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However, I will be asking you to stop helping a dictator, your ally, my former friend and comrade, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Let me refresh your memory regarding the atrocious character of this US al...

https://19.org/blog/an-open-letter-to-joe-biden/

The "prime" evidence comes in the form of a highly sophisticated mathematical code embedded in an ancient document. Computer decoding of this document was originally started by Dr. Rashad Khalifa...

https://19.org/blog/on-it-is-nineteen/

The first part of Edip Yuksel’s speech at British Parliament is here: LONDON God willing, I will be visiting London to give a lecture at the British Parliament on “The nine factors behind the...

https://19.org/blog/london/

The Terrible Terrorist Test Edip Yuksel 1 May 2013 Updated in 27 Nov 2017 www.19.org “Muslims should be banned from entering the United States” Donald Trump, Republican Party candidate for p...

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In short, the so-called two billion muslim ummah is sick, very sick. We are intoxicated with religious and historic lies, which are 175° proof. We are terribly afflicted with endemic polytheism,...

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As for the word HWR (read Hoor), I do hesitate to translate it as raisin as suggested by Luxenberg, since the word simply means 'friends to converse with'. It has the same root with another Quran...

https://19.org/blog/gerd-puin/

99% of articles at this website either written by Edip Yuksel or his affiliates. However, rarely we re-publish articles we deem important. Below is  such an article written Editorial Board of Th...

https://19.org/blog/erdogan-and-his-thugs/

On the following pages, you will find several comparisons between our translation and that of traditional orthodox English renditions of the Quran. By the word "tradition," we refer to the works ...

https://19.org/blog/reformist-vs-sectarian/

NINETEEN: God’s Signature in Nature and Scripture. EXAMPLES: The number of Arabic letters in the opening statement of the Quran, BiSMi ALLaĤi AL-RaĤMaNi AL-RaĤYM (1:1) 19 x 1 Every word in B...

https://19.org/blog/19-examples/

Code 19 with Sam Gerrans Edip Yüksel 25 January 2017 EDİP: Fantastic presentation. Great effort and work. But at the same time: Speculative, arbitrary, inconsistent and complicated. And it is n...

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I had the cassette since Rashad's was assassinated by al-Qaida terrorist group in Tucson Arizona in January 31st 1990. In my possession I have several audio tapes and I had listened and uploaded ...

https://19.org/blog/rashad/

I would like to analyze the Quranic verses according to the rules of logic, especially symbolic logic. This project will have the following goals: To check the validity of the Quranic arguments T...

https://19.org/blog/divine-logic/

2 thoughts on “Defending Islam: Corpus juris must be seen as a whole; the cancer of Islamofacism” Lambda Gongyi-Lu 18 July 22016 www.19.org I would like to add an extra note. Islamophobes ar...

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Defending Islam: Corpus juris must be seen as a whole; the cancer of Islamofacism Lambda Gongyi-Lu 12 September 2015 www.19.org I’m suggesting the general formula of a new argument for defender...

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Irshad Manji is not a sheikh nor a mullah, but she is a brave muslim (a peacemaker, a peaceful surrenderer to God ALONE) who has not squandered her God-given mind and heart through the teachings ...

https://19.org/blog/irshad-manji/

Peacemaker’s Guide to Warmongers Exposing Robert Spencer, Osama Bin Laden, David Horowitz, Mullah Omar, Bill Warner, Ali Sina and other Enemies of Peace This book comprises of eight sections: A...

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The illegitimate child of 9 beasts Edip Yuksel, J.D. www.19.org (Incorporating my speech at University of North Carolina at Greensboro in February 16, 2016) “You will know the truth, and the tr...

https://19.org/blog/9-beasts/

And some tips on how to beat urban loneliness... "Join a gym and go to a class – great way to meet people. Go to one of the many, many evening cultural events that your library puts on. Join a ...

https://19.org/blog/loneliness/

The Happiness Is Submission to God house, located at 739 E. Sixth St., was constructed in 1919 and is attributed to Henry O. Jaastad, an architect who also designed Tucson High School and the Dun...

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EDIP YUKSEL, J.D. EDIP YUKSEL. J.D. (1957) American-Turkish-Kurdish author, philosopher, inventor and progressive activist, spent over four years in prisons in 1980s for promoting a Sunni revolut...

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According to Pape’s research, underlying the outward expressions of religious fervor, ISIS’s goals, like those of most terrorist groups, are distinctly earthly: "What 95 percent of all suicid...

https://19.org/blog/terrorism/

In Defense of Rashad Khalifa against Slanderers who try to divert the argument through adhominem attack and defamation Edip Yuksel 13 February 2005 Damnare: You have found an old “allegation”...

https://19.org/blog/rashad-3/

In this article I will focus only on one published test. I have the third edition of this book Test Your I.Q. by Alfred W. Munzert, Ph.D. (Prentice Hall, 1994). Its new editions are available int...

https://19.org/blog/idiotmeters/

Apparently, they were convinced or intimidated by a review (more accurately, a fatwa) of "a very well-established professor," who misleadingly likened our annotated translation of the Quran to Sa...

