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ADNAN OKTAR: One must treat all ideas and opinions with love and affection... This country belongs to us all, so let us be as one. Let those who want to be atheists, be atheists, and let those who want to be devout, be devout. The Jews are our precious brothers, let them go and worship in their synagogues. We can break our fasts with them, go and eat with them, visit their homes. These are not the things that would make anyone uneasy.
ADNAN OKTAR: The European Union's conception of art, its conception of modernity, and its spirit of union and unity are very excellent. Its progressive aspect that attaches due importance to science and technology is very excellent. But its views concerning the faith, Islam, and even concerning Christianity and Judaism, are most ruthless and incompatible with a democratic way of thinking. A Jew should be free to live according to his faith in schools, and free in official institutions. And the same goes for a Christian or a Jew. The pressure on religion must be lifted entirely. That is where the fundamental error of the EU lies.
ADNAN OKTAR'S AKHABERLER WEB SITE INTERVIEW (November 2, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: The Turkish-Islamic Union I describe is based on love and far removed from any racism or pretensions to grandeur. Greatness belongs to Allah (God), and we are His servants. Mine is a concept that loves all nations, that protects them, that embraces Christians and Jews and that desperately wants to include them in the Turkish-Islamic Union. It was not like that before. There was the claim of Turkish Union. It somehow harboured racism. That was more about being the greatest, strongest race, and thus it could lead to a rationale claiming that other races were nothing. But this is nothing of that kind. Allah creates all races. They are all our brothers. Russia will enjoy prosperity within the Turkish-Islamic Union. We want Armenia to join the Turkish-Islamic Union. We want Georgia to join. We even want Israel to join the Turkish-Islamic Union. We have many Turkish brethren among the Crimean Jews. Even if they are not Turks, they are the children of the Prophet Moses (pbuh), the children of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh), descended from the prophets. We love them dearly, insha'Allah. So long as they have a fervent love of Allah, take care over what is lawful and unlawful and continue to love and respect the prophets and the angels. So long as they are like that, there can be no distinction among us, insha'Allah.
(April 23, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: I have always felt love and affection for Christians and Jews. One can go and dine with them, visit their homes and always enjoy close, friendly relations with those of them who are genuine, with sincere Christians and Jews.
ADNAN OKTAR: I have never been an anti-Semite. The Jews are a holy race descended from the prophets. They are a people descended from the prophets Abraham, Joseph and Ishaq (peace be upon them all). And I have always had a profound love and enthusiasm for the Jews, and a desire to protect them. I reject and wage an intellectual struggle against the enmity and opposition toward them. It is the atheist zionists I am opposed to. That is; irreligious, atheist zionists. That is the idea I am struggling against, that and all its actions and ideology. But my love for devout Jews is plain for all to see and I show it all the time. I also feel the same fierce love toward devout Christians. The fact they love Allah and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and all the prophets is an excellent thing.
(September 23, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: Freemasonry by itself is a satanic religion. Everything stems from freemasonry. Judaism...They are the People of the Books; one can marry them, eat their food, eat meat they have prepared, greet them and do business with them, and we love them very much. A Muslim can never have a problem with the Jews. On the contrary he is friends with them. But the real problem is the atheist zionists. They are the worst danger. They control and are controlled by the freemasons. Satan has locked these two systems both together. This is an indivisible force. It is the atheist rulers who are currently inflicting suffering on the Jews in Israel. For example, we wanted to hold an anti-Darwinist conference in Israel, one that would be critical of Darwinism, but the atheist zionists prevented us. What does that mean? We would have said, 'Allah created the universe.' They say, 'No. That is wrong. Allah did not create it, chance did.' They say that chance and atoms are divine, that atoms created. We wanted to demolish that argument. But the atheist zionists did not let us. That means these people are opposed to both Jews and Muslims. That is why what Muslims must do is to struggle against freemasonry and atheist zionism. But it is very important to distinguish devout Jews and treat them with love and affection. In other words, it would be very wrong to confuse the two.
ADNAN OKTAR: Turkey is not something that can be swallowed up. It is too big. It will stick in anyone's throat. The Turkish nation is very devout. They have been trying to tear the Turkish nation down for the last 150 years. But the nation is literally made of granite and, by Allah's leave, cannot be budged. The Orthodox are trying to do this, and let them. Or let the Armenians. They are our brothers. This is not something that can make us Muslims uneasy, because this is not a communist, Darwinist movement. Let the Jews open synagogues. Let the Armenians build places of worship, or the Orthodox, the Catholics or all of them. Turkey is a monument from the Ottoman Empire.
(April 30, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: I of course favor religion and politics being kept separate. That is my view, and I support people being told of and living by Islam within a secular system. I think that everyone can be at peace in that way. Because there are atheists in society, as well as Jews and Christians. They all have rights and they are all first-class citizens. There are also different Islamic sects. There are Alawites, for instance, and Jafaris. But they are all our brothers. We love them all and cannot bear to see them wronged in any way. I regard them all, Alawite or Jaferite, as one, as my brothers. Then there are the People of the Book as described in the Qur'an. But they are also our friends and brothers in the Qur'an. They also have rights. We must also live with them in ties of friendship and love.
(August 5, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: ... Love and affection toward a genuine Christian or a genuine Jew is of the greatest importance. They are entrusted to us by Allah, and they believe in the same Allah. They love the same prophets. A spirit of affection toward them is most important. There are some people who look at them with hatred and ambition. That is incompatible with the Qur'an. It is incompatible with the Sunnah of our Prophet (may Allah blesss him and grant him peace). Jews lived very comfortably in the time of our Prophet (may Allah blesss him and grant him peace). Christians were also very comfortable. Our Prophet (may Allah blesss him and grant him peace) even had a Christian concubine. Looking at them with hatred and ambition would be very very wrong. One can eat their food. One can marry those people's daughters. One can go to their homes and stay overnight. One can talk to them. They are also servants created by Allah. Allah has created them like that in destiny. The honest thing is for Muslims to love one another and be completely sincere.
(August 6, 2007)
AL JAZEERA: Zionism?
ADNAN OKTAR: And that also applies to zionism. Of course I will strive against any ideology that seeks to rule the world, that rejects other faiths, that pretends to the dominion of a single religion and that rejects other people.
ADNAN OKTAR: But if a person makes no such claim, then I have nothing against them. The Jews are the People of the Book. They must be able to live by their own faith and to live as they wish in their own country. I respect that. But if they say: "That is not enough. I want to rule the whole world and eliminate all religions so that only I am left," then I utterly reject that.
ADNAN OKTAR: Of course I feel affection for the People of the Book. I love Christians and Jews. Muslims protected the People of the Book in the time of our Prophet (may Allah blesss him and grant him peace). There is no enmity toward the People of the Book in Islam. Their rights are to be protected and they can live at ease in their country. They can worship as they wish. But if they assume an aggressive attitude, then Muslims will defend themselves. But there can be no hatred toward the People of the Book if they worship in their own way.
AL JAZEERA: Do you hate Israel?
ADNAN OKTAR: There is no question of my hating Israel. They are a People of the Book, whom Allah created in that form. Allah says in the Qur'an that the Jews exist. Such a people do exist, and it is perfectly normal for them to live in Israel, and they can certainly live there.
ADNAN OKTAR: We cannot do anything that the Qur'an does not say or that our Prophet (may Allah blesss him and grant him peace) did not do. If something exists in the Qur'an or if our Prophet (may Allah blesss him and grant him peace) says something, then we do it. But since the Qur'an does not say such a thing, since the Qur'an gives the People of the Book such a right, we have an obligation to behave in the same way.
