Page 31 - A Call for a Turkish-Islamic Union

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

wise, rational and pleasant language and strive to

prevent evil and spread good, but he will be aware in
so doing that "there is no compulsion in the religion."
In an environment where people live by the moral val-
ues of Islam, everyone is free to practice his own faith,
perform religious observances as he wishes and ex-
press his own ideas. As the embodiment of these re-
quirements of Islamic moral values, the Turkish-Is-
lamic Union will be democratic and attach great im-
portance to human rights and will establish a climate

in which freedom of expression prevails, in which the
rights of Jews, Christians, people of other beliefs
and even with no belief at all, and atheists are pro-
tected, and in which everyone is treated as a first-
class citizen.
One subject that Bediuzzaman also con-
centrates on in the context of Islamic union it

that this blessed union will come about
through Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and
under that blessed individual's lead-
ership. The fact that Hazrat Mahdi
(pbuh) will bring about the union of the
Turkish and Islamic world is revealed in
the hadiths. Said Nursi sets this truth out as
follows:

His Third Duty: ... THAT INDIVID-
UAL WILL SEEK TO FULFILL
THAT GREAT DUTY WITH THE
SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE OF ALL
BELIEVERS, AND THE SOLIDARITY

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