https://19.org/blog/fatwa-against-islamic-reform/

Wars, invasions, covert operations, state terrorism --> Profits, Power and Control --> Gang Terrorism --> Fear and propaganda --> Wars, invasions, covert operations, state terrorism

https://19.org/blog/terror/

The PKK fought for decades to gain greater political and cultural rights in Turkey. The US, EU and Turkey have labeled it a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). However, the US Government does n...

https://19.org/blog/us-turkey-and-syria/

Turks are hardworking and hospitable. They are a noble people. Erdogan has abused their trust in a perverse pursuit of power. Turkey has a dark future.

https://19.org/blog/turkeys-dark-future/

Lambda, while a high school student in China, started communicating with me in January 19, 2012. She had, somehow had obtained Quran: a Reformist Translation and had decided to convert from athei...

https://19.org/blog/dongyi-lu/

Why the Sharia Law Is So Dangerous for Our World By our affiliates Abdur Rab and Hasan Mahmud Originally published at World Religion News, October 8, 2015 Human oppression is part of the human l...

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Author Edip Yüksel has been found guilty of insulting then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as well as the legacy of Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in a series of posts o...

https://19.org/blog/freedom-of-expression/

As it seems, extended family members among English-speakers are not as important as the sniveling shit-faced stranger rummaging through rubbish to find his greenback.

https://19.org/blog/uncle/

Edip Yuksel’s Open Warning to YouTube’s Turkish Team 24 February 2015 My rights protected both by the First Amendment of the USA constitution, and Article 19 of the Declaration of Human Righ...

https://19.org/blog/youtube/

There is, indeed, more than a mere similarity. Here we have the prototype - indeed, I would suggest, the origin of the story of Banu Qurayza, preserved by descendants of the Jews who fled south t...

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The American people don’t see much they can do to counter the pressures of greed and power that tracks them daily from debt to debt, from lower standards of living to outright penury, from deni...

https://19.org/blog/capitalism-2/

All in all, with the help of the two before-mentioned ayahs (21:104 and 96:4) which direct us to contemplate on the issue painstakingly, we can infer that the Quran had already been written and c...

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نگاه تازه به سوره نباء سونیا جهانگیر www.19.org  February 2014  در این نوشتار می خواهیم کاربران محترم توجه داشته باشند...

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      For the cover sotry, see Princeton Univesity website    

https://19.org/blog/matine-princeton/

The following is a progressive constitution for peacemakers. It is not a utopia. Let's discuss it, improve it, promote it, and work hard to make it the constitution of our countries!

https://19.org/blog/princeton-university/

I will no more respond to any question on clothes and fabric. If they wish, let them walk naked. It is much better than fabricating dress codes in the name of God. The best attire is righteousnes...

https://19.org/blog/jilbab/

"I was shown the Hell-fire an that the majorit of tis dwellers are women." Buhari: 29, 304, 1052, 1462, 3241, 5197, 5198, 6449, 6546. Muslim: 80, 885, 907, 2737, 2738. Tirmizi: 635, 2602, 2603, 2...

https://19.org/blog/women-in-hell/

37 books recommended by Edip Yüksel, in no particular order, except the obvious one. 1. Language and Symbolic Power, Bourdieu 2. Innumeracy, John Alles Paulos 3. Genius, Harold Bloom 4. Philosop...

https://19.org/blog/37-books/

Community by definition must be tight knit, a group of strangers can only exist in a locality not in common unity. Group size varies according to what type of community is involved, for example w...

https://19.org/blog/polycentric-community/

Turkey’s False Nostalgia By EDHEM ELDEM New York Times, June 16, 2013 ISTANBUL — THE demonstrators who have filled the streets of Istanbul and other Turkish cities for nearly three weeks com...

https://19.org/blog/protets-turkey/

In equitable society, tortious arbitration of all disputes to relief is the foundation that holds all souls free, only a slave needs a masters consent, given as rights granted; or the fictions of...

https://19.org/blog/inherent-power/

Como alguns cientistas têm alergia à idéia de considerar Deus, muitas pessoas religiosas estão ansiosas para ignorar as evidências avassaladoras apoiando a teoria da evolução. Porque é qu...

https://19.org/blog/teoria-islamica-evolucao/

"Como podemos observar as orações Salaat seguindo unicamente o Alcorão?" é uma pergunta favorita entre muçulmanos sunitas e xiitas que seguem textos derivados, ensino religioso, ensinamentos...

https://19.org/blog/como-orar-seguindo-alcorao/

I know torture first hand. I have told about it in my upcoming autobiography. And I knew that I was tortured with American devices by the members of the fascist military regime who were called by...

https://19.org/blog/torture/

In an email conversation with Noam Chomsky we talked about the interconnection of ethnicity, culture, politics, religion and world economy. I gave him the example of Chobani Yogurt, which has bee...

https://19.org/blog/matine-yuksel-noam-chomsky/

A Resume of a Hard-Working Student Edip Yüksel www.19.org   My younger son Matine (b. 1994), who has been in love with learning since his pre-school years has been accepted by numerous top coll...