ADNAN OKTAR'S AL-QUDS (JERUSALEM) NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW (November 17, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: Muslims are in any case secular. They have a secular mindset because the advantage of laicism is that there will no hypocrites in society. Atheists will openly say they are atheists and Christians will say they are Christians. If someone is a Jew, he will say he is a Jew. Laicism is therefore a comfort for Muslims. I therefore support the idea of the secular system.
ADNAN OKTAR: For one thing, the fact that there are Christians and Muslims in the world is a great blessing for Muslims. For there need not have been any. They could have been atheists, irreligious people. But Allah bestowed the blessing of faith on them, and Christians feel a deep love for the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and Jews for the Prophet Moses (pbuh). These faiths have been corrupted, of course, and the Qur'an has told the members of those faiths of the deficiencies stemming from these distortions. The gaps and deficiencies in Christianity and Judaism are revealed in the Qur'an. Therefore, Christians are our brothers for they are of the old religion of Islam. We must treat them with love and affection. We must avoid any behavior that might exclude them. We must struggle shoulder to shoulder with them against Darwinism and atheism.
(November 9, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: The solution to the Israel-Palestine problem is obviously and evidently the Turkish-Islamic Union. When a great Turkish-Islamic Union supported by the Turkic states and led by Turkey is formed, the result will be a super power, a superb security umbrella. Both Israel and Palestine will be at ease under such a security umbrella and the problem will be completely resolved. Those walls built for security purposes will come down. Because Israel is a prison at the moment. It is a prison for the Palestinians and a prison for Israel. That will disappear and everyone will live in peace and well-being.
But atheist zionists in Israel have currently infiltrated right into the state. In other words, the Israeli deep state is made up of atheist zionists. And that gives rise to corruption and chaos...Because the real problem stems from the atheist zionists. There would be no problem if there were devout Jews there.
(August 19, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: One that is devout, fears Allah and acts rationally and logically, that is the kind of nation that Allah makes the standard bearer of Islam. That is the kind of nation to which Allah has given the task of disseminating Islam, insha'Allah. That was how it was in Ottoman times; in other words everyone who says he is Turkish, is Turkish. Looked at like that, for instance, I am a sayyid, a descendant of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), but I am pure Turk. A genuine Turk. Because Allah has taken this nation, everyone who says he is Turkish, under a kind of spiritual influence, a nation that lives by such exemplary moral values, a nation that so lives by Islam. Ask anyone in the Islamic world. Ask who best lives according to Islam. They will say the Turks. It is the Turks who live most rationally, most justly and most consistently. They are very clean, immaculate. There is complete agreement. Everyone says Turkey should be the leader. Everyone in the Turkic world and the Islamic world says that. A great part of the Turkic world is in any case Muslim, but Christians are also our brothers. The Jews are also our brothers. Armenians and Georgians are all our brothers. Because they are all people we embraced within the community of Ottoman nations and who served the Ottoman Empire and Turkishness. They are people who served Islam and the Qur'an. For example, the best craftsmen and artists came from the Armenians. From the Greeks. Jewish scientists, Jewish artists, gave great good service and worked in the palaces. But then this corruption was stirred up. Using the corruption or racism the freemasons came up with a treacherous ruse to give the impression there was a terrible hatred. That idea was thus installed in people's heads when a Greek or Armenian was mentioned. For example, those immaculate people have become reluctant to say they are Greek or Armenian or Jewish. And that is a masonic tactic. Yet the People of the Book are our brothers. They love the Prophet Abraham (pbuh). They love Ishmael, and Isaac and Jacob (peace be upon them all). They believe in the one Allah. We love the same prophets. We love the same angels... Allah describes them as the People of the Book in the Qur'an. So this hatred and enmity must all be done away with. Israel will be as free as possible. Armenia will be free.
ADNAN OKTAR: They will do nothing cunning, but will speak openly. Someone will say he is an atheist and behave accordingly. And you can be friends of talk to him because you know where you stand, there is nothing underhand. There are no games or deceit. Laicism is very valuable as it does away with hypocrisy. It was applied in the Ottoman Empire. It is a very important policy that needs to be adopted from now on. Because under laicism, Armenians will be at ease, and Jews, and Protestants, and the Orthodox and Catholics and everyone. For that reason, Islam is not something built on the comfort of Muslims alone. The People of the Book will also live at ease, and polytheists, because they are all attached importance. They, too, must be protected. Allah tells us in one verse to accompany them until they reach safety. Allah says to go by their side and protect them. Allah tells us even to protect polytheists and pagans. To protect them is a Muslim's duty. Laicism is essential if they are all to be first-class citizens. What is there to argue about that? That is in any case what Islam requires.
(December 21, 2008)
ASİA RFA: Where do you put Christian and Buddhist Turks in this?
ADNAN OKTAR: They will also be extremely at ease in that union. Their rights will be protected in the best possible way. Even atheists will be shown the requisite respect, interest and service.
ADNAN OKTAR: There is pan-Turkism, and pan-Islamism. And then there is the Turkish-Islamic Union. If people so wish, they can interpret pan-Turkism as the Turkish race being superior to all other races and that the other races will be its slaves. People are naturally afraid of that. They think of Islamic Union. People may try to turn that into a ruthless system in which the harshest of rules apply. We have seen that in the dark pages of history. We have seen it in recent times. That is not what is meant here. For one thing there is the guarantee of laicism here. The system will be totally based on laicism, and that is most important. Buddhists will be first-class people and atheists will be first-class people. Muslims will be first-class citizens. Christians will be first-class citizens. Jews will be first-class citizens. That will be ensured through laicism. There will be a climate of fervid love and security, as well as a military union and organization. Wherever there is terror. There is no need for bloodshed. People will be told to stop engaging in terror, and they will do so. Nobody will persist in the face of deterrent force. Wherever there is terror in the world, the matter will be put to an end if you issue a call to the people involved, telling them that what they are doing is a disgrace and that they should not do it any more. It will be an utterly determined force because the Turkish-Islamic Union will have an unbelievably powerful military. Whoever makes a request, the matter will be over and done with. And so chaos will come to an end. Injustice will come to an end. Nobody can deny that.
(September 14, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: I do not understand. There is a Christian priest and a Muslim goes and speaks to a Muslim. Our Prophet (may Allah blesss him and grant him peace) used to meet with them. The companions used to meet them. So what? One can talk to a rabbi. One can talk to Jews. One can even marry them, take their daughters in marriage. One can marry Christian girls. One can marry Jewish girls. One can eat their food, eat meat they have prepared. So why should one not speak to them. That is a courtesy. He visited him, and can be visited by him. They can visit one another's homes.
