(December 26, 2011 at 6:00 am)5thHorseman Wrote: Mehmet, are you finally announcing that you are a muslim?My view on woman's rights is not certainly associated with any religion, although I do not deny that I base many things on traditional settings.
Your first answer appears to insinuate this.
I do not advocate a society without limits.
And such a society certainly does not exist amongst any Turkish nations on earth, on the contrary, we have been sticking to the same values ever since, independent on whatever creed or religion we have adopted.
My ideology comes before any other religious values I have. It does not matter if I'm a christian, muslim or pagan.
I will still adhere to the same ideals, that are shared by my collegues who profess belief in other gods aswell.
And really, what constitutes "woman's rights" for you, truly?
I see woman's rights as our ancestors viewed them.
The Khan, and the Khatun ruled the kingdom, side by side, and both men and women contributed to war efforts, with the women even riding into battle with men sometimes, collecting heads as they saw fit.
They owned property, sold it, and had the rights to divorce their husbands when they saw fit.
Our women were proud, and held their honour in high esteem. They saw their honor as the equals of the honor of the men, and the men saw their onor as inseperable from the women.
In fact, the honor of our men and women were sullied when they accepted more universal creeds, and accepted foreigners into their respective families.
If we stayed true to the god and creed of our ancestors, we would probably not even allowed foreigners to live in our cities, to become our neighbors, and to lustfully eye our women and men.
In short, men were in all aspects of society, ever the equals of men, and being even sometimes above men, as they were more frequently favored as shamans from Gods than men.
This is not to say anything on my religious views, as I do not feel obliged to tell you about them, and I never will.
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