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This is the first part of two videos. My son's 15-student team at Accelerated Learning Lab (Tucson) is preparing for Arizona Science Olympiad competition, which was held in Phoenix in 3 March 201...

https://19.org/blog/matine-david/

So, when I heard a papal incarnation of historical absurdity and violence preaching to the world about reason and peace, my initial reaction was a smile on my face, since that kind of contradicti...

https://19.org/blog/naked-pope/

If Jesus came today and entered Vatican, he would repeat his words when he entered the Synagogue controlled by Pharisees. In fact, he would be even more furious, since these modern Pharisees are ...

https://19.org/blog/new-pope-old-dope/

"The only nation I respect is Hutus. The only leader I admire is Kenyatta. The only liar and idiot I like is Ahmet Huber." -- Adolph Hitler, quoted by Abu Yahya

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Below, you will see the magnitude of the devil, a.k.a. The USA-INC, stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from our tax money to use the children of poor Americans to kill the children of poor ...

https://19.org/blog/weapon-manufacturers/

Imagine the power of this industry: About 30 millions of wrong-wing or rapture-freak evangelical Christians chant and vote for more wars, more invasions, more killing, and more military spending ...

https://19.org/blog/warmongering/

This one is for those so-called scholars and clergymen who cannot even count the 19 letters of the Basmalah correctly. I colored each letter according to the order in Rainbow, God's ribbon on the...

https://19.org/blog/rainbow-letters/

An example of modern family. Unfortunately, the technology has enslaved us. We are alienated from our neighbors, from our family and even from ourselves. We should find a way to save ourselves fr...

https://19.org/blog/modern-family/

I have been communicating with Noam for quiet some time. After I interviewed him on November 14 in his office at MIT, we kept in touch. With his permission, I decided to share with you a trivial ...

https://19.org/blog/yogurt-falafil/

Pythagoras: "All things accord in number." Plato: "The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics" Nicomachus: "As it appears, the universe is designed with mathematics." Hrovista Gandersheim...

https://19.org/blog/god-mathematics/

"Edip Watch Your Waist!" My old pant, which was hung on the fridge by my Dietitian wife on 5 April 2011.

https://19.org/blog/my-pant/

Back cover of Peacemaker's Guide to Warmongers

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In three pictures taken in 1973, 1992, 2001; a Palestinian Arab and an American Jew demonstrate the magnitude of injustice committed against Palestinians and thereby exposing the Zionist propagan...

https://19.org/blog/motherland/

Though I am an ordinary man, the events in my life have been extraordinary. My life's story is rich with internal and external conflicts, relentless quest for truth, courage, intellectual honesty...

https://19.org/blog/edip-yuksel/

"Our real enemies are not those living in a distant land whose names or policies we don't understand; The real enemy is a system that wages war when it's profitable, the CEOs who lay us off our j...

https://19.org/blog/real-terrorist/

ifamericansknew.org electronicintifada.net occupation101.com jewishvoice.org commondreams.org 19.org

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We are even more thankful to IDF for illuminating our skies with fireworks to entertain our terrorized and under nourished children. Tough last time during the Cast Lead firework entertainment 14...

https://19.org/blog/z-propaganda/

I met myself and my family in a different time zone, in stone age. I had a time travel. The documentary, written, produced and directed by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux, film is one of the most inspirati...

https://19.org/blog/naked-reality/

The list of benefits of carrying all those gadgets in one's pocket is long, but the list of harms might be longer. So, do not fall in love with the jinni in your pocket. Use it carefully, and les...

https://19.org/blog/jinni/

Some women are buried in black sacks! Some are turned into meat packs!

https://19.org/blog/enslaved-or-exploited-women/

The Meaning of Life 1999   FURKAN: Let’s begin with the most significant question of existence. What is the meaning of life? And related to this question, what should the purpose of living be?...

https://19.org/blog/edip1999/

The poster tells the truth about wars, that the USA-Inc leaders are so willing to start. Unfortunately, the USA is addicted to wars, since the military industrial complex (MIC) feeds more than 40...

https://19.org/blog/mic/

Here is the distribution of wealth in the USA in 2010. As you see, the top 1% owns more than one third of the entire wealth. Let's not forget that most of this wealth is acquired through exploita...

https://19.org/blog/capitalism/

Dear faithful people. I received St. Theresa's Prayer through all of your faithful work… As you know, what goes around comes around. Your hard work has paid off! My prayers were answered: Here ...

https://19.org/blog/prayer/

The top most immoral countries according to the income distribution: Chili, Mexico, Turkey, United States, Israel

https://19.org/blog/gini/

Yes, how can such a religion, with a fake name, with a fabricated doctrine, with bizarre pagan practices, and with such a miserable historical record and bitter fruits belong to God? How can it b...

https://19.org/blog/imagine-a-religion/

Faith not supported by reason and empirical evidence is wishful thinking

https://19.org/blog/trilemma/

These are monks, who are depicted as the incarnation of peace and love; yet they have recently been massacring Rohingya minority in Myanmar... All dogmas, be it religious or nationalistic, are da...

https://19.org/blog/monks/

Stories relating the words and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad, known as Hadith in Arabic, have long been esteemed by the vast majority of Muslims as a source of law and guidance second only to the...

https://19.org/blog/quranists/

The questions are now for us, community of submitters and followers of Quran alone: Are we actually reflecting on our very own argument with the Sunnis? Can we use it as a righteous scale to dete...

https://19.org/blog/sunni-arguments/

A recent Gallup poll has indicated that most Muslim Americans do not feel they are represented by existing Muslim organizations in America. The highest approval rating any one of these organizati...