ADNAN OKTAR'S AZERBAIJAN NEWSPAPER 525 AND ATV INTERVIEW (August 27, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: Sincerity is essential for the rise of Islam. We must be very, very sincere. Allah says that only genuine servants are led to salvation. First, they must be sincere. And then when they are sincere, the Qur'an commands us love, forgiveness, affection, compassion, friendship and mutual aid. In other words, one cannot go to bedfull if one's neighbor is hungry. This is the kind of faith. A murderer is forgiven. Allah says it is more auspicious for you to forgive. That is the kind of faith it is. omeone who kills is forgiven. Allah says it is better for you to forgive. We even forgive killers, insha'Allah. That is the kind of faith Islam is. Great importance must be attached to art, science, beauty and love if it is to grow. It is very wrong to be contend with just keeping body and soul together and say let us not talk to anyone but be hostile to all. Islam is a faith that saves and embraces everyone. Islam is a faith that approaches Christians and Jews with love and affection. That is why it is wrong to look at events through the eyes of the 1800s, through the conception of Islam of that time. We are now in the 2000s. There is a 21st century conception of Islam. The subject is a conception of Islam that is totally compatible with the Qur'an ruling the world, and that is spreading. That is why Islam is spreading so fast. Were the old mentality to apply, the mentality of the 1800s, Islam could contract and shrink, Allah forbid! The reason why it has spread so much is this positive outlook I have described and a positive interpretation of the Qur'an.
ADNAN OKTAR'S APA NEWS AGENCY (AZERBAIJAN) INTERVIEW (August 16, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: Armenians also believe in Allah. They believe in all the prophets. They believe in Jesus and Moses and Abraham (peace be upon them all) and the Hereafter, so what more can one ask, what could be better? They are the People of the Book. And they are innocent, people of art who are devoted to Allah. They labor with that mentality. That is how they were all in Ottoman times. The Armenians were all artists, scientists and doctors. But then a corruption brought up by Darwinists smothered everything. The corruption of racism. The mindset of the Committee for Union and Progress. They have been filled with hatred for the nation for a century now. But the corruption of Darwinism has been eliminated, and we have buried Darwinism itself, thanks be to Allah.
ADNAN OKTAR'S AZERBAIJAN NOVOYE VREMYA INTERVIEW (October 6, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: In other words, we need to make it very clear to the Jews that we are their friends, that Muslims do not shed blood, that they are well-intentioned and loving and that they love Christians and Jews. Because they hear the word Muslim they think of crazed fanatics wielding swords and axes. Whereas Muslims are really affectionate, compassionate, sincere, modern, enlightened, progressive and rational people. Muslims are the highest quality people in the world. That needs to be explained very clearly. If we make this clear to Europe and America, there is no reason for this American policy of violence.
ADNAN OKTAR: America does not really have an oil question at all. People misunderstand that. America went into Iraq, but the costs there, the losses it has suffered, are incomparably greater than any oil. It has suffered huge losses and is spending enormously. It is not taking Iraqi oil or anything, no such thing is happening. America is merely afraid of terror and violence. It is afraid that harm will befall the American state, the American people, or other states or peoples. If that fear can be eliminated, if the Turkish-Islamic Union is founded, if that union's love and conception of friendship and brotherhood, its love for the People of the Book, the Christians and Jews in other words, can be emphasized, then America will breathe a sigh of relief and be able to relax. It will put an end to all its policies of occupation and violence in the world, insha'Allah.
ADNAN OKTAR'S AZERBAIJAN STATE NEWS AGENCY INTERVIEW (August 14, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: Islam can best be lived through laicism. Its most perfect form can be lived through laicism. When laicism is lifted, hypocrisy enters the scene. Although people are not Muslims, they begin to say that they are. Imposition then enters the equation, a conception of religion based on compulsion. There is something called peer-group pressure. That is what happens when laicism disappears. But what happens in laicism? Armenians openly describe how they are Armenians and go and worship in their churches. Jews go and worship in synagogues. Christians go and worship in church. Muslims go and perform their salat in their mosques. Nobody interferes with anybody else. Everyone loves and respects everyone else. Atheists also say that they are atheists. That is unacceptable to us, of course, but an atheist can say that is what he is. A communist can say he is a communist. Laicism makes that possible. But what happens if laicism disappears? You ask a communist what he is, and he will say Alhamdulillah, he is a Muslim. Now what kind of religion is that? That is hypocrisy. You are forcing the man to be dishonest and false. The man must be able to say, openly and frankly, that he is a communist. The atheist must be able to state his position and the state must treat him with affection and protect him. That person must be a first-class citizen. In other words, nobody must be denigrated for his beliefs. People's rights to life must not be taken away. His democratic rights cannot be taken away. Because he is being honest. Allah created his belief in that form. That is what Allah says in the Qur'an. Allah says that there would be polytheists. There would be unbelievers, He states. Allah says that such people would exist. Who creates these? Allah. Allah creates. Allah says He could have created us all to be devout. He could have made us all devout, he says. But Allah has deliberately and wisely made people as they are. The advantage of laicism is that it bestows freedom on everyone. Religion and laicism are completely compatible. That was how it was in Ottoman times and will be in the future, insha'Allah.
|ADNAN OKTAR'S AZERNEWS (AZERBAIJAN) INTERVIEW (October 23, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: Turkey will certainly be Great Turkey, that much is certain. I can say and underline that with 99% certainty, 100% certainty. It will be the leader of the Turkish-Islamic world. The whole world will see this in 10-20 years. I am here, you are here, we are all here, and this is very clear, by Allah's leave. There is no other alternative. This is mankind's destiny, insha'Allah. That is how it will unfold. As leader of the Turkish-Islamic world, Turkey will in any case be leader of the Islamic world. The Turkic countries are in any event generally Muslim. But Christianity and Judaism are regarded as kindred faiths in Islam. In other words, they are regarded as the People of the Book. They are regarded with love. They are also part of the Turkish-Islamic Union... Allah says the People of the Book exist. We call them to Islam, but even if they do not become Muslim, they are still the People of the Book. Because they are loyal to the law of the Prophet Moses (pbuh). Christianity is loyal to the law of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) and survives as a community that obeys him. We call them the People of the Book. Muslims can marry them, marry their daughters. One eats their food, meat they have prepared. You can eat what Jews have prepared. You can go to their homes and eat with them. One can be their guests and talk with them, you can stay over in their homes and they can stay over with you. What does that mean? It means an air of close friendship and brotherhood. What does it mean if someone marries one of them and lives with her as his wife and joins his life with hers? This is a bond of close friendship and brotherhood. Christians are also part of the Turkish-Islamic Union. Everyone in Christian countries bordering on Muslim countries can join the Turkish-Islamic Union. They can be invited. They can join if they want. They will be welcomed with joy. That is why Turkey will be the leader of Muslims and Christians and Jews. And it will offer them all peace, security and justice. Turkey is in any case doing that at the moment. It is doing that in Bosnia, and in Iraq. It is doing it in Afghanistan, everywhere. The Turkish Army is met with joy wherever it goes. But its scope will widen still further. Because the Turkish nation is very affectionate and delights in love and friendship. It will feed others rather than eat itself, or give drink to others rather than drink itself. At bed time it will give the best bed to guests rather than taking it for itself.
(January 15, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: Rabbis in the synagogues and priests in the churches are our guests. It is a sin, a disgrace and totally unbecoming to oppress them kill them or inflict suffering on them. These things are persecution. Not things any Muslims can ever do. There have always been men of religion in churches. They were there in the time of our Prophet (may Allah blesss him and grant him peace). They were placed under protection. Muslims protected them. We have a duty to protect them, a duty not to kill them. That would be persecution and murder.
(July 23, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: If the Jewish lobby is made up of sincere Jews, if Christians are truly devout, then one can meet and talk with them, if they are really genuine. Our Prophet (may Allah blesss him and grant him peace) used to meet with Jews, do business with them and have links with them. He also had links with Christians, and that is not a crime. But atheist zionists and sinister masonic organizations, these are the problem. Communist deep state organizations like Ergenekon in Turkey are the real serious danger. I regard any links to them as deeply unpleasant. I regard it as wrong. Of course there are the three revealed faiths, and the faith of the People of the Book. In addition to Islam, the true faith, there is also Christianity and Judaism. Of course there will be links between Christians, Jews and Muslims. That is perfectly reasonable. It will be as it was in the time of our Prophet (may Allah blesss him and grant him peace).
