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Originally Posted by MuslimahDaTurkish
a muslim is always a muslim as long as he believes in Allah and the Prophet pbuh
practising is a different topic
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that's true, just because someone's politics is secular, doesnt mean that they are not a Muslim.
what people have to understand, is that mustafa kemal (attaturk/"father of the turks") is regarded as a national hero and founding father of her nation's modern-day republic.
it's easy for us as outsiders to criticize him, but imagine growing up in a school system where you are taught this, in the same way most of you are taught about george washington, or muhammad ali jinnah, or mohandas (mahatma/ 'father of the nation") k. gandhi.
while many people are angry about him destroying the caliphate, a valid excuse, it was in the end a monarchy. and that isnt what the caliphate was meant to be - unless of course your probably a shia, which do believe that the office is supposed to be inherited by the family and/or decendants of the prophet muhammad. (that's not to denegrate them, thats simply a stated fact on shia beliefs).
another thing many turks of mustafa kemal's time were tired of ruling an empire and believed that turkey should have pulled out of non-turkish lands instead of trying to rule over them and maintaining an empire. and much of that is a result of the events of world war 1, which the caliphate had an alliance with the german's and other's.
and turkey was not the only country which resulted in revolution as a result of world war 1, the same events occured in russia when the czar was overthrown by Vladimir Lennin and the creation of the soviet union, which of course only lasted as a country and union for only 70 years.