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Who could do greater wrong
than someone who bars ac-
cess to the mosques of Allah,
preventing His name from
being remembered in them,
and goes about destroying
them? Such people will never
be able to enter them – except
in fear. They will have dis-
grace in the world and in the
hereafter they will have a ter-
rible punishment.
(Surat al-Baqara: 114)

ministration to be concerned by the idea of the Turkish-Islamic Union.
Turkishness and Islamic moral values are the soul of the Uzbek peo-
ple. Almost all the Uzbek people want the Turkish-Islamic Union
and support it with all their hearts. It is obvious that the estab-
lishment of that union will be in the interests of the Uzbek
state. The loving and democratic nature of the Turkish-
Islamic Union is a great blessing for an Uzbekistan that
wants well-being, peace and security. The efforts to
distance Uzbekistan from the union, even
though it will clearly bring enlighten-
ment, wealth, development and
strength to the country,
are obviously a ruse.