https://19.org/blog/muslim-americans/

Newsweek/The Daily Beasty evaluated 165 countries according to their rights and quality of life in 5 categories: justice, health, education, economics and politics. According to the Survey, the t...

https://19.org/blog/best-worst/

Muslim Enlightenment: How do we know when it happens? Fereydoun Taslimi www.19.org This paper is an expanded version of a presentation by the author at International Conference of Critical Thinke...

https://19.org/blog/muslim-enlightenment/

Yesterday in one of my Philosophy classes, we discussed Plato's The Apology, the trial and defense of Socrates... One of my favorite books!. To demonstrate the feelings of Athenians against Socra...

https://19.org/blog/liberty/

When followers of hadith and sunna cannot defend the nonsensical and contradictory hadiths (narrations) abundant in their so-called authentic hadith books, they suggest picking and choosing those...

https://19.org/blog/trash-hadith/

In short, in Aidid’s Wonderland, place of worships (masaajid) vanishes to submissions (yes, plural!); timely prayers transform to timely commitments; the Sacred House Ka’ba mutates into “th...

https://19.org/blog/aidid-safar/

Suffering in an eternal Hell creates a contradiction between this divine justice, since eternity can not be equal to an evil committed during the limited life span of a human. However, eternal pu...

https://19.org/blog/hell/

"… When the revelations of the Gracious are recited to them, they fall prostrate (KhaRRu SuJjaDan), weeping." (19:58)

https://19.org/blog/sala-2/

Divine Will and Human Freedom Abdur Rab Shakespeare writes: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.” This pretty much sums up the role of the...

https://19.org/blog/divine-will/

However, acceptance of freedom of will based on divine communication creates other logical problems or paradoxes.

https://19.org/blog/free-will/

Meanwhile, power concentrations are charging in the opposite direction, led by the richest and most powerful country in world history. Congressional Republicans are dismantling the limited enviro...

https://19.org/blog/magnacarta/

When it comes to the economy, too many Americans continue to be numbed by the soothing sounds of conservative spin in the media. Here are three of their more inventive claims:

https://19.org/blog/big3lies/

So, my brother, before wondering about why the world is fed-up with the Zionist cancer, you should reflect on ALL OF THESE FACTORS before asking your question.

https://19.org/blog/israel/

Some warm-up debate topics

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I would appreciate if you check the authenticity of the following statements by the Israeli Zionist leaders and let me know what you find.

https://19.org/blog/zionists/

You would be betraying your God, His messengers, yourself, your children and your society, if you continue following the lies falsely attributed to Muhammad and his companions under the title of ...

https://19.org/blog/muslim-women/

Fethullah Gülen has multiple personalities. The first personality, which is the most visible one, is a humble spiritual leader, like the good son of Ghandi and Mother Theresa. The other personal...

https://19.org/blog/gulen-cult/

Between November 3 and 10 of 2008, I traveled to UK and Turkey to deliver four lectures; first two at Oxford University, the third at Muslim Institute in London and the fourth one in Istanbul Boo...

https://19.org/blog/theometer-or-sectometer/

Knowing his disappointing performance in those two symposium, Robert then started having fear and perhaps panic attacks. Below are the Twitters he started sending around and our email conversatio...

https://19.org/blog/zionist-crusader/

Robert Spencer is another member of this bloody cabal. He is one of the most active Crusaders and he has authored a few best-selling propaganda books to justify genocide against Muslims, such as:...

https://19.org/blog/robert-spencer-and-other-bloody-warmongers/

As it appears, the USA-Inc has also picked a Sultan for Turkey besides the Caliph, and advised them to work together so that they could both establish a moderate semi-democratic Muslim model in t...

https://19.org/blog/fethullah-gulen/

An excerpt from my speech at the European Parliament in 10 languages, the list of Wars initiated by the USA-Inc, and the middle finger as measure.

https://19.org/blog/middle-finger/

Interestingly, with the exception of a few, most of your criticism was focused on some of the errors in Rashad's early works, which he corrected afterwards. During our debate in London, which was...

https://19.org/blog/benefits19/

No Matter Who Is President of Iran, They Would Stone Me to Death By Lila Ghobady Iranian Artist-in-Exile (Writer/Director/ Journalist) Why didn’t I vote in the latest elections for the presiden...

https://19.org/blog/women-against-mullas/

This is the first documentary of upcoming video series on Code 19, Islamic Reform, Philosophy and Politics.

https://19.org/blog/zebras-film/

Edip Yuksel and Carl Sagan argue on the "mathematical structure" of the Quran and its philosophical implication regarding the existence of God. Carl Sagan, as an agnostic astronomer, expresses hi...

https://19.org/blog/prime/

No religion, culture or mythology should be granted immunity if they are used to make others suffer without their consent. No country or community should be able to get away with racism, oppressi...

https://19.org/blog/female-circumcision/

In this article I will demonstrate the corruptive role of money in our democracy and call for a solution. Though there are a number of plans proposed for campaign finance reforms, I think they ar...

https://19.org/blog/lottery-elections/

"A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. For Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman w...

https://19.org/blog/feminism/

The next American Revolution, the economic rights and justice movement will not be the reincarnation of bankrupt Marxist ideology, since its extreme ideals created big bureaucracies, authoritaria...

