Syria Aleppo, independent news website of Syria, published an article called “Turkish Author Prepares Ground for the Return of the Messiah”. In the article, the effects of Adnan Oktar’sAtlas of Creationwere noted as below:
Turkish creationist author Harun Yahya, preaches Islam and waits for the Messiah...
Harun Yahya, one of the authors whose works are distributed to the largest masses.
His books and DVDs about religion and science are being sold in Islamic bookstores all over the world...Most of his works can be downloaded from the Internet for free...
Adnan Oktar (52 years old) uses the pen name Harun Yahya, has drawn attention of the scientist in Europe and North America with his 768 page colossal book, “Atlas of Creation” two years ago.
... Debates caused by the “Atlas”, focused attention to the publishing empire of 260 books translated into fifty two languages and 80 DVDs as well as tens of internet sites. In these books, it is explained in an original and illustrated style that Islam is the true religion and Darwin’s theory of evolution led to conflict in the world, atheism, terrorism and bloody political ideologies, which in turn led to a loss of faith...
Oktar explains that the verses of the Qur’an and the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad (saas) indicate that the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) will soon return to help Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), savior of Islam, to defeat the antichrist (dajjal) and for Islam to dominate the whole world.
“Our job is to prepare ground for the coming of the Prophet Jesus (pbuh)... We understand that this is going to happen within twenty to twenty five years.”
