And the invisiblenature of theirdominantform of expression, itwill beprogressivewith the history and the nationhasto adapt tochangesand changes in function.
Regarding the latter, the progressive, centuries-long, gradual decline of Islam as a dominant force and civilization reached its nadir in 1924, when Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) simultaneously did away with the Caliphate and the Ottoman Empire by overnight transforming the latter into a secular Turkish republic.