Eid al-Fitr (Ramadan Feast)
I would like to start by taking refuge in our Merciful Allah. May the feast and life of all of us be blessed. Ramadan feast is a one-day religious holiday that is religiously obliged to be celebrated by Muslim people of the Islamic religion around the world at the end of the month of Ramadan, […]
The Best Hafiz Reciting the Holy Quran in the World
We met with the best hafiz of the country from every corner of the world in the Kocatepe Mosque Conference Hall. The competition started with the participation of the President of Religious Affairs and the crowd. Representing one’s own country under its flag as a Turkish hafiz was really honouring and difficult at the same […]
American President in Tophane
Barack Hüseyin OBAMA made his first official visit to Turkey on 7 April 2009 after becoming the President of the United States of America. President OBAMA was hosted by the President of the Republic of Turkey, Mr Abdullah GÜL, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, Mr Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN, in the best […]
The Concept of Paradise in the Qur’an from the Pen of Selman Okumuş Preface to the Thesis
The fact that all kinds of actions, attitudes and behaviours that human beings perform on earth with their own free will will be rewarded in some way in the afterlife is a common element in the sacred texts and mythological understandings of other religions, especially in the Qur’an, which have the belief in the hereafter. […]
Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque and Complex (Skylife)
Who is the late Kapudan-ı Derya (navy commander) Kılıç Ali Pasha, the founder of this temple? His mother was a Turkmen Yoruk from Southern Anatolia and his father was a sailor from Aydın. He was one of the greatest admirals of the 16th century, who spent his life at sea among the Turkish Nation, the […]
