Page 119 - A Call for a Turkish-Islamic Union

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

Muslims need an Islamic Union for the same reasons as they did

back then. Although the Islamic world is not under attack by a
coalition army, as it was at the time of the Crusades, it is facing
many threats. Furthermore, the Islamic world has fallen behind
other civilizations in terms of science, technology, culture, art,
and thought. Ever since the nineteenth century, the Islamic
world has been seriously harmed by the many false ideologies
and philosophies produced elsewhere, imported into its midst

by misguided people, and spread among those who were not fa-
miliar with the Qur'an's values. On the other hand, some radicals
who claimed to represent Islam while doing their best to subvert
its morality, often unknowingly helped those who were con-
sciously sewing the seeds for later conflict.
For all of this to end, Muslims must rebuild their civilization
so that it can once again guide the world, light the path, and de-
liver peace and justice. But if this vision is to become a reality,
they must follow Saladin's method: working for the rebirth of Is-

lamic morality, knowledge, and faith, and achieving the Islamic
world's political union.

Uniting with Respect for Differences
Uniting with Respect for Differences
The necessity for such a union is based not only on the need
for a political solution to end the current situation; rather, and

more importantly, unity is a requirement of being a Muslim. As
in all areas of their lives, Muslims have to abide by the Qur'an's
values in their national and international policies. As this moral-
ity requires the Islamic world's reunification as a priority, taking
Islamic morality as the guiding principle will make this alliance
possible, as well as long-lived and active.
Islamic morality requires Muslims to be conciliatory at all

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