pan-Islamism 2

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a political movement advocating the unity of Muslims under one Islamic state – often a Caliphate – or an international organization similar to a European Union with Islamic principles.

  • 1.Most recent advocate for Pan-Islamism was late Turkish prime minister and founder of Milli Gorus movement Necmettin Erbakan, who championed the Pan-Islamic Union (Islam Birligi) idea and took steps in his government toward that goal by establishing the Developing 8 Countries (or D8, as opposed to G8) in 1996 with Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria and Bangladesh.
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