ADNAN OKTAR: When I say dialogue between faiths, for instance, it could be a Christian. You can go to a devout Christian's house, eat the meal he cooked and ask how he is doing. You can do business with him and talk to him. That is what I understand by it. That was how it was in our Prophet's (may Allah bless Him and grant Him peace) time. A Jew, for instance, comes out of the synagogue. You can go to his restaurant if he has one and eat there and talk to him, you can visit his home. One can even marry Christian girls. That is how I look at it. And I can see nothing wrong in it. I cannot, because that is what our Prophet (may Allah bless Him and grant Him peace) used to do.
ADNAN OKTAR: When he comes that lovely prophet (pbuh) will be 33 years old. He will appear to be shining because of the cleanliness of his hair. The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will be a delightful person, very, very polite and very, very level headed. It will be obvious he is a prophet just from looking at him. He will work many miracles. People will see these and recognize him. He will complete his life here, insha'Allah. His death will also take place in this world. It is set out clearly in verses of the Qur'an. There will be nobody left who does not believe in you, Allah says. In other words, everyone in the Northern and Southern hemispheres will believe in the Prophet Jesus (pbuh), insha'Allah. Allah says that by the time of his death, nobody will fail to believe. That is only possible through his return, insha'Allah. He says that is a portent of the Doomsday. The coming of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) is a portent of the Doomsday.
(October 6, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: Muslims are rational, affectionate, compassionate, respectful and respect all ideas. They respect Christians, Jews and members of other faiths. They watch over their safety, honor, character and everything. If they do not do this, then they have nothing to do with the faith, with Islam. Then he is someone of an original character. Someone may be under the influence of Darwinism or other philosophies. He may hold Marxist views. He may espouse anarchy and terror. So just saying one is a Muslim is not enough. If he is a Muslim, he must do what being a Muslim requires. If he does not, then it does not seem terribly logical to me to call him a Muslim at all.
(September 14, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: The Nazis slaughtered a great many people there, not only Jews and carried out mass murder. But they also ruthlessly slaughtered devout Jews. That is a ruthless policy carried out by Darwinist fascists, of course. It is a fact. I have described it in great detail. The Jews are a people descended from the Prophet Moses (pbuh), the Prophet Abraham (pbuh). They are very valuable people. I love the Jews very much. Isaac, Jacob, Ishmael, Joseph and Solomon (peace be upon them all) are all our prophets, and they are descended from that line; therefore, those who would seek to eliminate the Jewish line would seek to eliminate the line of the Prophet Abraham (pbuh). It is unthinkable for a Muslim to remain silent in the face of an attempt to eliminate the line of a prophet. A Muslim will resist it. I myself am strongly opposed to it, and I strongly reject and oppose Jews' still facing oppression, attempts to eradicate them and all moves aimed at ejecting them from their lands.
|ADNAN OKTAR'S INTERVIEW WITH ECH CHOROUK EL YOUMI (ALGERIA) (November 17, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: The Islam brought by our Prophet (pbuh) is one that contains laicism. Laicism alsorespects atheists. It has complete respect for Christians and complete respect for Jews. Everyone can live by his own faith, free from any pressure. Nobody will interfere with anyone else because of his faith, which means there will be no hypocrites. That is why laicism is essential. It should be noted that laicism is already a system of thought taken from the revealed religions. Islam did not take laicism from secularism, in other words, secularism is drawn from Islam.
(June 11, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: I am of course very keen. I like Christians very much. I also like Jews very much. As a result of our work, young people in Israel have returned to religion on a large scale. Judaism has become much stronger in Israel... I want a Jew to be a good Jew. I want a Christian to be a good Christian. I want a Muslim to be a good Muslim. Let the churches be filled with Christians, and the synagogues with Jews. I want mosques to be filled with Muslims. I want everyone to love Allah and realize His existence.
ADNAN OKTAR'S INTERVIEW WITH INDONESIA'S ANTARA NEWS AGENCY (September 16, 2008)
REPORTER: In the Golden Age, will there emerge the kind of environment in which everyone, believer or not, Christians and the People of the Book, will be able to live together in peace, the kind of environment that existed 500 years ago in the ideal Islamic model, the Ottoman Empire?
ADNAN OKTAR: Yes. Especially in that form. The People of the Book, Christians, Armenians, the Orthodox, Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Orthodox Jews, atheists, freemasons, buddhists and everyone will be able to live in complete peace and security, in full economic prosperity, as friends and brothers, within that environment.
(July 13, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: Yes. Of course people should be good. I want Jews, for example, to be more devout, Christians to be more devout, even better natured. I want Muslims to be even better natured. I want radicalism, violence, intolerance and lovelessness to be eliminated in that way. I want them to be replaced by love, peace and brotherhood. To give way to democratic thinking and freedoms. That is what I espouse.
(September 15, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: We will live side by side, as brothers, in peace and happiness, plenty and abundance, with Armenians, Jews and Greeks, insha'Allah.
(April 3, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: I am the exact opposite of an anti-Semite. I love the Jews very much because they are descended from a prophet. They are descended from the Prophet Abraham (pbuh). I am also descended from the Prophet Abraham (pbuh). It is impossible for me to be hostile to them, because that would mean being hostile to the line of a prophet. What I am against is godless, atheist Zionist thinking. But otherwise I love devout Jews very much. I feel a very serious respect for them. Everyone knows that.
ADNAN OKTAR: For example, we go to Israel and hold an anti-Darwinist conference. We want the young people there to love Allah more. We want them to abide more by the truths of the Qur'an. That shows how false the claim imputed to us is. The fact is that we love Christians and Jews, so long as they are truly devout.
ADNAN OKTAR: Yes, there is a fear, but not an insuperable fear, I believe. Because Islam is a faith that espouses compassion, love and brotherhood. Laicism lies at the essence of Islam. Christians can live according to their own beliefs, and those who do not believe in religion can live according to theirs. The same for the Jews. Therefore, laicism is something existing within Islam's own body. That is what we, the Science Research Foundation, and I as a sympathizer and honorary president of the foundation think.
ADNAN OKTAR: Islam at the same time means freedom. There is no question of alcohol being banned in an environment where Islam is present. Alcohol is lawful to Christians, for example, and Christians can drink wine. That is how it was in Ottoman times. Wine factories were open, there were places one could drink wine, non-Muslims could go there and drink and have fun. Nobody who truly espouses Islam wants to ban things. There is no logic in having separate sections for men and women in parks. People can wander around freely. In other words, a prohibitive, restrictive system is not something supported by Islam. In former times, in the time of the Prophet (pbuh), men and women were together in the markets, in the same environment. There can therefore be no question of drawing a line between them and separating streets and roads. That is an exaggeration.
(September 7, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: For one thing, it is wrong to make so much out of differences of opinion. I mean, someone can be a Leftist, or a Buddhist or a Christian. Christians are in any case our brothers. He may be Jewish, and they are also very dear to us. Armenians are very drear to us... We feel the same towards People of the Book. It is said that there are Christiansthere. So who should be there? Christians in Ottoman times or in the time of our Prophet (pbuh). Does Allah not refer to the existence of Christians in the Qur'an? Is it not Allah Who created Christians? What more do you want? They believe in Allah, His Book, the Gospels and the Torah, in other words. They believe in Abraham (pbuh) and all the prophets. Does one want them to be unbelievers or what? Why should people not be Christians? That is the destiny Allah has created for them. So who are you to legislate about it? It is Allah Who will issue commands.
