THE KNIGHTS OF THE TEMPLAR

by HARUN YAHYA

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Now writing under the pen-name of HARUN YAHYA, he was born in Ankara in 1956. Having completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara, he studied arts at Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University and philosophy at Istanbul University. Since the 1980s, he has published many books on political, scientific, and faith-related issues. Harun Yahya is well-known as the author of important works disclosing the imposture of evolutionists, their invalid claims, and the dark liaisons between Darwinism and such bloody ideologies as fascism and communism.

[Editor's Note: Harun Yahya is a moslem writer from Turkey. While his religious faith could be hostile to all things contrary to Islam, yet he is fair in his writing, particularly since the Knights Templar were hostile to both Christianity and Islam. This work has been edited to concentrate on the Knights Templar, omitting the extraneous information. If you would like to see the complete works of Haun Yahya you can visit his website for all that he says.]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Dark History of the Templars

Chapter 2. From Templars to Freemasonry

Chapter 3. Templars, Revolutions, Murders, and the Mafia

INTRODUCTION

The Order of the Knights Templars has its roots in the crusades. This order was originally founded to fight for Christianity, but over time—as the Templars acquired immense power, adopted heretical teachings, and established a capitalist system based on material gain, their order fell afoul of the Church. Rumors circulating about the Templars led to years of investigations, revealing that the order was blasphemous and that it performed black magic rituals, similar to today's satanic sects. The order was subsequently declared unlawful. The Knights' liquidation and arrest arose from a joint decision by the French King and the Pope. Some historians regard the Templars' trial and subsequent liquidation as one of the most significant social events of the Middle Ages.

Ironically, the truly interesting part of the Knights Templars Saga began only after the order was liquidated. According to the generally accepted view, the order went underground, developing a deep animosity for monotheistic religions and the Church in particular and, in the long-term, transmuted into the organization known today as Freemasonry. The Masons' antireligious philosophy and involvement in revolutions and political movements is a consequence of their Templars ancestry.

In other words, the Knights Templars still survive in the present, under the name of Freemasonry. Those who reach the highest degrees of Masonry are granted Templar-inspired titles such as "Guardian of the Temple." In the United States, some lodges that convene under the name of the Knights Templar are affiliated with Masonry. Masonry, on the other hand, continues the Templars' foremost tradition of opposing religion, as well as being actively avaricious, now and again relying on extra-legal methods similar to the Mafia's. Compelling examples—including the P2 Masonic lodge and murders of Jack the Ripper—are scrutinized in this book's later chapters.

All this will demonstrate that accepted history facts, and especially current developments, are not always what they appear to be; and that behind processes and events thought to be developing naturally, shadowy designs can be detected.