Page 24 - A Call for a Turkish-Islamic Union

A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION

THE GREATEST RELIGIOUS
OBLIGATION OF THE AGE
IS ISLAMIC UNION
Bediüzzaman Said Nursi

or Muslims to be united and not to fall

into division and fragmentation is a command
F that Allah reveals in the Qur'an. All Muslims are
brothers, no matter what their language, race or sect. The close-
ness and friendship between them should therefore resemble
that between brothers. No matter where in the world they may
live, Muslims must love, protect and support one another like
true brothers, in the same way that brothers never leave one an-

other in difficulties, always run to help and support one another
and protect and watch over each other.
If Muslims do not do this, if they do not love and protect one
another like brothers, if they are not united in a spirit of solidar-
ity, then they have disobeyed Allah's command. And that is a sit-
uation no Muslim will wish to find himself in. It is essential for
every Muslim who loves and fears Allah and scrupulously obeys
all His commands to strive and constantly pray for the unity of
the Islamic world.

If the Islamic world wishes to construct a powerful, stable
and prosperous civilization and to guide the world and
lead the way in all spheres,
then it must act as one.

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