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From: dogdu@dbl1.CES.CWRU.Edu (Erdogan Dogdu)
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Subject: Re: [Over]Emphasis of Arabic ?
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Date: 24 Jul 90 12:24:09 GMT
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In article <14109@wpi.wpi.edu> mohamed@ecs.umass.edu writes:

>P.S Is it true that in some parts of Turkey, prayers are in Turkish and not in
>Arabic ??


Esselamun Aleikum,

That is not true. Muslims in Turkey are almost entirely Sunni. And 
there is not such a thing, praying in Turkish, especially for "salat" (five
times praying). But as it is like in other non-Arabic speaking Islamic
countries, when making "dua" (wishes from Allah), the words are in Turkish
for individuals, as well as for "imam"(person who heads the praying); and
the "Jhuma Hutba" (Cuma, or Friday praying speech) is almost all in Turkish
except the beginning and the end of the speech which are in Arabic, and
some verses from Quran are read, and the topic of the speech is given
as referenced to some "ayeth" (Quranic verses) or some "hadith" (sayings
from Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)).

What you heard migth be this : Back in the 40's or 50's, I do not know
the exact dates, for some years, "adhan" (call for praying) was used
to be in Turkish. It was a political attack, and a single party was
ruling the country. After the end of that era, it was quickly abolished,
and returned back to the original delivery of "adhan" in Arabic, as first
delivered by Bilal-i Habesh.

Regards ..

Erdogan