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Ottomans and the Imam

In this episode, we explore Islam in Turkey, a country that is now 97% Muslim, but for over a millennium was pre-dominantly Christian. We’ll discuss how that transition took place, well into the rule of the Ottomans, with Professor Christine Isom-Verhaaren, and we’ll meet a former Imam, Cemil Usta, who founded an afterschool program to teach girls how to recite the Koran. That recitation is like a performance, almost a song, and we’ll hear Cemil Usta recite a section of the Koran as well.
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