ADNAN OKTAR: No, no. Let us join the European Union. But there are two ways of joining. One is to ask for money and opportunities and work. But that is unfitting to the Turks. I cannot conceive of such a thing. Or we can go in as royalty. Let us bring wealth to a rich and powerful Europe. In other words, let us join together with our gifts, money and sources of wealth. For example, let us offer them minerals and oil. We can even offer money and do their building for them. Let us go into Europe with a mighty wealth and majesty. Europe is a civilization we need to have links with. Its democracy is excellent. Its conception of laicism is excellent. Its art and conception of cleanliness and lovely buildings are excellent. Its streets and everywhere are very clean. The conception of art and beauty and art in Europe is wonderful. Let us join Europe by improving still further on these things. Let us offer them such art and science and industry that Europe will be even better and let us be brothers with Europe. Because they are the People of the Book. Why should we be divided? Of course we must be together. But on those conditions.
(December 27, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: Muslims must smash idols. The worst and only idol in the world is Darwinism. It is this that lies at the root of the pains Muslims are suffering at the moment, all their sufferings right since the time of Sultan Mahmut II. It is this that underlies the imposition of the deep state. That is what lies behind all the oppression and slaughter inflicted on Muslims. It is also that which underlies the sufferings of the Jews in Israel. It is the atheist zionists who are in power in Israel. And the shedders of blood are again atheist zionists. In other words, the government in Israel is generally in the hands of atheists. And the oppression perpetrated by atheists is not directed toward Muslims alone, but also toward Jews. They do not allow devout Jews even to breathe. Devout Jews are really unhappy about it.
(October 3, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: The Qur'an tells us we must feel affection for the Jewish people, for the Jews. Generally speaking, we must feel love for the Jews. I mean, if someone is a genuine Jew and sincerely wants to live by his faith, he is one of the People of the Book. And if one wishes, one can marry these people, marry their women. One can eat with them and have business relations and social relations with them, and live in the same part of town. We can live as brothers. In that sense, love for the Jews is a religious obligation. This is very normal and useful, and itself an act of worship. But the real danger, and the problem we face, is that godless Jews portray themselves as devout and seek to rule the world, under the influence of satan and with their links to freemasonry. Otherwise, no harm comes to anyone from devout, sincere Jews, who merely live according to their own religion. They seek to abide by the commands of the Torah and Islam protects them. They are protected within the measure of the Qur'an. But the danger is that there is a Darwinist, godless Jewish community. These dominate the press, the television, politics and freemasonry. If the Jews here were genuinely devout, they would reveal that influence in the press. For example, there is constant atheist and Darwinist propaganda in the great press, the press under Jewish control. Since they are the People of the Book, I do not say they should engage in propaganda for Islam, but since they are devout they should espouse Allah and say, "Allah exists." They should espouse the Prophet Abraham , and Ishmaeland Jacob (peace be upon them all) and the prophets of the past, and tell people about the Hereafter and justice. There are many references to these in the Torah that are compatible with the Qur'an. A great many are compatible, and they should talk about those. In that sense, I mean, everyone loves the Jews and feels affection for them. The problem stems from the atheist zionists.
IRAN TV: On that basis, what was the main reason behind zionism, and did zionism emerge with Theodor Herzl or how and how did its emergence begin?
ADNAN OKTAR: The region where the Jews currently live is their homeland, and they must be allowed to live there. That is perfectly normal. In other words, it would be abnormal to try to exile them from there or to get rid of them. According to the Qur'an, that is their homeland. That is what the Qur'an states. Their forebears' graves are there, they spent their lives there, so of course they will live there. . But it is wrong for them to claim to control the region, to rule it through military force. Let them live from one end of Israel to the other, on Turkey's eastern borders, everywhere in Turkey, and do business and work in science, in freedom and under the state's guarantee. Muslim men can marry Muslim or Jewish women. They live side by side, so they can worship in their synagogues if they wish. These are excellent things, but there is also zionism, controlled by satan, directed by satan…
ADNAN OKTAR: No, that appears in the Torah and is referred to in the Qur'an. Allah sent them an affliction when these people turned away from Him. He states that in the Torah. Allah says, "I will disperse you over the world." He says that this is an affliction upon them. But if you pull yourselves together and return to Allah, if you live by the love of Allah, then I will send you back to your homeland and you will live at ease there, He says.
They are currently dispersed across the world and do not genuinely live by their faith, they have nothing to do with religion. There are two kinds of zionism. One is the idea of wishing to live in peace in the region, of seeking security, or worshipping and doing business in the land of their forebears. I am a supporter of zionism in that sense. In that sense, I am also a zionist. Because that is what the Qur'an says. It is something espoused by the Qur'an. Of course they must live and be happy and remember Allah. That is what we want, too. They will want it. Let them become Muslims if they wish, if they have the strength and will. But if not, let them live by their own faith, trying to live by the truths of the Torah. They are the People of the Book. They are under protection. In that sense, we have no problem with zionism. But there is a second kind of zionism. And that is the zionism we have a problem with. The zionism under the control of the masons. This rules the world. It rules the world media, the press and politics. There is a zionism under the control of the world's major masonic lodges that has the whole world in the palm of its hand. Note how these people never speak of Allah. What kind of zionist is that? Can you have a zionist who maintains that Allah does not exist? That means they must be something else.
ADNAN OKTAR: Of course, sincere evangelicals, sincere Christians are used in America. We have to differentiate. It would be irrational to be inimical toward evangelicals. They are the People of the Book, so why be against them? The Jews in Israel are the People of the Book, and why should we be against them? But we must oppose those who use them, and that is the truth of the matter.
|ADNAN OKTAR'S INTERVIEW WITH IRIB (IRAN STATE TELEVISION) (September 29, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: For example. The Jews embrace him very well. There is a picture of him with a bread... Because he is someone who has bowed his head to Allah, who feels a deep love for the Prophet Moses (pbuh), who has not abandoned the Prophet Moses' law. We are proud of him, and he loves Allah and all the prophets, so why should we be against such a person? We love such people. It is atheist zionism we are opposed to.
|ADNAN OKTAR'S TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH IRIB (IRAN STATE TELEVISION) (January 13, 2009)
ADNAN OKTAR: Atheist zionists' objective in these attacks is to intimidate Muslims, and they mistakenly imagine they can weaken them by so doing. They are also engaged in attacks against devout Christians and Jews. This is the "Dajjal's" idea. It is the Dajjal's way of behaving. The behavior of the Dajjal is well known. Accounts say that "The Dajjal will surround and besiege believers at a place near the al-Aqsa Mosque...And he will so afflict believers with hunger that..." At the same time, this is one of the assaults of the Dajjal. The system of the Dajjal has appeared. They have long adopted this attitude toward Muslims. Muslims need to ally themselves together against them. It is a sin for Muslims to be divided. It is obligatory for them to unite. Insha'Allah, there will be an Islamic Union, and that union will put an end to all these scourges and disasters, insha'Allah.
(June 21, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: Of course love will be the only thing in the Islamic Union. There will be peace, security and brotherhood. Jews will be happy, Christians will be happy and Buddhists will live at ease. Everyone will live at ease, in peace. There will be an excellent, peaceful society in which science, art and technology develop to their fullest extent.
