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A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION

To use Noor's terminology, "these are glimpses of a Muslim

world where time and space no longer serve as barriers." 55
Both the Internet and the global media unite the world's
Muslims. An event in one Islamic nation can be watched in all
others at once, and thus becomes an issue for Muslims every-
where. All of these means demonstrate that the Islamic world can
look forward to a much brighter future.

Westerners' Search for the Ottoman
Westerners' Search for the Ottomans s
As we have been stressing from the onset, creating the
Turkish Islamic Union will benefit Muslims and non-Muslims
alike and will have a just, democratic, and progressive nature.

After its formation, other civilizations, especially the West, will
be dealing with a stable and trustworthy authority with which
they will be able to have friendly and peaceful relations. As the
Turkish Islamic Union will be responsible for preventing and
curing the radical elements that appear in the name of Muslims,
the West will have no cause for such worries.

One sign that foretells this union's arrival is its necessity,
which the West recognizes. A power vacuum on old Ottoman
soil has been diagnosed, and the idea that setting up a similar
system could cure the problem is finding a growing audience. As
history shows, the Ottoman Empire brought peace and stability
to this area. And, based upon this success, applying the Ottoman
model to this troubled area will go a long way toward solving its

current problems and unrest. For example, in his article, entitled
"A World Still Haunted by Ottoman Ghosts" The New York Times
(March 9, 2003), David Fromkin begins by saying that "A ghost
has been haunting the United States. It is the specter of the

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