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An excerpt from Edip's writings
From The Story: 10/10/2006: Close to twenty years ago, Edip Yuksel had an epiphany. "I was convinced that Islam (submission to God), the religion of all messengers, including Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, had been vastly distorted by Muslim clerics." Edip moved to the U.S., but did not find safety. His mentor and close friend was assassinated in Salt Lake City. Dick talks with Edip about the evolution of his faith, and how he eventually outgrew the radicalism that defined him as a younger man.
Meanwhile a paradigm change in my religious and political understanding had taken place during my last months in the military service. I began reading of a great modern-day Islamic author who contradicted everything I had been taught--laws and theories which I had in fact, been promoting through my articles, books, and political activities. I began corresponding with the author in America and in 1986I received his ground-breaking book which had a powerful theological argument rejecting all traditional teachings that were created to supplement the Quran. After studying his argument, I was convinced that Islam (submission to God), the religion of all messengers, including Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, had been vastly distorted by Muslim clerics.
- Excerpt from Edip Yuksel's website