(October 20, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: I of course advocate laicism; laicism is a guarantee of the Islamic, Muslim, way of life. Because hypocrisy emerges in the absence of laicism. The thing to pay attention to in freedoms is the honor and respect of the other side, that there should be no action taken against that honor. Someone may want to drink alcohol. Christians can drink alcohol, and Jews, and atheists can drink within their own beliefs, and nobody can interfere. In that sense it will not disturb anyone. But if someone drinks and then behaves badly and disturbs the peace, then of course the state will have to intervene.
(October 14, 2008)
ADNAN OKTAR: I love all Muslims, of course. I regard them as all on the same path, as brothers. I do not regard them as holding different views. I also love Christians and Jews and regard them as friends of Allah. We all love Allah. They believe in the one Allah, too, and I believe in the one Allah . We are all brothers.
ADNAN OKTAR: I know nothing about the existence or otherwise of such a person. But in general terms, Islam, Christianity and Judaism offer people affection, compassion and love. They want people to live in peace and as brothers. Bloodshed, terror, violence and the killing of the innocent is a sin in Islam, in the Qur'an. And it is a sin in Christianity and Judaism. There is no compulsion in Islam. That is a devilish belief. Terror and violence are the sword of satan. And that stems from Darwinism. All the terrorists, fascists and communists in the world have received a Darwinist education and are fanatics who give the impression of believing in Allah even though they do not believe in Him at all.
ADNAN OKTAR: Of course. Anti-Semitism is a plan aimed at eliminating our Jewish brothers, a holy line descended from the prophets; it is a measure adopted by satan to rid the world of the line of the prophets. I am naturally opposed to that with all my heart and soul, and in that sense I would defend them with my life. I regard the Jews as my brothers and am very fond of devout Muslims. But atheist zionists are their enemies, the enemies of devout Jews. It was atheist zionists who caused Hitler to slaughter them. Atheist zionists are an insane, maddened force that aims to wipe out devout Jews in Israel. Atheist zionists and freemasons operate hand in hand and receive their instructions from satan. They have literally adopted satan as their god, and they do what he tells them. One of them goes into a trance and they contact satan in that way. They then oppress mankind by doing just what he commands them. This is a very detailed subject, but that is the essence of it.


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Ran into another issue just now, sorry about this.
I've been trying to add my login for the Steam Client and getting nowhere...
It seems that no matter what I do I can't get Sticky Password work with this program.
I have succeeded in adding my login info by pressing the Sticky Pass button in the titlebar of the app.
I then verify that my login info is correct by viewing it within Sticky Password (I always do this since I uncheck the auto login checkbox)
I then start the program only to find that my login info has not been auto-filled. Clicking the Sticky Pass button in the titlebar only shows the "add account" and "open Sticky Password" options - it does not show my login.
To be able to log in I have to open Sticky Password and then manually copy my details into each textbox in the app.
Here is the website for the application: http://store.steampowered.com/
The web login works fine, it's just the Steam Client that you install that I am having issues with.

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Unlicensed drivers are nearly three times likelier than licensed drivers to cause a fatal crash in California. Indeed, unlicensed drivers are likelier to cause fatal crashes than drivers who have had their licenses suspended or revoked. So found a new study released by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
The study recommended "the use of countermeasures, including vehicle impoundment," to save lives.
That's a problem for San Francisco. In 2009, then-Mayor Gavin Newsom said police would allow unlicensed drivers to avoid a 30-day impound if they could find someone with a license to drive away their car in 20 minutes.
Then-police Chief (current District Attorney) George Gascon told the San Francisco Chronicle the city wanted to be sensitive to those who "can't get a driver's license because of their immigration status." He later told me that the city also wanted to accommodate others who could not afford driver training — that is, people who might or might not know how to drive safely.
That policy seemed reckless and wrong to me. As the Los Angeles Police Protective League blogged in opposition to a similar LA policy, "there are two fundamental reasons … vehicle impounding of unlicensed drivers is smart law enforcement. First, an unlicensed driver willing to ignore the law is, at least temporarily, less likely to further violate this law because he or she will not have access to the impounded vehicle. Second, the cost and inconvenience of recovering an impounded vehicle discourages people without licenses from driving. That is precisely why the state (Legislature) enacted the 30-day hold law."
Don Rosenberg blames San Francisco's lax attitude for his son Drew's death. In November 2010, an unlicensed driver made a left turn and hit Drew and his motorcycle. Drew Rosenberg died after Roberto Galo backed up over his body.
Five months earlier, San Francisco police had stopped Galo for driving the wrong way on a one-way street and driving without a license. The city impounded Galo's car but released it to a licensed driver the next day. Galo was driving that car in the fatal crash.
"In no circumstance does the Police Department allow either a person without a driver's license or a person with a suspended license to maintain control of a vehicle," Chief Greg Suhr told me. Technically true, but City Hall policy invites them to get their cars back.
Advocates for illegal immigration have argued that the answer is to allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. Would that make a difference? Galo was a legal immigrant. He could have obtained a license, but he didn't. (The study noted that the "over-involvement rate" of unlicensed drivers didn't change after a 1994 state law required documentation of legal status; the rate should have fallen if safe drivers were denied licenses.)
"Everybody has to obey the rules of the road," Rosenberg said — unless you're an unlicensed driver in San Francisco.
City government goes out of its way to get people out of their cars. Parking is scarce and pricey. Good San Franciscans are urged to take public transit — unless they're unlicensed and nearly three times as likely to kill someone in a car crash. Then City Hall wants them to have a car.
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Betty White has fallen in and out of fashion during a career that has spanned parts of nine decades. Take a look back at her career.
After working in radio and TV as far back as 1939, White landed the biggest gig of her career to that point in 1949, appearing on the daily, live variety show "Hollywood on Television" on KLAC-TV in Los Angeles.
White created the sitcom "Life with Elizabeth," which ran from 1953 to 1955, based off a character she played on "Hollywood on Television."
Following "Life with Elizabeth," she appeared as Vicki Angel on the sitcom "Date with the Angels" from 1957 to 1958.
Her first movie role came playing a U.S. senator in the star-studded 1962 political drama "Advise and Consent," which also featured Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton and Gene Tierney.
White married game show host Allen Ludden, her third husband, in 1963 and remained married to him until his death from stomach cancer on June 9, 1981.
From the 1950s on through the early 1990s, White was a frequent guest on game shows, including several variations of her husband's show, "Password," and "The Match Game" (pictured).
White's break-through role came as Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." She appeared in 42 episodes of the show between 1973 and 1977, winning two Emmys in three nominations.
When "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" went off the air in 1977, White got her own sitcom, "The Betty White Show." However, the show would last only 14 episodes.
For the next several years, most of her roles came in TV movies and in cameos on TV series, including "Fame," "Hotel," "St. Elsewhere" and "Who's the Boss?" She made her first appearance on "The Love Boat" in 1980, and then returned in 1981 playing a different character, aging showgirl Betsy Boucher, which would become a recurring role she would play a total of four times through 1985. She's seen here in an episode alongside Carol Channing.
She also had a recurring role on the first two seasons of "Mama's Family" in 1983-84, reprising the character of Ellen Harper Jackson that she originally had played on "The Carol Burnett Show" in the 1970s.
White landed the other signature role of her career in 1985, playing the ditzy Minnesota farm girl Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls" alongside Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty.
