The Second: His support of religious education is shown to be an offence.

To this we say that there is no believer in the world who would call this an offence, especially those among them who are the wretched inmates of prison where he gave them instruction to console them. It was then that he said he was in favour of religious instruction, This shows that their accusation is meaningless. In fact, the three hundred prisoners being reformed by the Risale-i Nur in a short period of time, and their repenting of their crimes and all of them performing the prescribed prayers attracted the attention of the officials in charge. Some of them said that the Risale-i Nur yields more benefits in a fortnight than remaining in prison for fifteen years. They said this to the author of the Guide in prison, and he replied:

A person who reads even a part of the Risale-i Nur, which consists of one hundred and thirty books, and A Guide for Youth, which is a small part of the Risale-i Nur, will of course profit from it as much as from the punishment of fifteen years' imprisonment and studying in the medrese, and will be reformed and repent of his evil deeds. Could such a wish, such encouragement be deemed a crime, although it has been affirmed by those who sent me to prison?

The Third: Supporting Islamic dress, conduct, and training is shown to be an offence.

As was stated in the courts of Eskişehir, Denizli, and Afyon, and published in the Afyon Court decision, fifteen years ago the court at Eskişehir accused me of being in favour of Islamic dress for women. I replied as follows to both the court there and the Appeal Court:

"Anyone who accuses a person of expounding a Qur'anic verse about Islamic dress which has been a sacred principle in the social life of three hundred and fifty million Muslims every century for one thousand three hundred and fifty years, in line with the agreed meaning of three hundred and fifty thousand commentaries and following the beliefs of our forefathers for the past one thousand three hundred and fifty years —anyone would fiercely reject such an accusation if there is any justice on the face of the earth, and if judgement is passed in favour of the accusation, would cancel and countermand it."

The Risale-i Nur proves decisively that the command to women in this verse to veil themselves is a significant instance of compassion and saves them from abasement, just as an article of mine published in the one hundred and fifteenth issue of Sebilurreşad, entitled "To My Believing Sisters of the Hereafter," proves it.

The Fourth: Securing personal influence is shown to be an offence, and