Clerics denounce exploitation of Islam by Turkey

Religious clerics in Al-Raqqa denounced the exploitation of the religion by the Turkish state in favor of its occupation ambitions, and the barbaric practices of Turkish soldiers and mercenaries in northern Syria.

13 January, 2021 03:51

AL-RAQQA - AHMAD AL-ALI

The Turkish president was keen to adopt a religious discourse about the Syrian crisis from the start, and he was able to win over and Islamize the armed factions. To this end, he recruited the bearded proxies who appeared on satellite channels, issuing religious fatwas serve his interests.

The issue started in 2009 after Erdogan withdrew from the Davos conference following an altercation with the then Israeli President Shimon Peres, and he exploited the Palestinian cause and all Islamic issues to make the alleged caliph he aspired to, using the mobilizing religious discourse.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP (in Turkey adopts the thought of the Muslim Brotherhood that is classified as a terrorist in some Arab countries, and the Turkish state has housed the leaders affiliated with this movement who are wanted in their countries.

Erdogan tries to mobilize on a religious basis, taking advantage of religious sentiment. He always shows himself in the position of Sunni Muslims' defenders, according to interests, in Syria and Libya, he is Sunni, and in Azerbaijan, he is Shiite.

Many leaked audio and video recordings from Syrian mercenaries who went to fight in Azerbaijan revealed that they were exploited.

On the surface, the occupation state believes in secularism, but it continues to mobilize religious feelings to achieve his expansionist ambitions in the region. This is plain sight in the slogans that its mercenaries show. Exploiting the religious discourse and currents was not in their interests as much as it was in the interest of Turkey.

To this end, he changed the Hagia Sophia to a mosque, andthe Hori Temple in the Syrian Afrin into a mosque, as he wanted to give a clear idea that the today Ankara is heir of the defunct Ottoman Empire.

Director of the Fatwa Office in the Religious Institution in Al-Raqqa, Sheikh Abdul Saeed Al-Faraj, believes that Erdogan has worked to distort the Islamic religion, which is based on tolerance and peace. "

Saeed Al-Faraj said, "Young people should not go after religious slogans, as they will find themselves in wars that have nothing to do with them and far from their national orientations."

For his part, the director of the Preaching and Guidance Office in the religious establishment, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Arouni, denounced the Turkish attacks on Ain Issa and practices in northern Syria and Erdogan's exploitation of Syrian mercenaries.

It is worth noting that Turkey opened its airports and borders to mercenaries from various countries of the world, and helped finance and transport them to Syria, as well as on the Turkish borders there were ISIS mercenaries, and facilitated the entry of ISIS mercenaries to the city of Kobani and their attack on it from inside Turkish territory, during its siege by mercenaries at the time.

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