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Disputes with Individuals

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What was said and what was claimed in the disputes with Faruk Beşer, Adnan Oktar and Mazlumder.

The "He Insulted Adnan Oktar" Claim

The words really were spoken. But they were spoken in answer to a question, in the "may be" mood, and on the basis of public judicial records; the claim leaves out all three of these at once.

Out of context

The "He Was Found in the Wrong in the Adnan Oktar Case" Claim

The ruling and the damages are real. The ruling came in a single hearing, with no evidence submitted and no defence heard; in 2015, when one document came up, the same lawyers withdrew hundreds of cases.

Partly true

Why Was the Call for a Mutual Imprecation Made to Faruk Beşer?

There is no one-sided curse here; there is a call for a mutual imprecation, made after three and a half months of silence, conditional and covering both sides.

Distorted

The "Aggressive Person Who Incites the Young" Claim

For three and a half months not one word was said in reply to the accusations; in a body with thousands of members, not a single incident of violence or public disorder can be pointed to.

Unfounded

The "He Says Tawhid but Divides the Muslims" Claim

The claim rests on a confusion of concepts: tawhid is to recognise no authority besides Allah, while wahdah is the unity of the Muslims. And criticism and tafriqa are not the same thing either.

Distorted

The "He Deceives People with Religion" Claim

For this accusation, repeated in two separate disputes, not a single lesson, sentence or fatwa was produced. And those addressed in at-Tawbah 31, cited as the evidence, are religious scholars who declare the forbidden permitted.

Unfounded

The Claim That the Members of the Religious Community Are an "Unquestioning Herd"

A blanket imputation made about thousands of people without a single name, incident or record being given. What stands against it is madrasa work, educational activities and an open archive.

Unfounded

The "He Has People Call Him Hocaefendi" Claim

Neither a request nor an encouragement. The title took hold in the second half of the 1990s, as people around him spoke of him that way in his absence; in Turkey male religious teachers are addressed like this anyway.

Unfounded

The "Arrogant and Unreachable Person" Claim

The accusation rests on a single incident: not attending a press statement in August 2014. The person making the claim has never met Kuytul, and not even those who spent years at his side and later left have said such a thing.

Unfounded

The "They Did Not Join the Joint Gaza Action" Claim

The foundation did not take part in the joint press statement of August 2014 as an institution; that is true. But no institutional invitation was made, and the content of the programme and who would take part were left unclear.

Partly true

The claim that the Furkan Foundation is indifferent to the Palestinian cause

Not taking part in one programme was treated as indifference. Yet the rallies, press releases, lessons and the prayer said every Friday, running from 2004 to 2014, are on record and open to the public.

Unfounded

The claim that "he pushes those who question out of the religious community"

There is not a single name, date or incident in the article. The invitation "give names if there are any" has gone unanswered for more than ten years; those who left did so by their own choice.

Unfounded

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