https://19.org/blog/prison/

There is something attractive in this highly liberating paradigm. I see the color of anarchism not black but neon orange! I like the rebellious youth in anarchism, its courage to challenge establ...

https://19.org/blog/anarchism/

Above are two sets of excerpts from Pannikar, a Hindu-Christian theologian. Though belonging to the same author, the first excerpt impressed me with its brilliance and the second dissappointed me...

https://19.org/blog/human-rights/

As a person who is familiar with the philosophical discourse and has developed a fair sense of smelling contradictions and logical fallacies, I think that relativism is a lousy idea doomed to com...

https://19.org/blog/universalism/

American warmongers and Islamophobes are attacking Brooke Goldstein for promoting my Quran: a Reformist Translation. They are sending messages to the wrong-wing fascist media.

https://19.org/blog/warmongers/

As an individual I have many components. I can define myself in many ways depending on the context. I am a homosapien, a monotheist, Yahya's and Matine's father, a husband, a Turkish author, a ph...

https://19.org/blog/kurdish/

This paper was the topic of an interdisciplinary symposium held in March 1999 at Yeshiva University, Cardozo Law School , New York. The symposium was moderated by David Golove, Professor of Law, ...

https://19.org/blog/cannibal-democracies/

I believe and argue that humans are "rational self-interested utility maximizers." This is the primary reason why we are on the top of the food chain. The animalistic nature "self-interest" promo...

https://19.org/blog/genetic-rational-origins/

In a world that is becoming smaller and smaller by the dramatic advance of modern technology and inter-continental nuclear missiles, we are compelled to be concerned about the plights of those wh...

https://19.org/blog/biology-of-human-rights/

Nevertheless, the author is silent regarding the implementations of this right in western countries, especially in the USA. When we reflect on the role of interest groups and lobbyists in the pol...

https://19.org/blog/elite/

American foreign policy, Zionist racism, evangelical Christianity and sectarian Islam all are incubators of religious terrorism. War against terrorism has two fronts: reformation in American demo...

https://19.org/blog/crusaders-mujahids/

Militant clerics, whether they are the collaborators with the totalitarian regimes or are the dissidents, should be taken seriously. Using the language of religion, the proverbs of their forefath...

https://19.org/blog/theopolitics/

English/Turkish books authored by Edip Yüksel since 1983...

https://19.org/blog/books/

I believe that the current jury system, especially where parties spend enormous effort over the selection, most accurately, elimination of the jury, does not serve justice well. Let's face it. Th...

https://19.org/blog/voirdire/

We are oppressors, ignorant and self-righteous. We condemn the genocides, atrocities of the past, big or small, especially if they were against our tribe, but we enjoy doing exactly the same thin...

https://19.org/blog/ep/

Though, unlike his sheikh he was raised in the Western world and studied in secular schools, he got his share of backwardness from the same "university" where Sunni students are trained in ignora...

https://19.org/blog/bilal-philips/

Edip Yüksel's European tour that will include, by God's will, conferences, TV interviews, meetings, and other events in four countries: Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Germany, between ...

https://19.org/blog/europe2012-2/

Though we defend their freedom of expression fully, we morally condemn the ignorant and perhaps malicious act of the cartoonists, the film makers and their supporters who insult prophet Muhammad,...

https://19.org/blog/muhammad-cartoons/

There are no sacred cows in this class. We treat all of them equally: we question them, we pester them, and we occasionally slaughter and eat them.

https://19.org/blog/phil122/

Prerequisite: A 3.5 pound substance with active dendrites and synapses.

https://19.org/blog/logic/

There are no sacred cows in this class. We treat all of them equally: we question them, we pester them, and we occasionally slaughter and eat them.

https://19.org/blog/phil101/

Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the g...

https://19.org/blog/dot/

This is CAPITALISIM. One of the thousands pictures depicting the barbaric nature of capitalism. The Indian government, instead of distributing the MILLIONS of tons of wheat to starving population...

https://19.org/blog/capitalist-punishment/

  Dear all, This is our deadly weapon that radical Islam cannot survive. Two years ago in the MECO conference on Oxford University London I asked your support for DIVINE STONE, my 2nd Docu-Movie...

https://19.org/blog/divine-stone/

In June 2011 with a film crew, I visited Atlanta, New York, Vancouver, Los Angles back to Tucson. We hugged cacti in Tucson and chased numbers on the highways, we ambushed atheists at the Skeptic...

https://19.org/blog/making-documentary/

Though I did not dare to penetrate the insurmountable walls of Chinese calligraphy and tones, during a short trip I learned a lot about Chinese people, their country, their culture, and about us.

https://19.org/blog/china/

With time you will learn to understand the arguments better. That is the beginning of the trouble. If you are raised as a believer of something you may experience some fear and helplessness in th...

https://19.org/blog/why-study-philosophy/

I won't liken philosophers to a gang of blind wannabe zoologists trying to describe an elephant by touching her body from different positions. Philosophers develop and create new perspectives for...

https://19.org/blog/philosophy-no-proof/

Remember your origin and reflect on the very existence of your mind.

https://19.org/blog/bigbang/

We cannot imitate human biology; but can we adapt and modify some of its aspects to our political system? Why not?

https://19.org/blog/biology-and-law/

I believe you can imagine my argument by thinking on your answers to my seven questions.

https://19.org/blog/evil/

Family Picture at San Diego, March 2006      

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A person is not born as a virtuous person. I think that Ariston agrees with this statement. Learning the principle of moral philosophy, discovering the appropriate rules and internalizing them is...

