [5] (http://www.witn.psu.edu/articles/article.phtml?article_id=255&show_id=44) [6] “Earth.” Encyclopedia Britannica from Encyclopedia Britannica Premium Service.(http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=54196) [7] (http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/meteors-ez.html) [8] (http://www.firstscience.com/SITE/ARTICLES/magnetosphere.asp)

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