4. LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY

4. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity ~ 173 ~ The revolution to bring freedom and democracy to the people which began in Europe, later spreading to the rest of the world in modern times, is but the second stage of that revolutionary process which was set in motion in the seventh century by Islam. THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Article 18 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations reads as follows: Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. The charter, of which the above article is an extract, is not in actual fact an achievement of the United Nations, but is rather a legacy from that Islamic revolution which was brought into existence a thousand years before the United Nations came into being.