I know from first hand that those mosques are being sponsored from dubious rich people from ME, i have seen people turning full salafi from one moment to another, getting money for growing beard for exsample, one of them said to me that Turks are practicing Islam wrong and such stuff, lets not get deeper into the subject.
So you want Turkey not to interfere in religious affairs and let private (external) funds play their dirty religious missionary games? If Turkey wants to establish stability and focus on science and development, firstly we must do as Timur rightly says, make peace within our nation and let Islam not fill every rhetoric of our political efforts. Be it anti-islam or pro-islam.
You are emphasizing very important points. Every nation is inherently interested in preserving and growing their capabilities. The current balance of power favors the West (EU, USA) and naturally they are privilidged compared to the rest of the world. To preserve their status and interests, playing manipulative games in the rest of the world, Middle East, South America, Africa and Asia is crucial. That's called realpolitik, a game of inherent interests at the cost of lesser nations' development. So to speak a zero-sum outcome
If you allow mosques some religious freedom some of them will go crazy, as how some churches have gone crazy radical in the US. But that's a price to pay. One fifth of all the foundations in Turkey are mosque foundations.
Why would i insult you for expressing your thoughts? 1 billion USD for some measure of stability and keeping religion under state control is a small price to pay. In Sweden we have compulsory Christianity up till high school, i know they have that in Denmark as well, I think most European countries have it. We just tend to make a huge deal of religion in Turkey, focusing on obsolete ideological matters not because ideology is obsolete, but we should have at least some consensus on these matters, so that we can move on insttead of ignoring scientific progress. Islam to me seems just like an excuse for some, as a nation we heavily lack in professionalism, the level of discipline not just in educational institutions but overall is a laughing matter. The Masters's thesis and doctorate thesis look like a third grade bachelor degree essays' mostly referencing the works of mainly one or two papers and getting a pass because even the professors themselves don't bother, since their ascendency to those positions were accomplished through same measures.
dude please, scandinavian countries are the europe's least religious countries... It's probably like a foreign cultures lesson for swedish childeren. They probably don't give a damn. because they've got passed the stage that it would be a problem for them. Scandinavia will never be as religious as Turkey or USA. Let's look at the countries that have/had similiar issues with us and let's inspect how they dealt with those issues.
You see we need that same system here. I'm okay with them being tax exempt as long as they work as non-profit foundations.Religious buildings are tax exempt as long as they don't preach about politics or encourage people to vote for a certain candidate, other than that they are privately owned........ That know of.
Something tells me the Preachers don't exactly follow the rules and manage to get away with it and continue a tax free life.
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tipik CHP HDP kafasi, yürrü kim tutar seni
If i could vote i would vote AKP or MHP so jokes on you.
