The Islamic Sciences Culture and Literature Foundation (İSEV) commemorated Ali Nar Hodja, the master of Islamic Literature and the intellectual man, with the program it organized… In the program held at Ali Nar Anatolian Imam Hatip High School in Fatih, the participants talked about many aspects of Ali Nar Hodja.
“THANKS TO THE ORGANIZERS OF THE PROGRAM”
The opening speech of the program, which started with the recitation of the Qur'an, was made by Ali Nar Anatolian Imam Hatip High School Principal Esat Çetin. Çetin expressed his satisfaction that such a commemoration meeting was held at the school named after Ali Nar Hodja. Atakan Karabağ, Director of Fatih District National Education Branch, said that the program was extremely beneficial and said, “I would like to thank İSEV Chairman Siyami Akyel and Esat Bey, the school principal, who organized the program. We are aware of the importance of such useful programs.”
“ALI NAR HODJA STANDED AGAINST THE ENMITY OF THE SUNNA”
İSEV Chairman, Siyami Akyel, who organized the program, said that Ali Nar Hodja left many works as an Ottoman intellectual, teacher, scholar of doctrines and kalam, master of Islamic Literature. Akyel stated that Ali Nar Hodja is a prolific writer, that he has written works in every field of literature, that he struggled with interreligious dialogue and religious reform strife, and that he stood against the project of Islam without a prophet and the enmity of the sunna.
“TO MAKE OUR TEACHER'S NAME ALIVE IS ACTUALLY TO MAKE HIS FIGHT ALIVE”
İSEV Chairman Siyami Akyel said, “We are trying to continue his struggle after the death of our teacher. We are aware of the trust, mission and testament that our teacher has given us. To keep his name alive is to keep his struggle alive. On the one hand, we made efforts to give his name to two Imam Hatip Schools, and today his name lives on in Ali Nar Imam Hatip Secondary School in Maltepe and Ali Nar Anatolian Imam Hatip High School in Fatih. We have made new editions of the "Islamic Belief and Akaid Treatises" on Akaid and the novel of "Space Farmers and the Land of Bees" from literary works. Before his death, with the permission of him, we summarized our teacher's life and ideas in the book 'Structure of Thought of Ali Nar Hodja'. We will continue to publish our teacher's works. Again, the journal ‘Islamic Literature’ continues to be published regularly. The preparations of documentary work about the life of our teacher Ali Nar continue. While trying to keep his name alive on the one hand and his works on the other, we are trying to keep our teacher's ideas alive.”
IMPORTANT GUESTS ATTENDED
Our Heritage Association General Secretary Abdullah Akçay, 20th Term Deputy Naci Terzi, Mustafa Kasadar Hodja, Atatürk Imam Hatip Secondary School Director Ömer Faruk Karaismailoğlu, Sümer İmam Hatip Secondary School Director Çetin Nar, literary writers Hasan Olgaç and Cafer Günaydın, Nihat Tekin, Abdülhakim Bican and the Nar family attended to the program.
PARTICIPANTS EXPLAINED ALİ NAR HODJA FROM EVERY ASPECT
Mustafa Kasadar Hodja talked about Ali Nar Hodja's struggle with inter-religious dialogue and reform in religion, while 20th Term Deputy Naci Terzi talked about his teaching in Erzincan Imam Hatip high school. Literary writer Hasan Olgaç stated that he is a student of Ali Nar Hodja from Izmit Imam Hatip High School and his teaching and literary aspects are important. Abdullah Akçay said that he had followed Ali Nar Hodja since his student years and witnessed what he said that he was a living Muslim. Ömer Faruk Karaismailoğlu stated that he chose the teaching profession thanks to Ali Nar Hodja. The previous principal of the school, educator and writer Cafer Günaydın, said that Ali Nar Hodja contributed to his upbringing. Harun Yavuz Yılmaz and Çetin Nar mentioned that they knew Ali Nar Hodja as nephews, but that he would be better understood with his works.