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Bukhari’s Ghost Dancing with a Hungry Holy Sunni Goat, Misogynistic Dogs Barking at Pigs, Russian Pyrokinesis Burning Holes in Brains and Pockets, Two Extra Letters Correcting Quranic Bismillah...

https://19.org/blog/kazakhstan/

Five short and interesting articles on paranormal issues such as, Jealous phenomenon, Dejavu, Ghosts, Psychic Reading, and UFOs

https://19.org/blog/paranormal/

A few excerpts from Matine, my youngest son when he was in an infant.

https://19.org/blog/matine/

I cannot summarize the journal. You will love it.

https://19.org/blog/yahya-2/

There is No Time For A Frozen Brain: Trimming Mysteries by a Wittgensteinian Slab Edip Yuksel www.19.org “Why do they put the word ‘dictionary’ in the dictionary? Ya gotta know what it is i...

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Mind, body and God! This is a Bermuda Triangle which philosophers have been struggling with for centuries. They have demonstrated positions ranging on all possible combinations and permutations: ...

https://19.org/blog/descartes-berkeley/

A scientific hypothesis must provide a logical possibility to be refuted by a probable true observation statement. Therefore, according to Popper, falsifiability is a required characteristic for ...

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Sartre's Atheistic Existentialism is a reaction against atheistic or religious absolutism. Atheistic Existentialism as an answer for the basic problems of morality has serious flaws and shortcomi...

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Since modern atheism frequently employs the arguments of logical positivists, as it is the case in Mr. Raunic’s amusing kangaroo argument, I will argue that metaphysical prepositions can be as ...

https://19.org/blog/kangaroo/

Our eyes are dazzled with the light of modern scientific blaze. Any argument spiced with a bunch of latest scientific jargon gets a good chance of being treated with high respect. Did science bec...

https://19.org/blog/space-colonies/

Discontent and frustration with the Ptolemaic system, loosing faith in ancient philosophers, practical need for a better calendar, a new scientific attitude preferring qualitative neatness and si...

https://19.org/blog/copernican-revolution/

As a member of University, now I am participating in a ritual which empowers the academic hierarchy and justifies the existence of the institution. In order to get some share from its symbolic po...

https://19.org/blog/bourdieu/

Thus, the ancient conception of happiness is "a socially justified state of contentment" while the modern conception of happiness is "personally justified state of contentment." According to Webs...

https://19.org/blog/happiness-and-virtue-as-a-mean/

From the Appendix of the Quran: a Reformist Translation, by Edip Yuksel, Layth al-Shaiban and Martha Nafeh-Schulte. Here are some characteristics of those who acknowledge the truth. They:

https://19.org/blog/mumin/

And it is POLITICALLY NEO-CONNING, since it serves the policy of Neocon-led coalition of warmongers. I do not know whether Massoud is a hired petty officer for this agenda or just a naive person,...

https://19.org/blog/new-quran/

So, if these gentlemen have the right to depict Muhammad to be an evil guy and his supporters being as evil or duped, then I should also have the right to expose their so-called scholarly work, w...

https://19.org/blog/robert-spencer-bill-warner/

I believe that the spirit of ijtihad should not simply be brought back. It should be democratized and popularized beyond the academics and imams. Some scholars will object, insisting that to exer...

https://19.org/blog/freedo/

Spending in God’s way should be understood in a much broader sense than the generally understood zakat system. It involves considerable spending on the part of a modern state for a variety of f...

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So, I believed, without solid evidence other than my reverence to my Prophet, that the stories of the marriage of seven-year-old Ayesha to 50-year-old Prophet are only myths. However, my long pur...

https://19.org/blog/aisha/

The benefit of the wine comes from the grape juice, not the alcohol. A recent Yale study demonstrated a correlation flaw in the so-called studies showing the benefit of wine against heart disease...

https://19.org/blog/alcohol-industry/

I have recently (2011) started uploading some video clips at Youtube... I will be posting many more, inshallah... You may find some of my live TV debates in Turkish uploaded by other people. You ...

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Great inequality of wealth along with fraud and greed are common problems today. The modern world for all its material development has not been able to overcome the moral failures of Mecca. All o...

https://19.org/blog/meccan-sura/

A noted Turkish scholar Edip Yuksel who now lives in USA and Arnold Yasin Mol of Netherland and Taj Hargey of MECO were main organizers. Besides Islamic scholars there were some activists and stu...

https://19.org/blog/islamic-reform-conference/

It is a travesty that our educational system is filling the minds of youngsters with plenty of data without training them how to process them properly. Individuals and societies suffer greatly fr...

