Control of religion
‘Control’… What a powerful word! Plus it is everywhere. But the part that I focus is the control of citizens via religion.
I am a Muslim, living in Turkey. Religion was always an important factor in our culture and history. The great Ottoman Empire ‘used’ Islam in order to get bigger and bigger. I believe Turkey, as the following nation of Ottoman Empire, is following what they have left. Leaders in Turkey have an easy weapon which works in any time and in any place: it’s religion.
Why is religion so powerful and unbeatable? We, as human beings, seek comfort, and sometimes we cannot distinguish religion from reality. I pray every night because I want things and the person I ask for is God. I ‘know’ most people are like that but another ‘role’ of religion, which I cannot understand, is to keep people under pressure and prevent them from doing something ‘wrong’.
First of all what is ‘wrong’? Who decides whether what is ‘wrong’ or ‘right’? In my opinion, the concept of ‘wrong’ and ‘right’ is changeable. What seems right for you may not seem right for somebody else. That is what happens when our ‘leaders’ are ‘using’ religion to carry out their own ‘rights’, and religion is an effective way to do this.
I’ll write more on this topic on upcoming days.
