Page 331 - A Call for a Turkish-Islamic Union

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

next 20 years. Given that 24% of its imports come from the Gulf

region, this region's importance to America is undeniable.
Likewise, the reserves in Central Asia are equally important for
America and the world. Europe's dependence upon oil and nat-
ural gas from these regions is even greater. As a result of these re-
alities, there is an urgent need for genuine cooperation between
the West and the oil-rich countries.
The West must support these countries' cultural and econom-
ical development in order to form and sustain such cooperation.

The creation of stability, peace, and a functioning democracy in
these natural resource-rich regions will enable the world commu-
nity to benefit from these reserves in the most effective way.
Disorder and instability in these regions, on the other hand, will
prevent, or at least severely hamper, the extraction, production,

and delivery of these resources to other countries. In times of con-
flict, security issues make it very hard to acquire these natural re-
sources. For the same reasons, delivering these resources becomes
even more problematic and more expensive, for longer transport
routes have to be established. Establishing the Turkish Islamic
Union will resolve all of these issues within a framework of secu-
rity.
The Turkish Islamic Union will contribute to developing a

model that will use all of these energy resources in the most ef-
fective way without harming any country. Muslim countries will
move as part of an economic alliance, just as they will do in all
other areas, and will develop common policies on resource
usage. As this union will prevent regimes from disrupting these

policies, which are based upon justice, the pursuit of stable and
balanced policies on crucial economic matters, particularly oil
production and pricing, will become possible.

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