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Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

also says, Muslims must not regard the establishment of the

Turkish-Islamic Union as a pleasant hope, a good tradition or a
political necessity, and must never forget that union is a religious
obligation.
Bediuzzaman also notes that Muslims must have no hesita-
tions or doubts regarding the fulfillment of this obligation and
says that every Muslim who heeds the voice of his conscience has
a great responsibility to strive for the establishment of the Turk-
ish-Islamic Union, "the greatest religious obligation":

Hiding and fear are both hypocrisy, but there is no hypocrisy
in performing the obligatory acts of religion. The obligatory act
of greatest importance at the present time is Islamic Unity.
While the aim and goal of Unity is to stir into life the long,
many- branched, far-reaching luminous chain which binds
together the centers of Islam and their places of worship, to
arouse those bound to it, and through the wishes and prompt-
ings of their consciences drive them to the way of progress.
(The Damascus Sermon / First Addendum / Third Part
- p. 81)
As Bediuzzaman also said Muslims must
combine all the means at their disposal
to strive for the unity of the Islamic
world, work on that path with en-

thusiasm, fervor and determina-
tion and rouse all Muslims to
establish this blessed union.
Another matter that
Bediuzzaman particularly
stresses in discussing the
Turkish-Islamic Union is

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