ADNAN OKTAR: "Teacher, how did the religious sects emerge, why are they so common?" asks Erica. As there are a lot of false hadiths, this inevitably leads to the emergence of different sects. For example one of them preaches that takbir (Arabic phrase translated as “God is great”) during prayer is an obligation. The other one says it is not. One says the meat of an animal is lawful, while the other says, "it is unlawful." This leads to the existence of different sects, and each are like different religions.

BULENT SEZGIN: You have mentioned before that the bigots say, "If we do not abide by these hadiths, then everything will become lawful."

ADNAN OKTAR: Yes. This, for example, is quite baffling. "If we behave only according to the Quran, everything will be lawful. What kind of religion is that?" the bigots say. They want to be drowned in prohibitions. In other words, they want to live miserable lives like some people do in Syria, B