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A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION

Prophet Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
showed the way for Muslims with the following hadith:

I have left among you the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His
Apostle. If you hold fast to them, you shall never go astray. 11
We just have to abide by this advice. Our Lord commands all
believers to follow the true religion and refrain from disunity.
Allah says:

He has laid down the same religion for you as He enjoined on
Noah: that which We have revealed to you and which We en-
joined on Abraham, Moses, and Jesus: "Establish the religion
and do not make divisions in it." What you call the idolaters
to follow is very hard for them. Allah chooses for Himself
anyone He wills, and guides to Himself those who turn to
Him. (Surat ash-Shura: 13)

Fostering a Sense of Unity y
Fostering a Sense of Unit
Unity requires awareness, devotion, allegiance, and loyalty.
Allah prescribes unity for Muslims and reveals that satan will at-

tempt to create conflict in order to prevent this unity. Muslims
are obliged to refrain from hurtful words, anger, disrespectful-
ness, and all other behavior that could damage this sense of unity
when dealing with fellow Muslims. Each Muslim is required to
be devoted to others, patient, work for the good of others, and
loyal and true. All Muslims must adopt these superior qualities.
A good example of this is the relationship between those

Muslims who emigrated to Madinah with our Prophet (may
Allah bless him and grant him peace) and those Muslims who
were already settled there. The Muslims who pledged their alle-
giance to our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
in Madinah welcomed the Meccan migrants in the cause of Allah

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