Creating The Political Geography of the Islamic World: The Perspective of the Future

The title is the first part of an article by Seyyed Yahya Safavi published in “Scientific-Research Quarterly of Geographic Data”, Volume 17, Issue 67, Autumn 2008, Pages 13-17. The following is an excerpt from its abstract.

Islam and the origin of the unity

The true origin of the unity of the Islamic Ummah (society of all Muslims as a whole) is the religion of Islam, which derives its root from human nature. The changes that this religion has had over the course of history have been limited to the minor details of the laws which owing to the variety of the situations of human life in different societies.

Basis of unity in the Islamic society

The general principles that constitute the main body of the divine religion have always been united throughout history, this intellectual and ideological unity is the most important basis of unity in the Islamic society. In order to establish unity and solidarity among a community or nation, sharing common ideology and worldview are among basic necessities, without such sharing, one can never expect a true unity among people.

Muslim agreements

Today, among more than one billion Muslims, there is no disagreement concerning God, the Book of God, and the Prophet of God, and the Qibla, which is the symbol of unity in the outside world, has never been disputed. These four basic principles of unity can always be counted on as reliable bases for solving all of the minor differences.