First of all, I want to point out that. We may all have different religious beliefs or be atheists. And we must respect these thoughts. Because first of all, we are all human. Our religious beliefs, our colors (White - Black) or the fact that we are Rich - Poor should not make us forget that we are human.
Before moving on to inter-religious relations, I could read the Muslim Bible (Qur'an) about 25 times, the Christian Bible (Bible) 2 times and the Jewish Bible (Torah) halfway. While reading this book, I made many Jewish friends and neighbors. A friend of mine asked me for the Torah book, because he didn't bring it, I couldn't read it in its entirety and couldn't find its Turkish version.
Unfortunately, I could not find and read the Psalms book belonging to the Jews (sent to the Prophet David).
No matter what faith we have, we see the similarities of many rituals, even though they are practiced in different ways among our beliefs (Religions).
For example, fasting is present in every religion. Fasting methods and times are different. Visiting our deceased relatives before religious holidays, leaving flowers on their graves and praying is available in all religions. Religious feast day, Mosque - Going to churches or synagogues and worshiping is available in every religion. In addition, it is among the traditions to visit the elders of the family, eat together and give various gifts to the children.
This year Ukraine celebrated Easter and my country Türkiye celebrated Eid al-Fitr with sadness. We celebrated our holidays with sadness due to the war in Ukraine and the great EARTHQUAKE that took place in 11 provinces of Turkey.
According to Muslim traditions, it is customary for those in good financial standing to help those who are in poor financial condition, before the end of Ramadan and before Eid. I believe that I have fulfilled my duty this year by first helping a friend who lost 17 relatives in the Earthquake and whose house was destroyed, and then by donating to an organization called (Lösev), which provides health services especially to children with Leukemia.
Of course, I will continue to help especially earthquake victims. Because the area affected by the earthquake is approximately 187,000 km2. In other words, it has an area as wide as many European countries and 14 million people were affected. In order for the situation in this region to return to normal, we need to help this region and my citizens for many years.
In the face of these facts, the Ramadan Feast we celebrated this year did not take place like the ones we celebrated happily in previous years. On the last day of Ramadan, I visited the graves of my wife and parents who passed away 24 years ago. I left flowers and prayed.
However, on the morning of Eid, I went to the Mosque and performed my Eid Prayer and came home. Soon my daughters, grandchildren and nieces and nephews came to my house. We had our breakfast together, and I gave the gifts I had bought the day before and the holiday pocket money to the children.
No matter what faith and religion you belong to, religious holidays have a general feature. It is to visit the graves of family elders or relatives we lost before the holiday, to visit our relatives and relatives who are still alive, to have a good time together, and most importantly, to make peace and reinforce love by forgetting the resentments that.
As people of priority, regardless of our faith and nationality, I think we should respect and love each other.
I also believe that if I marry a woman of another faith, I will respect her faith and religious traditions, and she will approach my faith and traditions with the same sensitivity. Kind regards. Ali