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"How can we observe the Sala prayers by following the Quran alone?" is a favorite question among Sunni and Shiite Muslims who follow derivative texts, religious instruction, teachings and laws, a...

https://19.org/blog/sala/

These enemies of Islam who have been promoting wars, torture and genocide against Muslims around the world for more than a decade, are all in love with hadith. When I debated with them, they all ...

https://19.org/blog/zionists-love-hadiths/

Rashad's impact on modern Quranic movement is underestimated. Many of those who viciously attack him are unaware of the fact that many of the ideas and arguments used to defend the Quran alone an...

https://19.org/blog/quranist/

Muslims started developing theories regarding the number of the letters of Bismillah after the revelation of "one of the greatest" (74:35) miracles in 1974. Interestingly, after realizing the rad...

https://19.org/blog/innumerate/

Will Durant, an American historian, reminds his readers that medical books authored by Ali Ibni Sina (980-1037) and Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (844-926) were both used as textbooks in...

https://19.org/blog/islamic-theory-evolution/

Ah! How can the universe lie at our feet? If we’re all covered up and choking in the heat. You have decreed that it’s the only way. Brother, we challenge you to try it for a day!

https://19.org/blog/lisaadams/

Despite clear and numerous evidence to the contrary, some so-called Submitters who left the ranks of Sunni, Shiite, Christian, Hindu polytheism continue their idolization of Rashad by claiming th...

https://19.org/blog/rashad-translation/

In summary, according to the teaching of the Quran, the name of the last prophet could not have been Muhammad; it was MUHAMMID, similar to the linguistic form of Muallim (teacher) or Musawir (des...

https://19.org/blog/muhammed/

The Pentagon is not just incompetent. It is corrupt. In November 2009 the Pentagon’s Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), the federal watchdog responsible for auditing oversight of military co...

https://19.org/blog/pentagon/

Now the internet added more burden beyond critical thinking; we must also do the critical research or authentication of what we read and see. It is disheartening that the great majority of people...

https://19.org/blog/trojan/

The leading American skeptic, Michael Shermer, after getting disoriented in an interview which he calls an “ambush”, engages in a pre-emptive strike. He responds with a criticism infected wit...

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Below is my communication with the renowned atheist magician, the so-called “Amazing Randi”, and my response to the article published by Michael Shermer of Skeptic Society as a reaction to my...

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We did not care much about you when you were hungry. We did not care much about you when you were cold on the street. We did not care when you were sick. In fact, your presence in our streets and...

https://19.org/blog/homeless/

By promoting "incrementalism" over speedy transformation, and by promoting negotiations with troubled and corrupt governments over rapid and positive political change, America would blunder again...

https://19.org/blog/catalyst/

You are shocked. You cannot believe that the inscription was a false promise. You feel confused and contradicted. On one hand, you know now, not on faith, but through knowledge and evidence, that...

https://19.org/blog/crown/

The product of this corporation was the hadith (teachings attributed to Muhammad), the sunna (actions attributed to Muhammad), the ijma (consensus of a select group of early scholars), and the sh...

https://19.org/blog/manifesto-for-islamic-reform/

Given the popular uprisings that are now sweeping the Middle East and North Africa, a rare historical opportunity exists for activists from around the world to unite in solidarity.

https://19.org/blog/1st-july-rally/

A network of Muslims and non-Muslims, consisting of a whole spectrum of specialists, experts, scholars, activists, thinkers and leaders from many nations from the East and the West could help bri...

https://19.org/blog/mpjp/

With the promising development in the Middle East, which I have been praying for it since I have become a rational monotheist, I decided to embark a project. I might be dreaming and some might ev...

https://19.org/blog/constitution/

What the Tahrir Square Has Brought: A Gift Wrapped in the Possibility of Making a Win-Win World Ruby Amatulla The victory at the Tahrir Square lifted the bar for the Muslim world up high in the h...

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Philosophers Defend my Son, Yahya, for a Grade Change and the Grade Changes! Yahya Yuksel, mentored by his dad, Abu Yahya 23 December 2008 www.19.org Dear Professor and T.A., Excluding my persona...

https://19.org/blog/yahya-3/

On Being Kafir Asghar Ali Engineer In recent plane crash in Pakistan a Hindu youth who was a member of Youth Parliament, Pakistan died and someone wrote on his coffin ‘kafir’ which ignited a ...

https://19.org/blog/on-being-kafir/

Martyrdom And Houris Asghar Ali Engineer A top police officer wrote to me what is the Qur’anic basis of the belief that those who became martyr will go to paradise and will be awarded with 70 h...

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A most remarkable 18 days in the history of Egypt and of the world! Millions demonstrating peacefully and spontaneously – what a feat of human heroism and determination! The 300 or so who died,...

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I am content and happy, yet I am ambivalent; I am troubled about my carefree life in the USA. I am in a moral quandary. When I look around what the government of my country has been doing to the ...

https://19.org/blog/the-american-janus/

Halal Turkey I have several audio cassettes from Masjid Tucson. Twenty-plus years-old… I decided to share them with public, piece by piece before they degrade. This one is both funny and instru...

https://19.org/blog/488/

The Background and Chronology of the Discovery (From: NINETEEN: God’s Signature in Nature and Scripture, Edip Yuksel, Brainbowpress, 2011, 620 pages) Below is the outline of the major revelatio...

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Contextual Facts on Code 19 (From the Introductory pages of Edip Yuksel’s recent book, NINETEEN: God’s Signature in Nature and Scripture, Brainbowpress, 2011, 620 pages) 1.      Code 19 ...

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چقدر مسلمان هستید؟ نویسنده: ادیپ یوکسل برگردان: محمد فهیم نعیمی اسلام را نباید با معنای تحت الفظی آن در نظر �...

