The Turkish Peace — Page 23
23 people of Europe generally have little or no association with Christianity and are more inclined towards atheism or free thought. Thus in terms of their religion, they are far removed from Christianity and they do not have a solid grounding for their prejudice against Islam. Their enmity does not come from the fact that they are Christians and the Turks are Muslims, because religion does not play such an important role in their lives as to give birth to this prejudice within them. When I say that the Turks receive discriminatory treatment on account of the fact that they are Muslim, I mean that these nations are so distant from Islam and their forebears have induced such a high degree of ill-feeling in their hearts, that they do not consider it to be an ordinary religion. Rather, they view it as a belief system that turns human beings into animals, indeed into depraved beasts. They feel that the barbaric teachings of Islam leave no room for mercy and justice in the hearts of its followers and Muslims naturally consider all other religions and ideologies to be false. And though all other religions also see [other faiths as not being true], it is only Islam that the nations of the West hate and fear. Though they also think other religions are mistaken they do not view them as a target for their hatred and fear only Islam and