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378 Nazenin Ruso thinking of God”. The same Imam adds that it is impossible for a person to have a clean heart if he/she doesn’t believe in God. The effects of University and Above Education on Religion Imams were asked whether university and above education is causing people to move away from religion. This is one of the questions majority of Imams reacted. Most of them indicated that religion contributes a lot to the education and improvement of a person. The profile of an educated person is the one who is aware of the importance of religion in life. It is very difficult to cheat an educated person or to guide him to wrong ways because an educated person is a person who knows how to think. A person who thinks always finds the truth. Our religion is very appropriate for science and logic so how can a university graduate reject such a logical religion which highlights the importance of goodness all the time? Educated people reflect light to the people who are close to them. One of the Imams gives Zumer verse 9 from Koran as an example, “Can a person who knows be the same as a person who doesn’t know?”. Our master Mohammad said that science is endless so science should be studied from cradle till grave. One Imam gave Japan as an example to support the importance of education in the improvement of a country. According to him Japans are not only the most religious people in the world who are very keen on their traditions and all kinds of religious requirements, but also the most technologically developed country in the world as well. A community without a religion can not survive. Another Imam gave Americans as an example. He said that, on American Dollar it says “In God We Trust” which shows Americans trust and admiration to God. Moreover, he added that when he thinks of America as a very rich, economically powerful country, he questions the reason behind this. However the answer is very simple: Their beliefs in God which can be seen on their money. On the other hand, there were a few Imams who claimed that university and above education is causing people to move away from religion. One reason for this is given as the content of the courses which are related with materialistic behaviors rather than religious issues. The second reason is the difficulties of youth caused by university life such as stress. Due to these difficulties, youth try to get rid of stress by behaving in a morally unacceptable ways such as drinking too much alcohol, using drugs, etc. The effects of Globalization and Modernization on Religion Imams were asked to discuss whether globalization and modernization are causing people move towards or away from religion. Half of the Imams were in favor of globalization and modernization pointing out that Islam advices people to live modern, to love people, to embrace and to protect people. They indicate that the growing technology is the proof for the power of God so people should move towards religion and admire God more after seeing all these new creations of God. However, the other half of the Imams claimed that modernization and globalization are causing people to move away from religion. These Imams see a strong relationship with technology and modernization. They claim that the world is diminishing now because of technology. People are imprisoned in their homes sitting all day in front of their computers and televisions. Especially, this situation affects children in a negative way as they have an access to all harmful information via computers. However, in past, children used to learn useful things only from their parents and accordingly used to behave in a more morally acceptable manners. For some Imams, there is another reason for thinking that modernization and globalization are causing people to move away from religion. That is the increase in socialization process of people caused by the increase in modernization. Imams feel that modern people are social people who experience things that are against our religious values such as using alcohol. There were also a few Imams who couldn’t see any link between religion and modernization. They claimed that modernization is a technological development and has got nothing to do with the concept of religion. For them, we are not technologically developed due to our ignorance not due to
Islam and Education from Religious Man’s Perspectives 379 our religious values. One Imam pointed out that according to a research he read recently, each Japanese reads approximately 70 books a year and each American reads about 60 books a year whereas each Turk reads about 4 books a year. This proves our ignorance as a society. Our ignorance is not related with our religion. Our Lost Values Imams were then asked whether we are starting to loose any of our values? Which ones? Why? All Imams thought that we are loosing many of our values. One of them answered this question by raising another question: “Do you think still there is any value we haven’t lost?” and this question can be interpreted as we lost all our values. Imams all agreed on that the youth lost the value of respect. They all complained about the youth claiming that they neither respect their parents nor elder people. They lost the feeling of love as they started not to visit their relatives during religious days, bairams. Imams added that the youth see European countries’ people as example for themselves and admire them for being so free. They lost their customs and traditions, started to ignore the value of neighborhood. Finally, Imams all complained that the youth do not help each other, feel sorry for each other and most important of all do not respect each other. How can we gain our Lost Values? Then Imams were asked what can be done by the religious establishments to overcome this problem and they offered some solutions. They suggested that the families should warn their sons and daughters for the dangerous results of behaving irresponsible and should mention the beauties of our religion to their children. The religious education should be continuous and regular in schools. The religious establishments should organize seminars, conferences, workshops to inform our society about the beauties and the requirements of our religion. Coffee hours can be organized in religious establishments and parents should be invited to discuss the problems of youth within a cooperative atmosphere. TV programs, magazines and newspapers can spend more time and space for the religious issues by highlighting the negative results of behaving inappropriately such as too many deaths in car accidents caused by alcohol. The Percentage of People who attend the Mosques Imams were asked whether they have realized any increase or decrease within the number of people who attend their mosques in the recent years and if yes they were asked to make comments on the reasons behind this. The data indicates that the majority of Imams pointed out an increase within the number of people who attend their mosques in the recent years and the reason behind this is given as the increase in the number of workers from Turkey who come to work in construction companies and the number of university students from Turkey and Arabic countries who are all Muslims. Imams believe that although the students who come here to study in universities are economically satisfied, they feel a spiritual hunger. There is a very beneficial dialogue especially between our young Imams and students. Due to the increase in evil, some people started to find hope from God. Imams feel that they have got very strong relationships with those who attend their mosques. One final reason given by Imams was the opening of border gate to South Cyprus. Imams predicted that, observing Greeks who are more devoted to their religion, affected our people in a positive way. However, the rest of the Imams claimed a decrease within the number of people who attend their mosque in the recent years and they predicted the richness of people as a reason behind this decrease. According to Imams, the richer the people are, the more away from religious establishments. So the increase in economical growth is seen as a factor for a decrease in religious values. According to the descriptive statistics:
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