Page 62 - A Call for a Turkish-Islamic Union

A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION

Throughout the history of Islam, its compassion toward Jews

and Christians continued. Jews fleeing the terror of the Spanish
Inquisition found refuge and peace on Ottoman soil. The source
and reason for such compassion was the morality of the Qur'an,
for Muslims are told:
Only argue with the People of the Book in the kindest
way—except in the case of those of them who do wrong—
saying: "We believe in what has been sent down to us and
what was sent down to you. Our God and your God are one,
and we submit to Him." (Surat al-'Ankabut: 46)

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