Page 107 - A Call for a Turkish-Islamic Union

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

Allah points out this wrong attitude, known as "fanatical

rage," and reveals that it is an aspect of ignorance. In the Islamic
context, ignorance means people and societies that are far re-
moved from the true religion, as Allah makes clear in the Qur'an:
Those who do not believe filled their hearts with fanatical
rage—the fanatical rage of the Time of Ignorance—and
Allah sent down serenity to His Messenger and to the be-
lievers, and bound them to the expression of heedfulness,
which they had most right to and were most entitled to.
Allah has knowledge of all things. (Surat al-Fath: 26)
Allah speaks of fanatical rage on the one hand and, on the
other, that He gave believers serenity. The frame of mind of peo-

ple who become angry and aggressive out of love for their own
nation is against Islamic morality. The nationalism that devel-

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