Kaaba

The portrait of an election

As the opposition mentions "minimum wage," the president mentions "Quran." The minute the opposition says "retiree salaries," the president says the "Directorate of Religious Affairs [Diyanet]." The opposition says, "There will be no subcontracted worker left," he says "Kaaba." The opposition promises, "Price of diesel fuel will fall," the president says "mosque."

Turkish Delight in Kaaba-shaped box is the latest religious trend in Turkey

A private firm has added yet another twist to the religious-themed frenzy in Turkey, offering Turkish Delight in the shape of the most sacred site in Islam: The Kabaa in the holy city of Mecca.

One Kabaa-shaped box of Turkish Delight is available for 1.75 liras, but images of the box stirred anger and ridicule among some social media users.

Replica Mecca, Quran-shaped cake slammed by Turkey's top religious body

Turkey's top religious body has registered its disdain at two recent efforts to celebrate Islam, describing a Quran-shaped cake as "wrong" and slamming the replicas of Islam's holiest places and objects as "great sin."

Two municipalities in Istanbul recently constructed replicas of the Kaaba in Mecca, as well as other sacred places. 

Turkish clerics debate Demba Ba’s ‘Islamic’ goal celebration

The goal celebration of Beşiktaş’s Senegalese national Demba Ba, who kneels down to prostrate before God after goal, has stirred a religious debate in Turkey, with a popular televangelist declaring it a sin to perform the action in a random direction instead of toward the Kaaba.

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