Page 110 - A Call for a Turkish-Islamic Union

A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION

Lord is one and your father is one.

All of you belong to one ancestry
of Adam, and Adam was created
out of clay. There is no superiority
for an Arab over a non-Arab and
for a non-Arab over an Arab, nor
for the white over the black nor
for the black over the white, ex-
cept in [terms of] piety. Verily, the
noblest among you is he who is

the most pious." 9
The continuing conquests
under our Prophet (may Allah
bless him and grant him peace)
and the four rightly guided
caliphs greatly expanded the bor-
ders of the Islamic world, and

many different nations united
under the flag of Islam. The Mid-
dle East, until then full of tribal
wars and unrelenting blood feuds,
found peace, and the inter-Arab
tribal wars ceased both at home
and abroad. Ongoing warfare be-
tween Christian sects was re-
solved peacefully, and tribes that

had been mortal enemies learned
to respect each other's rights and
lived under the Islamic flag.
Muslims of today must ac-

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