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development of science and technology in their country. As
a result of this, within a short period, Turkey emerged as the
most developed country of the Muslim world.

Present-day Muslims are living in a political dichotomy,
that is, in a condition in which there is the ruler and the ruled.
They have found themselves reduced to the ruled category,
which they find unacceptable. So they are trying to change
this state of affairs and to bring themselves back into the
ruler category.

But this dichotomous thinking is totally unrealistic. They
are unaware of the fact that there exists a third option for
them, of which they should avail. It is an option which is
so great that, by exercising it, they can build a non-political
empire for themselves.
The real problem is that present-day Muslims are ignorant
of the fact that the present age is one of democracy. In this
age, the government has been reduced to performing the role
of administration. But, outside the administration, there are
much bigger fields open to Muslims. For example, education,
the press, the media, economics as well as dawah work, or
conveying the message of God to people. Muslims would
do well to abandon their political activism and dedicate
themselves to the above non-political fields. Here, they can
build independent universal empires, much greater than their
former political empires.

It is a fact that in the present age there has been an
alternatives’ explosion in every field. Be it man or woman,
skilled or unskilled, political leaders or reformers: this
principle successfully applies to everyone. Now there is no
need for pessimism or to engage in protests or violence or
fighting, because everyone can easily come to know that there
is an alternative for him or her and by availing of it, he or she
can achieve success in any walk of life.

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