Burhan Bozgeyik: "Strange things"

Burhan Bozgeyik: "Strange things"
Date: 5.8.2019 17:00

Milli Gazete columnist Burhan Bozgeyik writes on Turkey's controversial decisions over religious issues. Here is the full article.

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99 percent of our country's population is Muslim. In this country, nearly a thousand years Islamic laws have been applied. Today, we see very strange practices in this country. Applications that by no stretch of the imagination of human mind. Let's look at two of them together:
 
Football matches played in our country are suspended at “New Year ”. Why? For Christian players playing in our leagues to do “Christmas holidays”, to participate in the celebration of Christmas in their hometown… Come see the same football federation, Christians do not show the tolerance for Muslim players and leagues followed by Muslim spectators. Ramadan-i Sharif does not interrupt the leagues, does not postpone matches. Even on blessed holidays I know that league matches are played.
 
Everybody witnessed this year. In some matches, tens of thousands of people most of whom were fasted and those who were thinking of going to tarawih prayer could not break fast peacefully and could not perform the tarawih prayer. And so are the players.
 
Adana Demirspor coach Umit Ozat, said his thoughts by pressing this important issue: If we think about the foreigner's Christmas, we should think about the Ramadan of Muslims.”
 
Congratulations to this valuable coach. On the other hand; “What's going on, players do not fast for one day,we’ll replace you”. We also condemn the coaches who cut the judges so much because of this mentality. Hey! Wouldn't it be more correct to call the football federation this way instead? “This is an Islamic country. If the Christian players are shown a convenience and gesture is done, Muslim players should be done this gesture. Not only the players but all the spectators are affected. Muslim audiences should not be prevented from living in accordance with the spiritual climate of Ramadan-i Sharif! ”
 
In Ramadan, even during the match players are not given the opportunity to break fast and so-called “our” coach while being brushed, in a match played in the first league of France, the match referee stopped the match and allowed the Muslim player to fast. Here you go!..
 
Let's talk about the second of the “strange things” in our country. Our country is experiencing compulsory education oddness.. The name is called 4 + 4 + 4. After switching to this system, primary schools in the villages were closed. “Carrier education” was started. Families, who even avoided the eyes of their children, had to compulsorily watch their apples of eyes go to the towns that were miles away. Especially they watched their girls they shuddered to stay in the dormitories in the districts in middle and high school age.
 
If both children do not want to read, and parents do not want to read their children for various reasons, then official institutions enter the circuit, children are taken from their families, families (parents) are punished, so the family establishment is shattered. Children and parents are unhappy and miserable. Here's a vivacious example: In the Erzin district of Hatay, five children of the Ali-Sümeyra Algül couple were detained by the Social Services Department three months ago on the allegation of “education measure”. The story is long and heartbreaking. Two daughters of this couple say; “We don't want to go to school. We want to receive religious education and stay at home! ” The family respects this decision of the children. However, when the situation is learned by the authorities, action is taken. Not only those two children, but also the babies of the family who are suckling milk, five other children are taken from the family and taken to the dormitories of the Social Services Department. Mother Mrs.Sumeyra said, “My children cry without stopping there. And they're going to take my baby when the baby is one year old!” And this mother has been shedding tears for three months.
 
The question is: Is there such a compulsory education in the countries where freedom is at the forefront? Is it right to take the children of the family away? Is this attitude and this system really national? The minister responsible for the family is a mother. What does she intend to do in the face of this mother's cry, whose five children have been taken away? My opinion is clear: All children should be given to their families immediately and this system should be put on the table urgently considering the wounds caused by this “compulsory education”.

YEREL HABERLER

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