Page 344 - A Call for a Turkish-Islamic Union

A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION

Irreligious Ideologies Are Losin
Irreligious Ideologies Are Losing g
Their Effect
Their Effect
Even though Muslim nations became independent from the

1950s onward, this did not necessarily mean that they had gained
awareness. To the contrary, in some of these Islamic countries,
ideologies opposing the central tenets of Islam became dominant.
One example is Arab socialism, which deeply affected the Arab
world in the 1950s-1960s. Suddenly, militant Arab nationalism
that was incompatible with Islam's morality and based upon
Marxist methods and rhetoric became prominent. Although, it

receded almost as quickly as it had appeared, it wasted time and
caused tension.
Apart from that, Muslim nations were scattered be-
tween extremes and were divided into two main camps
dominated by America and the Soviet Union. Nevermind
moving together, they were almost equally divided

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