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دموکراسی و نخبگان فاسد نویسنده: دکتور ادیپ یوکسل برگردان: فهیم نعیمی “مردم ما بصورت طبیعی به سازمان ملل متح...

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Errors in English Translations of the Quran (From the Introduction of Quran: a Reformist Translation, Brainbow Press) On the following pages, you will find several comparisons between our transla...

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All about the number 19 From: https://primes.utm.edu/curios/page.php/19.html Intercalation in the Chinese Calendar is after the eighth month every 19 years and is called ren ba yue (Double Augus...

https://19.org/blog/19/

My Normal and Paranormal Adventures in Kazakhstan: Bukhari’s Ghost Dancing with a Hungry Holy Sunni Goat, Misogynistic Dogs Barking at Pigs, Russian Pyrokinesis Burning Holes in Brains and Pock...

https://19.org/blog/normal-paranormal/

Adventures of an Islamic Reformer at Oxford, London, and Istanbul Edip Yuksel To publicly discuss my recent book, Manifesto for Islamic Reform, I was invited to give four lectures in November 3-1...

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Many correlations are ignored by the so-called researchers. For instance, studying the impact of wine consumption on health, without taking into account the income, health insurance, diet, lifest...

https://19.org/blog/moderate-drinking/

The “Holy” Viruses of the Brain (From NINETEEN: God’s Signature in Nature and Scripture; By Edip Yüksel) “Do you have the same religion as your parents? Score 0 points if you do and have...

https://19.org/blog/the-holy-viruses/

Evolution of species through mutation and cumulative selection, as subscribed by the modern scientific community, provides sufficient evidences for the existence of immanent intelligent design in...

https://19.org/blog/evolution/

Personally, I consider myself lucky to have met Rashad and assisted him in Masjid Tucson. I was a Sunni political activist and author advocating Sunni Islam in books published in Turkey before 19...

https://19.org/blog/letter-to-signs-magazine/

I was at Oxford University for the second conference of Critical Thinkers for Islamic Reform, June 11-13. The Oxford conference was very successful by bringing many leading critical thinkers from...

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Critical Thinkers for Islamic Reform Oxford University in June 11-13 2010

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Suffering in an eternal Hell creates a contradiction between this divine justice, since eternity can not be equal to an evil committed in during a limited life span of a human. However, eternal p...

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Edip Yüksel “At the right time, we will produce for them a creature (dabbah) from earthly materials, communicating to people that they are not certain about our miracles/signs/revelations (aya...

https://19.org/blog/is-the-creature-prophecized-in-2782-computer/

Edip Yüksel “When missionaries came to South Africa, we had the land, they had the Bible. Then they told us, ‘Let’s close our eyes and pray.’ When we opened our eyes we saw that we have ...

https://19.org/blog/beware-priests-are-singing-love-again/

2005-01-30 ZLATAN: 19 Questions for the believers of code 19. EDIP: 19 Answers for the disbelievers of code 19! ZLATAN: Where Quran says that there is code 19 embedded in it? EDIP: 74:30-35 verse...

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Edip Yuksel I Nominate Ayman for top Ignoble Prize in “Imagination” “As we saw above, based on the orthographic evidence from the great reading itself and physical archeological evidence, t...

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12 Hungry Men Edip Yuksel © 2005 www.19.org  A philosophical, religious, political comedy… A comedy that can be enjoyed by middle school dropouts as well as scholars. Though the name and set...

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Edip Yuksel June 2005 The USA-Inc, Crusaders and Zionist coalition is looking for an excuse to create pretext for another war, this time against Iran. Already stuck in the mud in Afghanistan and ...

https://19.org/blog/make-no-mistake-iran-is-not-iraq/

Edip Yüksel I know that the title and the subtitle of this article are quite challenging. If you have developed an attitude against witnessing the mathematical miracle of the Quran, you are just...

https://19.org/blog/which-one-do-you-see-hell-or-miracle/

The prototype disbeliever who is challenged by the number 19 is described as the one who makes erroneous inferences (74:18-20). The repetitious reference to his fallacious logic emphasizes the im...

https://19.org/blog/19rules/

Verse 4:82 of the Quran claims that it is free of contradictions. Any internal contradiction or contradiction between the Quran and God’s laws in the nature will falsify the claim. I found the ...

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Edip Yüksel Islam is not a proper name; it simply means submission and peace. There are many aspects of being a muslim or submitter to God. There are at least three spheres of divine law. Submit...

https://19.org/blog/how-much-muslim-are-you/

Edip Yüksel

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Islam that we should follow is the one guided strictly by the Quran’s tenets. The Hadith, the alleged second source of Islam, is unacceptable as religious guidance as it has given rise to spuri...

https://19.org/blog/fifteen-reason/

An active gang among the Submitters community are replacing the Hadith and Sunnah of Muhammad with Rashad's Appendices, footnotes, subtitles, audio and video tapes, while replacing the title "Fin...

https://19.org/blog/rashadians/

365 Days: Literal Harmony and Astronomical Events  This is n internet argument on the frequency of the word  YaWM (Day) in the Quran. In the end of this lengthy argument, Daniel Lomax admitted ...

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Edip's essay presents a fine example of such analytic skills coupled with imagination and a strong sense of his own audience. It’s easy to see that he's very concerned with keeping his reader i...

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