"Taking religion under control of the state is the biggest harm to Islam"

NEWS CENTER - "Taking religion under the control of the state is the biggest damage to the Islamic religion," said HUDA PAR in a statement by emphasizing the debate over Nurettin Yıldız has damaged Islam and Muslims' scholars.

In recent days, especially the debate over Nurettin Yıldız Hodja continued to damage the Islamic and Muslims scholars," said in the statement. The statement also pointed out that it is not right to monopolize the religion over some institutions and to take it into the yoke of politics.

"The issue is a serious threat to Islam on behalf of the state against private and legal persons"

Expressing that the applications of the Qur'an, Sunnah, and Rashidun Caliphs, which are the sources of Islamic religion, are stood steadily, HUDA PAR noted that the debate over Nurettin Yıldız damaging especially Islam and Muslim scholars.

"It is unacceptable that the process turned into lynching and that the judge to be used as a stick against religious personalities," said HUDA PAR by expressing that the action against the talk of Nurettin Yıldız in the frame of Islamic fiqh, which took place in 2012, 2013 and 2015, is not innocent. HUDA PAR also asked that the public is wondering whom, for what purpose started this debate. The party asked for the investigation over Nurettin Yıldız to be closed.

"There shouldn’t be the allowance for the state to take religion under its control"

"Taking religion under control of the state is the biggest harm to the Islamic religion," said in the agenda evaluation made by HUDA PAR. "Every scholar who has authority at the point of religious competence has the right and the authority to speak in the name of Islam. There is no need to get permission from an authority for this," HUDA PAR added. (ILKHA)