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vii Huzoor also urged the Muslims of India to cooperate with the British government, rather than agitating against it. He warned that it was only the British who were expressing the concerns of the Muslims before the Allies and, therefore, it would not serve the interests of the Muslims to antagonise their primary ally. Any domestic agitations would also distract the British from peace negotiations by turning their attentions to internal concerns within the Empire. Instead, he advised that instead of setting out short term goals, the Muslim community ought to unite together and work towards acquainting the Western world with the message of Islam, so that the animosity many of them held against the Muslim world could be extinguished. Huzoor argued that until this happened the West would always be hostile towards Muslims. Thus this was a struggle not just for the future of Turkey, but for the future of the entire Islamic world. These addresses not only offer a great insight into the political struggles faced by the Muslims of the time, but also reflect the conflicts and tensions which afflict the Muslims of today and are, therefore, an essential read for their historical importance, and their contemporary significance. They were originally published in Urdu under the titles ریک اک لبقتسم اور املسمونں ت �