The show won 11 Emmys over its seven seasons, including one for White in 1986. She was also nominated another six times for the show.
White continued acting throughout the 1990s, including roles on shows such as "Bob," "Diagnosis Murder" and "Suddenly Susan." But it was her scene-stealing role in the 1999 man-eating-crocodile horror-comedy "Lake Placid" that started a career resurgence. She played against type as a foul-mouthed, batty old woman who doesn't report a 30-foot crocodile who ate her husband because she doesn't want anyone to kill the animal.
White arrives at the opening night of Mel Brooks' "The Producers" at the Pantages Theatre on May 29, 2003, in Los Angeles.
The cast of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," including (from left to right) Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, John Amos, Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman, Betty White and Gavin MacLeod, after accepting the Ground Breaking Show award during the TV Land Awards on March 7, 2004.
White, Rue McClanahan and Bea Arthur pose during a party to celebrate the DVD release of "The Golden Girls: The Complete First Season" on Nov. 18, 2004.
White greets her "Mary Tyler Moore" co-star Ed Asner as she arrives for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' tribute in her honor on Aug. 7, 2008.
White continued her scene-stealing ways and career resurgence with a role opposite Sandra Bullock in 2009's "The Proposal."
White reacts to a standing ovation as she accepts the Career Achievement award at the 25th Annual Television Critics Association Awards on Aug. 1, 2009.
Sandra Bullock embraces White as she presents her with a lifetime achievement award at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 23, 2010.
White appeared in one of the most memorable commercials from Super Bowl XLIV in February 2010, launching the Snickers' "You're not you when you're hungry" ad campaign.
After a grassroots Facebook campaign, White was chosen to host "Saturday Night Live" on May 8, 2010, making her the oldest host, at age 88, in the show's history. She also won an Emmy for the appearance.
White took on another sitcom in 2010, this time starring with Wendie Malick, Valerie Bertinelli and Jane Leeves in TV Land's first sitcom "Hot in Cleveland."
"Mad Men" star Jon Hamm joins White to announce the winner for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series at the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Aug. 29, 2010.
White arrives at the annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor awards ceremony hosted by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 9, 2010.
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White attends a party celebrating her 89th birthday on Jan. 18, 2011, in New York City.
White appeared in her own 2011 calendar, with all proceeds from the tongue-in-cheek pin-up calendar going to various animal charities she supports.
White accepts the award for outstanding female actor in a comedy series for her role in "Hot in Cleveland" at the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 30, 2011.
White signs copies of her book "If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won't)" at a Barnes & Noble in New York City on May 6, 2011.
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White visits with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on June 11, 2012. White was in Washington, D.C., to give a speech at the Smithsonian. During her visit to the White House, she also walked on the South Lawn with the first dog, Bo.
Alex Trebek and White pose onstage during "Hot in Cleveland" LIVE! at the CBS Studio Center on March 26, 2014, in Studio City, California.
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SiriusXM Royalty Costs Won't Spike, or Its Stock
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Shares SiriusXM (SIRI) surged roughly 7% in late trading on Friday after the music industry's Copyright Royalty Board issued a smaller than expected judgment on music royalty costs for the satellite radio giant.
However, Friday's share gains may be overdone, according to an industry analyst. SiriusXM won't see its music royalty costs spike, but that wasn't justification for the late Friday stock surge, Evercore Partners analyst Bryan Kraft wrote in a note to clients.
Near the market close on Friday, the CRB said that it will increase the rate it charges SiriusXM to broadcast music on its premium satellite radio network. In 2013, the rate will rise to 9% of SiriusXM's total revenue from 8% in 2012, and that rate will increase by 50 basis points a year through 2017, when royalty rates will hit 11% of revenue.
According to Evercore's Kraft the rate increase was larger than expected, but the decision was a positive for SiriusXM's stock given the gradual approach to those increases.
"We view the outcome as positive for the company and the stock because: (1) the increases in the rate remain gradual, enabling SIRI to continue to pass through music royalties on customers' bills; and (2) the uncertainty has now been removed," wrote Kraft, in the client note. The greater than expected 50 basis point step up will only hit SiriusXM's earnings by $16 million, an 'inconsequential' cost according to Kraft.
While the CRB decision won't dampen Kraft's bullish outlook for SiriusXM shares - the analyst maintains a 'buy' rating and $3.30 price target - it also didn't warrant the 7% Friday rally. "
Kraft continues to see SiriusXM as a story of top and bottom line revenue growth, warranting increasing price multiples that have helped to push the company's shares up over 50% in 2012.
The CRB decision does make SiriusXM's costs quantifiable amid an otherwise improving revenue and profit picture for the satellite radio giant. In contrast, streaming music services such as Pandora (P) still battle uncertain costs to go with a muddled profitability picture.
Earlier in December, Pandora shares flopped after reporting weaker than expected earnings .
While Pandora struggles to generate the subscription and ad revenue to justify its music costs, SiriusXM has benefited from a strong new and used car market in 2012, which has driven 2012 subscriber growth and helps to differentiate the service from competitors.
At the UBS Global Media Conference in early December, SiriusXM chief financial officer David Frear highlighted that the company's improving financial picture hinges on how its non-music offerings are driving subscription growth, primarily in new and used automobiles. Meanwhile, the company's moat around auto subscribers is growing, as car makers continue to post record sales figures.


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Board seeks answers about cycling event
The UCI World Road Cycling Championships will take place in the Richmond region three years from this week, but Henrico County officials need more information before formally committing to climb aboard for the ride.
Officials from Richmond 2015 – the nonprofit organization that will host the nine-day international event – asked Henrico's Board of Supervisors during a Sept. 11 work session to contribute a total of $1.4 million to the championships during the next three years. But supervisors and County Manager Virgil Hazelett, while pledging support for the event in general terms, bristled at the request because it lacked the specifics they were expecting.
"It is clear to me that we do not have sufficient information," Hazelett said. "My main concern is the cost. I don't have a comfort level yet in what's going to happen."
Richmond 2015 has established a budget of $21.4 million, its CEO, William Flohr, told the board. The City of Richmond has committed a $2 million contribution, he said, and presentations to officials in Hanover and Chesterfield counties followed the visit to Henrico. The organization arrived at its $1.4 million request of Henrico by following the regional funding format that was used for the Greater Richmond Convention Center, to which Richmond contributed 50 percent, Henrico 35 percent, Chesterfield 13 percent and Hanover 2 percent.
Board 'disappointed' in approach
But it was clear during last week's work session that at least some county officials felt slighted by the organization's decision to approach them now to assist with an event that may have quickly outgrown its original scope – and by the implication among some in the public that the county was not being a regional partner.
During a steady and pointed line of questioning, Brookland District Supervisor and board chairman Dick Glover expressed as much, suggesting that Richmond 2015 officials had dropped the ball by waiting more than 18 months to meet with the full Henrico board.
He implied that if the organization had involved Henrico from the beginning (in late 2010), the county would have felt more like a true partner and less like a bank account.
"I am very disappointed that this is almost two years after [the process began] that the Board of Supervisors of Henrico County has been approached," Glover said. "I feel like you've left us out of the picture, and now you're coming to us with not enough information."
Varina District Supervisor Tyrone Nelson was similarly unimpressed.
"You came to us and gave us nothing today," Nelson told the organization's contingent. "I think it's a healthy promotion for our region, but you're asking us to spend a million and a half dollars that are not in our budget. We each have capital improvement projects [awaiting funding] in our districts, and I've got people in my district ready to shoot me because we don't have a new school yet."
