Reşad' published an article about remarks made by
Ataullah Bahaeddin, a Russian Moslem living in Istanbul,
when he bid 'safe journey' to some 500 Russian Moslem
POWs who had been imprisoned in Turkey for five years,
as they set off from Istanbul for their return to Russia.
Ataullah Bahaeddin warned the returning POWs not to
be drawn to either the Bolshevik or the White Russian
sides, but, rather, he encouraged them to work to set up
an Islamic Turk-Tatar government in the Idil-Volga
region.//
The Return of Moslem Prisoners to Their Country
The other day about 500 Moslem prisoners returned to their country
Russia on the ferry 'Arkadan', arranged for by the Ministry of War.
Most of the Russian Moslem youths living here in Istanbul
accompanied them as far as the Galata pier. As the ferry was leaving,
there were ceremonies and speeches and one, in particular, given by
Ataullah Bahaeddin Efendi, a member of the North Moslem National
Assembly who has come to Istanbul, filled the listeners with fervor
and excitement.
Şakir Efendi, a Russian Moslem youth who made quite an impression
on our young co-religionists returning to their country, summarized
Ataullah Baheddin Efendi's stirring speech as follows:
there were ceremonies and speeches and one, in particular, given by
Ataullah Bahaeddin Efendi, a member of the North Moslem National
Assembly who has come to Istanbul, filled the listeners with fervor
and excitement.
Şakir Efendi, a Russian Moslem youth who made quite an impression
on our young co-religionists returning to their country, summarized
Ataullah Baheddin Efendi's stirring speech as follows:
"Greetings friends. Today you will be reunited with your country, your
grandfathers, fathers, children and families. Up until today, you have
suffered many cruelties and difficulties but now you are happy and, God
willing, henceforth you will always be happy.
An Internation Red Cross delegate at an internment camp
for captured Hindus and Russian Moslems in Bursa.
But do know why you were made to suffer this pain and hardship? Do
you know why Russia under the Tsar's regime sent you to war? Do you
know why between 1.5 and 2 million of our Moslem brothers were
annihilated on account of the Tsar's Russia? The reason was so the
cross could be placed atop Aya Sofya, instead of the symbol of Islam
in that sacred place of worship of Istanbul, where today you savor the
breaths of freedom and have filled your stomachs. That is why you
had to leave your land, children, families and nation.
So without knowing this aim of theirs you went to war and for the
sake of it and you suffered endless torment and cruelties. But, thanks
be to God, today the symbol of Islam remains in place atop Aya Sofya.
No cross will ever be placed there. Yet, Tsarist Russia has been
destroyed without achieving this goal and when you set foot in Russia
again today you will see that Tsarist Russia is no more.
Friends, when you arrive back in Russia you have a great duty to
perform. Do you know what that duty is? You must work materially
and spiritually for the development of the Moslem world in the İdil-
Volga basin and establish a Turk-Tatar Islamic government there. This
is your great duty. I believe that you will not shrink from sacrificing
your blood and your lives for this goal.
Upon your arrival in Russia today, there will be two forces trying to
draw you to their side. One of them is the enemy of civilization,
erudition and humanity that wantonly kills for no reason- Bolshevism.
The other is the side of those who want to revive the Tsarist legacy
that has been consigned to oblivion. You must resist both of them
and concentrate your efforts, as I have said, on the establishment of
a Turk-Tatar Islamic government in the İdil-Volga basin.
If you act with this in mind then you won't be leaving Istanbul, the
capital of the Islamic Caliphate, in the role of prisoners. Don't you
know how sad it would be if I and all other Moslems were to see you
off from Istanbul today as prisoners? So we must all work together
for our collective future and be vigilant henceforth. Establish an
Islamic government for us, live comfortably and return to Istanbul,
not as prisoners, but as tourists and merchants.
My final words to you my friends are to work with all your might for
the development of the Islamic world. May God see fit to reunite you
with your families and give you the strength to work for the future."
//END of PART FOUR/FINAL//
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