It is a tense period in which people are pitted against each other and separated under the dominance of the Jacobin racist understanding. A nation can only be so hostile to each other. Moreover, by destroying civilization and cultural values over a racial phenomenon. The emphasis on "Arab" is a conscious choice. This is no longer a problem with Arabs and Arabization. It causes the values of religion and civilization to be discussed and ignored.
Turkey must be the only country where it is discussed that the Qur'an should be read in their own language in worship. There are many communities that are non-Arab Muslims. Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan Afghanistan, Iran, African countries, Bosnians, Albanians, other Muslim communities in Europe etc. The British, Germans and French who are Muslims do not read the Qur'an in their own language during their prayers, they read it with the original Arabic. There are also communities belonging to different races within the borders of Turkey.
There are many areas where an ideological separation and conflict becomes evident. Turkish, the obligation and pressure to worship, or simply to live in Turkish. The interesting thing is that those who want the prayers to be held in Turkish, and those who behave like this in other languages are lynched.
Mevlits are literary texts describing our Prophet. It also has an impact on communities. There are mawlids written and read in various languages in our civilization geography as they directly appeal to people's feelings. Those who are under pressure to worship with their tongues, for example, cannot tolerate the reading of Mevlit in Kurdish. We've talked about this before here in our column. Let us remind you once again that a 76-year-old man recited Mevlit in Kurdish, was sentenced to seven years and died in prison.
The purpose here is not whether the worship is understood or not. The issue is that there is a racist and offensive understanding. With this attitude, with the emphasis on "Arabization", while a race and community are humiliated, on the other hand, our Prophet (PBUH) and our book are drawn into the field of discussion. This turns into denial and rejection.
The Qur'an is a divine call. It appeals to people's souls and hearts. The Qur'an has miracles. The beauty in its pronunciation is for the emotions. No matter how successful the translations are in different languages, they can never capture that beauty.
The main problem is that the Qur'an is original and does not undergo any degeneration. Compared to other cultures, there is not just one Bible, there are countless Bibles. Those that are close to each other have been accepted by the church.
The main purpose is not the question of whether the Qur'an is understood or not. Understanding the Qur'an also disturbs them. The purpose of the discussion is different.
This is the reason why the values of our civilization are discussed. For example, the comparison of Mevlana and Prophet Yunus, the rejection of one, the prominence of the other. Ömer Hayyam is a value of Islamic civilization and has a different perspective. They treat it in a similar and different way.
It is truly racist and offensive for a politician to treat a Turkmen from Syria differently while insulting them as Arabs and Syrians in a discussion he started over Syrians. Unfortunately, this is generally accepted by secular Westerners as well as racists.
The target of the reaction against the shopkeepers in the south or the Arabic plates for commercial purposes in areas where Arabs are concentrated is both racist and insulting. For a while, no one reacted to the Cyrillic alphabet and Russian signs of Istanbul shopkeepers. Moreover, there is not an iota of reaction to the signboards of the multinational companies and the British that surround us. Literary works, spoken language and correspondence on social media are completely under the influence of imperial power and language. Nobody cares about them. The real problem and target here are Islam and Muslims.