Nelson also suggested that if the county were to donate the requested $1.4 million, it should receive more than just one of the 12 races scheduled for the nine-day event – particularly if Richmond's $2 million donation is enough to earn it nine races. (Hanover and Chesterfield also would receive one race each by contributing to the event, Richmond 2015 organizers said.)
Flohr, who joined Richmond 2015 in April, conceded that the organization might have done some things differently before his arrival, in retrospect.
"It perhaps should have been a regional effort," he said, "and we're trying to make it into a regional effort now."
Economic impact debated
Henrico stands to realize a $42 million economic benefit from the event, Flohr said; some 450,000 spectators are expected to attend the races. Flohr told the board that Henrico would receive an additional $832,000 in hotel and lodging taxes during the nine-day period, but Hazelett questioned his math, saying that the county typically receives about that much during the month of September, when the occupancy rate is about 60 percent.
"We can't double that [amount] in nine days with only 40 percent vacancy available," Hazelett said.
The race proposed for Henrico is the initial time trial for men and women, which might begin in Short Pump and travel east to its conclusion in the city. That race would be televised live on a national network, Flohr said. But though Henrico would receive commercials during the broadcast and the opportunity for other exposure, Flohr could provide no specific details. The organization must purchase TV time from a network and has not yet completed the negotiation process, he said.
Tuckahoe District Supervisor Pat O'Bannon told Flohr that the board would need to see a specific list of the benefits it would receive for a $1.4 million donation before determining how to proceed.
Hazelett expressed serious concerns about the costs associated with heavy police and security needed to protect the 1,000 cyclists – some of whom will represent nations with volatile political climates – as well as spectators and citizens.
Those costs, combined with shutting down more than 60 intersections for the race, could total nearly $500,000, Hazelett said – money that he said should be deducted from any donation Henrico makes.
To date, Richmond 2015 has financial commitments from five corporate partners totaling more than $2 million, but Flohr declined to name those companies. He promised Hazelett and the board that he would have specific details and answers to their questions by the first week of October, however.
The UCI event, which began in 1927 and has been held annually since (except for a seven-year period during World War II), will be held in The Netherlands this year, Italy next year and Spain in 2014. The United States has hosted it only once, in Colorado Springs in 1986.
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Citizen Staff Reports 12/01/2016
The project:HOMES "Renew Crew" (above) recently assisted an elderly member of the Laurel Presbyterian Church in Henrico by clearing brush, trimming hedges and raking leaves in her yard.
The Renew Crew serves low-income, disabled and elderly homeowners in need of small-scale home repairs such as porch, railing and step repairs, exterior painting, clearing overgrown yards, tearing down outbuildings, wheelchair ramps and other critical repairs and accessibility modifications. > Read more.
Alzheimer's Walk raises $436,000
More than 2,000 people participated in the the Alzheimer's Association Greater Richmond Chapter's annual Richmond Walk to End Alzheimer's Nov. 5 at Markel Plaza in Innsbrook. The event raised more than $436,000 for Alzheimer's care, support programs and research.
The event is one of three walks that benefit the Alzheimer's Association of Greater Richmond and is held in celebration of National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month.
Donations to the Walk to End Alzheimer's will be accepted through the end of the year and can be made at http://www.alz.org/walk. In total, the three walks this year have raised more than $644,344. > Read more.
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The past couple of days haven't felt like it, but it's finally December and this weekend is packed with holiday events. Kicking the weekend off is Glorious Christmas Nights' production of "Finding Christmas" at West End Assembly of God. Gayton Baptist Church's annual Jazz Nativity starts tonight. Another annual favorite is tomorrow – the tree lighting at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen. In search of Christmas concerts? The Virginians Barbershop Chorus will present its annual Christmas Show tomorrow at the Collegiate School and the Richmond Choral Society will perform Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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What a hopeful and collegial photo-op it made: There they were, the governors of Colorado and Arizona, Bill Owens and Janet Napolitano, a Republican and a Democrat, signing a pact creating the Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes. It happened earlier this month at a meeting of the Western Governors Association in Breckenridge, Colo.
The think tank, funded with $15 million in federal money, will do research aimed at addressing the forest health crisis and combating the wildfire threat. "We know firsthand what happens when our forests are overgrown and neglected," Napolitano said. "This is an important step toward smart, effective forest management and fire prevention."
If only it were that simple.
The institute, which will be split among Northern Arizona University, Colorado State University and New Mexico Highlands University, is nothing more than pork — one of the goodies doled out by backers of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act to buy congressional support for the measure. And we'd get more practical use in fighting wildfires from a rain barrel than a pork barrel.
This issue has been studied to death. There's no mystery to what caused the forest health crisis and what's required to reverse it. What's needed right now is action, not thumb-sucking — and a cease-fire in the forest policy wars that helped contribute to the crisis.
On the same day Owens and Napolitano were gripping and grinning, a wire report out of Arizona was painting a less optimistic picture. "A decision to thin 22,000 acres of ponderosa pine forest in (Northern Arizona's) Kaibab National Forest has been overturned by regional forest officials, who questioned potential soil erosion and how the thinning would affect the view from the highway," according to the report. "The Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and Southwest Forest Alliance applauded the reversal, saying it would protect old-growth trees in the Jacob Lake area."
"Our interest up there is thinning and reducing fuels. Several trees per acre is all we're talking about in those larger size classes," Kaibab Forest Supervisor Mike Williams said, defending his restoration plan. "But environmentalists have argued the Forest Service should not allow the cutting of any larger-diameter trees — an incentive offered to logging companies to make the thinning projects more appealing," according to the report, and so they cheered the delay even as another fire season approaches.
It's a carbon copy of news stories we've often read over the years, but were sure we'd see less of after the wildfire threat blew up in the nation's face four summers ago, underscoring the need to more actively manage unhealthy forests. Congress acted by ordering more thinning and restoration work. Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth pleaded for help in reducing the regulatory red tape that had led to "analysis paralysis" at the agency. Average Americans became better educated about the dangers involved in the mismanagement or non-management of public lands, including a century of short-sighted fire suppression policies. The country seemed determined to act in response to the crisis.
But as the news item shows, little has changed in the agenda, rhetoric or tactics of eco-obstructionists, who continue to oppose virtually any forest work involving the harvesting of larger trees. The fixation on larger-diameter trees has less to do with preserving "old growth" forests than stated, because relatively young trees can achieve significant diameters, and very old ones can be spindly poles, depending on forest conditions. It instead stems from the groups' burning desire to kill off what's left of the U.S. timber industry and ensure that no one makes a profit on the public lands. Peek beneath the veneer and capitalism is often the environmentalists' actual target.
Unless the Southwest Ecological Restoration Institutes can do something about liberating these groups from their retrograde ruts, or clearing away more of the regulatory obstacles that slow or halt the national response to the forest health crisis, we're not sure they will do much good.


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The archaeology department is studying 700 year old pottery and other artifacts to see how different cultures in different regions shared ideas.
Previously, the students could only study different designs and what regions they came from, but not the origin of the clay. That's why they approached the physics department about using its equipment to break down elements in the clay.
It launched a partnership that is helping both departments better understand our history. "The students that are involved get this idea that the archaeology dept. doesn't just do archaeology, they do collaborate with physicists and chemists and soil scientists because it's all interconnected," said UW-L assistant professor of physics Seth King.
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