I've come to talk to you guys about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the man who single-handedly broke up the Caliphate and threw Turkey head-first into future apostasy. Ataturk took pride in breaking up the Caliphate and has a legacy for it - a shameful legacy that too many Turks, sadly, take pride in.
For those who do not know Ataturk, its best to start with his disgusting, anti-Islamic Reforms:
Political Reforms
Abolition of the office of the Ottoman Sultan ruling since 1218, sending the last members of the House of Osman out of the country, and therefore giving the Turkish nation the right to exercise popular sovereignty via representative democracy
Proclamation of the new Turkish state as a republic - Republic of Turkey
Abolition of the office of caliphate held by the Ottomans since 1517
Social Reforms
Reform of headgear and dress
Adoption of international calendar, hours and measurements (As opposed to the Islamic calendar)
Legal Reforms
Closure of Islamic courts and the abolition of Islamic canon law (Death of Sharia in Turkey)
Transfer to a secular law structure by adoption from Swiss Civil Code and other laws (As opposed to Sharia)
Introduction of the new penal law modeled after Italian Penal Code (As opposed to Sharia)
Complete separation of government and religious affairs and the inclusion of the principle of laïcité in the constitution
Educational/Cultural Reforms
Abolishing of religious education system and the introduction of a national education system as the uniform standard (Unification of education)
Adoption of the new Turkish alphabet, derived from the Latin Alphabet (Ataturk opposed Arabic alphabets used in the Holy Quran)
Regulation of the university education
Economic Reforms
Abolition of capitulations of the Ottoman Empire in effect since the 15th century
Abolition of tithes (Ataturk opposed giving money to MOSQUES)
Last edited by Dahir; 11-16-2006 at 09:49 PM.
"This world is a blank price tag, and whatever value you put on it, is what its worth to you. I have made this world priceless and worthless, so therefore I have placed my value in the afterlife."
Sorry but you got it all wrong, in fact we had a couple of battle with them and mostly won without Britain intervening. And Sheikh Mubarak Al-Subah helped AbdulAziz Bin Saud to capture what is now Saudi Arabia when fighting against Bin Rashid then Britain intervened to help out because Shiekh Mubarak of Kuwait helped out. Btw Both Al-Sabah and Al-Saud are cuzins.
hmm, I lived in KSA for most of my life, so perhaps the versions we have are a tad bit different, from what I 'know' Al Sabah wanted to eliminate Bin Rashid, and supported Ibn Saud for that end, and there was only one battle. not that it matters
Jalal Kushk has an interesting historical book called السعوديون و الحل الإسلامي, which could be considered neutral but leaning pro Ibn Saud at times, http://www.4shared.com/file/65342355/13eb0623/____.html (Arabic)
he discusses the battle briefly from 493-499 if I'm not mistaken, it's a very good book otherwise for Saudi Arabia's history told by someone who doesn't hate them.
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