chair of Religious Affairs (DİB or dant) strives to meet the needs of the religious affairs of millions in Turkish and taps technology to that end.
The body fatwa hotline and website where people He can ask questions on Religious matters overflowed with this question year. Under the supervision of the Supreme Council of DİB of Religious Affairs, Hotline and website He answered about 836,000 questions so far this year. Inquiries also Come in From abroad, especially from Turkish expatriates in else countries and religious councils in Muslim countries in need of Advice.
legal rulings, help Muslims organize their daily religions affairsout of compatibility of they business practices with Islami rules For marriage.
Professor Abdurrahman Hakali, who heads the board says The Turkish nation Islam is “integrated into its cells” and religion is foundation of The social Presence of The community. “That’s why they ask so many questions,” he said says. Hegkali told Anadolu Agency (AA) on Sunday that every fatwa is concerned with a personality need And as a matter of factIt was the board, not the public, who was guided by the fatwas as they are lead them to matters that need to be addressed by the religious authorities.
Fatwa Hotline and website It is staffed by experts from DİB, including “vaiz” or preachers who serve all over Turkey. Haçkalı says this along with Long live Turkish citizens in They are Europe also Requested for Advice by other fatwa institutions via worldFrom South Africa to Kazakhstan.
in preparation for Fatwas of Turkish religious authorities work with experts in various fields. “We sometimes need Medical and economic knowledge to answer a question, so we cooperate with Academics as well as from universities and experts from Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). If the fatwa requires (interdisciplinary approach), we hold meetings with Experts from other fields “Haçkalı says.
Supreme Council of Composed of religious affairs of 16 members who They are selected after a careful operation, including two operations rounds of elections that bring down the number of About 200,000 candidates to 24 and beyond, to 12. Four more members are selected from among them veteran working academics in Theology Faculties in Various universities across the country. members of The board They include experienced muftis as well as long-serving academics and Diyanet staff.
The board Uses the Qur’an and Sunnah (practices of Prophet Muhammad) as a basis for Fatwas with commonagreed principles of Muslim community Since birth of Islam.
Hakali complains about the “distortion” of fatwas by some media outlets and on social media. Some fatwas are taken out of context and publication with revision (on media And the social media) in a way can lead to misunderstanding. Islamic literature has its own language His style is inexplicable with contemporary terms,” he is says.
