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['Isa 'Abd al-Qadir, a writer on the political newspaper, ad-Difā', which is published in Baghdad, says the following:]

Readers of ad-Difā' are asking me about Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, the guide of the Nur students. They ask for information about him and the Nur students in Turkey. So I am replying to them briefly. For the Master, the Risale-i Nur, and the Nur students are concerned with the Arabs, and the Arabs are taking a serious interest in them, for as the main grouping of Islam, they have begun to see great benefits from the Risale-i Nur.

With the Risale-i Nur, the Nur students form an effective barrier against communism, both in Turkey and in the Arab world.

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This article was written considering conditions previous to the coming to power of the Democrats when according to the public prosecutor, the Nur students numbered five hundred thousand. But now there are now millions of them in Turkey, and every day they increase in number,

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As for the Risale-i Nur, it is spreading to such an extent that it is being sought eagerly not only in Turkey and the Islamic lands, but also in Europe and the West. Nothing can destroy the Nur students' enthusiasm. The Democrat government is to be highly commended for permitting the considerable services the students have performed for the Qur'an with the Risale-i Nur, so that the Islamic movement in the blessed Islamic world meets them with applause and appreciation. All the Muslim peoples of Iraq — the Arabs, Kurds, Turks, and Persians — have greeted this sacred, Islamic service and endeavour joyfully, and they hold the view that their brothers in Turkey are resisting the harmful effects of Westernization.

'Isa 'Abd al-Qadir ∗∗∗