Re: Jinnah’s Pakistan?
OK, what is “Present Day” Saudi Arabia. Or do you deny that Hazrat Muhammad was in Madina (which is in present day Saudi Arabia) and the first Caliphs were there too?
The kingdom of Spain was completely independent and paid homage to the Khalifa only in name, much like the Mughals.
One Ummah? Let alone the Arabs and the Turks, not even the Egyptians and the Turks, both fighting the crusades were united. Saladin, Sultan of Egypt, was initially appointed as the Vizier of Egypt, but siezed power. Read this:
They had just captured Arabia and named their kingship Caliphate. Much like Charlemagne who attempted (and somewhat succeded) in unifying Western Europe and ruling in the name of God or whatever as Holy Roman emperor.
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He put a ban on Arabic Quran.
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He put a ban on Arabic Azan.
How the hell would he do that? How would he know what language someone was praying in? Do
Which the entire world was using. The civilized world anyways.
Now let me list some of his reforms:
**Traditional religious schools closed, Sheriat (Islamic Law) abolished.Dervish brotherhoods abolished. Fez outlawed by the Hat Law (November 25). Veiling of women discouraged; Western clothing for men and women encouraged. Western (Gregorian) calendar adopted instead of Islamic calendar.
New civil, commercial, and penal codes based on European models adopted. New civil code ended Islamic polygamy and divorce by renunciation and introduced civil marriage. Millet system ended.
New Turkish alphabet (modified Latin form) adopted. State declared secular (April 10); constitutional provision establishing Islam as official religion deleted.
Islamic call to worship and public readings of the Kuran (Quran) required to be in Turkish rather than Arabic.
Women given the vote and the right to hold office.
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He knew the world was canging and Turkey would have to change with it. Muslims have always been afraid of change and as I said earlier, they have always paid the price.
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A GREAD LEADER! MUCH RESPECT!**