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A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION
lims must build their own film industry to teach humanity
righteousness and goodness, as a counterweight to films that
seek to impose a materialistic twist on Islamic morality. If
some art trends contain negative influences, Muslims must
produce a more beautiful and splendid art form. If people ad-
mire the impressiveness, cleanliness, comfort, and liveliness
of cities, Muslims must build even better cities and make the
world an even better place in which to live.
Surely Muslims can build a civilization comparable to
the great Islamic civilization of the past, but to do so they
must live according to the aesthetics and artistry, open-mind-
edness, moderation, and justice of the Qur'an's values. Is-
lamic art, culture, and civilization will not only bring pros-
perity to Muslims, but to all of humanity. The world's great-
est libraries, most stunning architecture, cleanest streets, the
brightest lit roads, and best schools, universities, and hospi-
tals will be built by Muslims, and all people will have equal
access to them.
The rise of Islamic civilization is possible under the lead-
ership of an Islamic central power, and the twenty-first cen-
tury can be an enlightening one for the Islamic world. At a
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