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The guest's background: languages, translations, books, Beltways and a constitution for Turkey

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DiscussionRecorded 26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu LaythSegment 2 of 36 in the recording2020-06-26-S02

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The guest describes his languages, his Turkish and English translations of the Quran, his books on the number 19, his unpaid religious work, his Beltways transit project, a proposed Netflix documentary and a draft constitution for Turkey.

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Mufti Abu Layth gives the guest's background: originally from Turkish Kurdistan, long resident in Arizona, a professor of philosophy and Quran studies, author of a Reformist Manifesto and a reformist translation of the Quran, and founder of the 19.org website, which Mufti explains refers to a number. The guest says English is his fifth language after Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic and Persian, that he reads Arabic better than most Arabs but does not speak it well, that he wrote in Turkish until the age of thirty and has translated the Quran into Turkish and English, and he shows a Quran app on his phone. He lists other books, Nineteen: God's Signature in Nature and Scripture, Running Like Zebras and Nineteen Questions for Atheists, and says he has not made a penny from his religious books since dedicating himself to God alone in July 1986, earning instead as a lawyer and as a teacher of philosophy and logic for twenty years. He describes Beltways, a patented accelerated-walkway mass transit system seeking investors, a ten-part documentary on nineteen prophecies he is proposing to Netflix, and a draft peace constitution for Turkey, mentioning earlier constitutional work and conferences at Arizona, Princeton and Oxford and a Peacemakers' Constitution written with a Saudi friend for a Tunisian group. Mufti notes that the books are described on the website.

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professor at ebuy our brother a deep in Charlotte just for them a bit of background raining from originally from Turkey Kurdistan I believe but residing for many years in America Arizona the professor's is a leading professor in philosophy in Koran studies he has some amazing theories he's authored count innumerable works amongst them the reformists manifesto and also a reformist translation of the quran of the entire quran in addition to several

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of the works all available on professor thebes website 19 oak which is another amazing project which you've been working on is that correct which one but the xix mystique of the 19 okay in case they're thinking in case they're thinking what is not it's a number of people it's a number okay most of your followers are from British correct they are American as well and global as well okay my accent is funny funnier than you think because it must

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be I English astrologically is my fifth language the first language my mother tongue is Kurdish then I learn Turkish then Arabic Persian English these are the five languages but I cannot talk some of them well like my mother tongue Kurdish I understand more but I cannot talk much and also Arabic I can read right understand well better than 99% of Arabs maybe ninety-nine point some percent but I cannot talk much because I

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haven't practiced and that is the language part as far as my work I have written most of my books in Turkish until age thirty but later I started writing in English translation of the Quran I have translated the Quran into two languages Turkish and English in fact there are many applications means the form applications on my translations but they are kind of not really well done they are recently cubed them the Turkish and English one you can see let's see

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whether I can show you the English one you can download it right now the Android version is available at Google Play the iPhone not available yet it is hexagon colorful hexagon you see and the name is Quran with code 19 okay I don't know whether you saw it or not has some functions we are keep adding it oh I didn't do well because you didn't see the cover of it let me one more time check Asians with me please and at first

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I want to show here I am it is delayed therefore I don't know how it show now it does show I can see okay here it is and I push it yes I saw that and I'll just show them as well you website I'll just bring that up for the people here that they can see that as well okay it's randomly opened let's say chapter 440 in the name of God the gracious the compassionate and the all other books I have written is 919 God's signature in

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nature and scripture and running like zebras extensive debate on this subject and also war mongers translated

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to English 19 question for atheist the tank questions were translated into English we needed to rush it for some reason and I don't make money from my books on religion by this way by the way let me tell you a gain in case you think I'm putting my books for money no for 30 plus years since I dedicated myself to God alone first of July 1986 I'm not making a penny on my book on religion or my top our religion nothing just the other way around I used my pocket money the money I

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earned from other means I am a lawyer sometimes I give advice to law firms lawyers and also I am I teach philosophy and logic classes for 20 years our time and meanwhile I have also beltway's dot-org if you look at it I have a technology I am patenting and keep patenting right now I got some patterns and there are some patent pending it is a mass transportation the best mass transportation in the city's Beltway

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Zork if you have people in right now we are looking for investors for the working prototype about 120 meters we want to put somewhere it accelerates the walk you wait we see walkways in airports it is fantastic great promise in mass transportation therefore I am not only involved in religion in philosophy and in law and in politics I am also involved in science

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and technology I continuously educate myself about those topics and also currently if you want to know about the three projects I'm doing one is I am one is this project beltway's or as a rainbow corporation and also I am writing a documentary ten series we are going to propose to Netflix on 19 prophecies 19 prophecies and I have written a synopsis

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of it for 20 page synopsis on 10 series and also another one right now I am involved with putting together a draft constitution for Turkey a peace Constitution in the past I have written articles on Constitution legal articles and symposiums at universities University of Arizona Princeton University and we put together all conferences at Oxford University two conferences as critical thinker for

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Islamic reform and I also did have written together with my friend whose name is lace al-shabaab from Saudi Arabia the kiss maker Constitution that time we did it for Tunisian group who were kind of unfortunately they hopes they would work on a constitution at the time yeah it is you can see it the peacemakers Constitution at 19.4 you know and your books they are available what you've written for download on you on $19 give a not all of them there but you can see

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it on internet everywhere like academia and many other places but I would like to organize all of them somewhere all be downloadable right now my 19.4 is revamped and I will put almost all of them there whichever is available for free I see I see but you've definitely got the a bit about each one on your website on 1900 I can see it there so yeah ok so professor right so this whole your one of your groundbreaking works a reformist translation

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Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment 2020-06-26-S02, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/2/ (accessed 1 November 2026)

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, June 26). The guest's background: languages, translations, books, Beltways and a constitution for Turkey [Video, segment 2020-06-26-S02, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/2/
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Mufti Abu Layth. 2020. "The guest's background: languages, translations, books, Beltways and a constitution for Turkey." Video, segment 2020-06-26-S02, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded June 26, 2020. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/2/
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  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{The guest's background: languages, translations, books, Beltways and a constitution for Turkey}},
  year = {2020},
  month = {6},
  date = {2020-06-26},
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  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/2/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Segment 2020-06-26-S02, auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}
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