Minister for Religious Affairs of Pakistan visits Turkey

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Leading a 4-member delegation, Minister for Religious Affairs & Inter Faith Harmony of Pakistan Sardar Muhammad Yousaf is visiting Turkey at the invitation of the President of the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs Prof. Dr. Mehmet Gormez.

The Pakistani Minister held a meeting today with the President of Religious Affairs of Turkey Prof. Dr. Mehmet Gormez and discussed ways to further improve relations between their institutions.

Sardar Yousaf said the democratic government of Pakistan led by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is keen to further improve relations with the brotherly country Turkey in all areas. He emphasized on the exchange of religious scholars, officials and students between the two countries. He added that such exchange will benefit both the countries in learning from the best practices in each other’s countries. “The purpose of my visit is to understand the Turkish education system and the Imam Hatip school system in particular,” said Sardar Yousaf.

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Gormez said Turks have great love for Allama Muhammad Iqbal whose philosophy inspires many till today. He said Iqbal is equally revered in Turkey alongwith their national poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy. He opined that the Muslim world is passing through challenging time and desired that Muslims should stand united to brace these challenges.

The host offered to open a model Imam Hatip High School in Pakistan. Welcoming the offer, Sardar Yousaf thanked Dr. Gormez for the generous offer and said Pakistan will study the proposal and shall discuss further modalities to give concrete shape to the pilot project.

The Turkish model of Imam Hatip School is fusion of Islamic and modern education as it contains as much arts and science classes as normal high schools do. To observe the teaching model, the delegation during their Turkey stay will visit relevant institutions.

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[Zarvan]

Leading a 4-member delegation, Minister for Religious Affairs & Inter Faith Harmony of Pakistan Sardar Muhammad Yousaf is visiting Turkey at the invitation of the President of the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs Prof. Dr. Mehmet Gormez.

The Pakistani Minister held a meeting today with the President of Religious Affairs of Turkey Prof. Dr. Mehmet Gormez and discussed ways to further improve relations between their institutions.

Sardar Yousaf said the democratic government of Pakistan led by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is keen to further improve relations with the brotherly country Turkey in all areas. He emphasized on the exchange of religious scholars, officials and students between the two countries. He added that such exchange will benefit both the countries in learning from the best practices in each other’s countries. “The purpose of my visit is to understand the Turkish education system and the Imam Hatip school system in particular,” said Sardar Yousaf.

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Gormez said Turks have great love for Allama Muhammad Iqbal whose philosophy inspires many till today. He said Iqbal is equally revered in Turkey alongwith their national poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy. He opined that the Muslim world is passing through challenging time and desired that Muslims should stand united to brace these challenges.

The host offered to open a model Imam Hatip High School in Pakistan. Welcoming the offer, Sardar Yousaf thanked Dr. Gormez for the generous offer and said Pakistan will study the proposal and shall discuss further modalities to give concrete shape to the pilot project.

The Turkish model of Imam Hatip School is fusion of Islamic and modern education as it contains as much arts and science classes as normal high schools do. To observe the teaching model, the delegation during their Turkey stay will visit relevant institutions.

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That is good move we need to have Islamic Conferences and in both countries also lectures from scholars from all around the world specially of converts to Islam in Turkey
Turkey granted permission to build first mosque in Cuba

The mosque will be based on the 19th-century Ortakoy mosque in Istanbul
Cuban Muslims have until now had to make do with performing congregational prayers in a living room of Pedro Lazo Torre, the leader of Havana’s Muslim community.
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The Cuban government has approved plans for the country’s first mosque after Turkey's Religious Affairs Foundation (TDV) sent a delegation to Cuba to discuss building a place of worship for Muslims in its capital Havana.

Having paid a visit to the Cuban department of religious affairs, TDV assistant manager Mustafa Tutkun sought permission to begin work on the mosque, which will be designed after the famous Ortakoy mosque in Istanbul.

The mosque is being built to serve the city's 3,500 Muslims and will be complete within a year, Tutkun said.

Landfor the mosque has already been allocated in the city's Old Havana district. Tutkun said that the design of Ortakoy mosque would fit in nicely with the architecture of the surrounding area.

Yuksel Sezgin, press adviser for Turkey’s Religious Affairs Foundation (TDV), added “We thought the mosque would fit perfectly in Havana’s historic district with the neighborhood’s European architecture.”

Cuban Muslims have until now had to make do with performing congregational prayers in a living room of Pedro Lazo Torre, the leader of Havana’s Muslim community.

Luis Mesa Delmonte, a Cuban professor working on Middle Eastern studies at El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City, said that Cuba had been planning to build a mosque long ago using national resources, but turned to Turkey when it couldn't find the funds to do so.

The plan is part of a wider project by the TDV in building mosques for Muslims who live in the Caribbean.
A similar project in Haiti is due to be complete by the end of this year.
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[Kambojaric]

We really need something like the Imam Hatip system in Pakistan. In our country any joe of the street who gets 5, 6 followers. makes himself an imam sahab. Religion can be misused extremely easily by these peoples to get more followers. It is best for the state to hence train and regulate imams properly.