between the Turks and their own colonies. It can corrupt ten or twenty people out of a hundred.

The Third is an association of politicians who are lacking in religion, and being in favour of westernization, are trying to resemble Christians and instil a sort of Protestantism in Muslims. This current can turn only one in a hundred, or even one in a thousand, against the Qur'an and Islam.

We Nurjus and servants of the Qur'an have always tried to defend the truths of the Qur'an against the first two currents. Our way obliges us not to consider the world and politics as far as it is possible. But now we are obliged to consider it. We saw that the Democrats may assist us against those two fearsome currents. Owing to their outlooks, the religious among them have always been opposed to them. It is only those who are not religious at all and who follow the path of westernization and aping Westerners that assist the third current. The third current may convert only one in a hundred or a thousand into Protestants and Christians, for in the course of two hundred years the English were unable to convert to Protestantism even two hundred of the two hundred million Muslims they ruled, and they still could not do so. Also, at no time in history has it been heard that any Muslim has voluntarily become a Christian or chosen another religion instead of Islam, So even if a very small section of the party in power assists the third current in the name of politics and to the detriment of religion, since by reason of its outlook that party, the Democrat Party, is obliged to perform the duty of halting and repulsing the first two awesome currents, it is of the utmost benefit for this country and for Islam, In this respect, we know ourselves compelled to keep the Democrats in power, for the good of the Qur'an. We expect nothing from them; rather, since with their policies they oppose the first two currents, we consider them to be a means of our being saved from extensive harms — despite the insignificant harm caused to religion by a very few of their number, which resembles cutting off a finger to prevent a whole body being decimated. And we warn those careless in religion and advise them that the life and happiness of this country and nation and of themselves are to be found only in adhering to the truths of the Qur'an, and making the whole world of Islam a support and reserve force, and finding through Islamic brotherhood four hundred million brothers, and by making a vast state like America which works seriously for religion a true friend for themselves. All this is possible only through Islam and belief.

We Nurjus and servants of the Qur'an tell them that we pray for their success in serving Islam, and we request that they save from confiscation the Risale-i Nur, which is a valuable product of this country and of enor-