I know its not my place to talk but just wanted to say few things bc of my familiarity with Turkey via one family connection and also a similar thing happened in Pakistan as well.
Firstly, about the Turkish video---I saw a longer video where it showed right before the call to prayer started. In that video, the crowd was relatively calm (normal crowd noise, but nothing unusual). However, as soon as Azaan (Pakistani pronunciation of
Ezan) came on---slowly the feminist/liberal/secular crowd started getting louder and louder---soon after cheering started, waving the LGBT flag, dancing, horns, and etc etc (we all saw it)
It was a
clear disrespect to Azaan
on purpose (in "defiance" or "rebellion" against Turkish traditional/ancestral religion of Islam). These feminists/liberals destroyed western values and traditions....and now they are slowly seeping into Muslim world. Sh*t like this happened in Pakistan too (where these secular feminist "women marchers" posted disrespectful signs and placards against Islam and our traditions instead of talking about women issues like domestic violence, financial security, women education etc etc). It was a big scandal in Pakistan as well (google "aurat march signs" if you want)
Whether you are secular or religious, you should stand against the increasing
westernization/liberalization of your social culture where premarital sex becomes normal, religious values go down, birth rates fall, respect of elders goes down the drain, female immodesty becomes normal, your own people become against your own country (liberals talking in support of Turkey's enemies bc of "armenian genocide" for example or Pakistani liberals talking sh*t against Pakistan Army etc) and so on. Such uncontrolled secular-liberal hedonistic culture has had disastrous impact on Western countries. I am sure none of us would want the same for our countries (whether its Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, or whatever). Its not about religion or secularism----its about national respect and respect for your traditions/culture that have been passed down to you by your ancestors for hundreds of years.
For example, I just today read a paper by this secular Turkish academic who specializes in "secularization studies" and he proudly wrote a whole paper where he happily bragged how "God is dying in Turkey" and one of his examples were that it is increasingly becoming normal for Turkish girls to have sex outside of marriage with multiple guys at young age. He even wrote how it was increasingly becoming normal for foreigners to find easy "sex partners" among local Turkish girls just like it happens in Brazil or Thailand etc. Now I don't claim to know much about Turkish culture, but to me---it comes off as a disrespectful thing to be "happy" about. Like hey look look, we are so liberal and progressive that other people from abroad come on holidays and f*ck our girls and its becoming normal yaayyyyy....like what the heck? Its not about religion or secularism (that's personal choice)----its about national respect and respect for your traditions/culture that have been passed down to you by your ancestors for hundreds of years.
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