Chak Bamu
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I don't care much about Persians or about Arabs. For me, it is the Turkish people only matters. For the record, I don't believe in Ummah. I believe Iranians and Arabs are thinking like me too.
I find that a saddening thought. When Muslims of British India collected money for helping Turks fight against occupiers in 1920s, they were helping fellow Muslims because of the concept of Ummah. When Muslim soldiers refused to fight against Turks in WW1, they were doing so because of Turks being part of Ummah.
I know that Kemalist thinking disowns religious concepts like Ummah, but still you guys received help in your time of need precisely because of this concept that you now disown.
When Iranians, Pakistanis, and Arabs of various countries helped Bosnians, they were doing so because of this concept. I would argue that if Bosnia (& Kosovo) of today exists because of this concept of Ummah. If we thought that Turks should be responsible for Bosnians, then why would we have stepped in? Turks by themselves could not have saved Bosnia without openly declaring war on Serbia - an impossibility. You may disown this concept, but it was a determining factor in the world that you live in today.