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the sufferings in the world are to be brought to a complete end.
The current conditions clearly show that urgent need for
Muslims to unite. Either the Turkish-Islamic world will unite, a cli-

mate of peace and well-being will emerge, security and peace will be built
and happy times ensue, or else the current troubles and sufferings will con-
tinue.

The Answer to the Current Problems Is to
Act in Unity and Unison

The times when Islamic civilization illuminated the whole world and
represented a role model for everyone in terms of science, art, architecture
and commerce were those times when Muslims acted in unity and unison.
Many leading Islamic scholars in the 10th and 11th centuries and after, such
as Ibn al-Haytham, al-Jabr, Avicenna and many others earned great admi-
ration in the field of science, while great artists such as Mimar Sinan in
Ottoman times earned the admiration of the whole world in art and archi-
tecture. At the root of the way that Muslims, who adopted the morality of
the Qur’an, brought compassion, reason, science, art, beauty, cleanliness
and well-being everywhere they went during those centuries and that the
Islamic world was the most modern and contemporary civilization lay the
climate of peace and security provided by the spirit of unity. The Turkish-
Islamic world now needs to reacquire that power, radiance and abundance.
But for all kinds of activity in that direction, there needs to be a spirit

of brotherhood among all Muslims and the unity of the Turkish-Islamic
world has to be established. If a reconciliatory and peace-loving culture pre-
vails among Muslims, one that treats differences with understanding, uses
its strength and energy for Islam and the benefit of Muslims and humanity

Communist China's Policy
of Oppression in East Turkestan