has won its good opinion for the people of this country, and five courts have acquitted it, and twenty-eight years of court cases have found nothing harmful in it. The religious Democrats should apply a salve to this wound. Then they will both win the good opinion of the world of Islam, and the injustices and errors of others will not be ascribed to them. For the sake of the religious Democrats and especially such persons as Adnan Menderes, I have dwelt on political matters for an hour or two despite having renounced them for the past thirty-five years, and have written this.

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In His Name, be He glorified!

A summons arrived from Samsun Criminal Court which stated that the examining magistrate and prosecutor had opened a case against me in connection with a complaint I had written which was published in the newspaper, Büyük Cihad. They read it to me and I saw that it contained only four points that were worthy of consideration.

The First: The editor of Büyük Cihad had evidently told the public prosecutor: "Said Nursi sent me the article so I published it,"

The fact of the matter is this: when I was ill in Emirdağ, my brothers there came to visit me and we spoke about an unpleasant and inhumane incident that had occurred involving me. I was both ill and angry and said a few things complaining about Ankara. The person who assists me was with me and he wrote them down, With the approval of the Nur students, he sent the note to one or two students in Ankara for them to show to some religious deputies so that, seeing that I was ill, difficulties should not be inflicted on me. It was sent and some deputies saw it. It pleased a person we are not acquainted with and he evidently sent it to the editor of Büyük Cihad. But I swear that neither then did I know who sent it nor do I now. A copy was sent here after it was published and someone read it to me since I do not know the new letters. I was pleased and called down God's blessings on the publishers. It's true that I have given up politics for thirty-five years, but for the sake of religion I was grateful to the owner and writers of Büyük Cihad, a newspaper which serves religion sincerely. "May God be pleased with them!" I exclaimed. After that, the blessed paper was then sent to me regularly, but without my knowledge and without it being paid for.

The Second Point is about my being sent to the Criminal Court in Sam-