MAWLID CEREMONIES IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE Print
ImageMehmet Seker, PhD

There is no definite information about how the ceremonies that were organized to celebrate Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)'s birthday, or Mawlid, which is generally accepted as falling on 12 Rabia Awal, started in the official Ottoman protocol. 

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THE HISTORY OF HOLY TRUSTS Print

Nebi Bozkurt, PhD

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Almost all members of all religious, from those accepted as a primitive to those based on divine inspirations, give importance to the remembrance belongings concerning to past. Members of some religious have great respect that closes to adoration degree, to these belongings. On the other hand, some members of other religious believe in their metaphysical power, although some members of another religious protect these belongings as an expression of love and respect to owner of those belongings. These kinds of remembrances were defined as “athar” in the Arabic Language and as “relic, religue” in the West languages. Relic means holy remembrance belongings.

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