Bibliography: BIB29860

Key	BIB29860
Reference type	Journal Article
Title	The Eternal Enemy of Islam : Abdullah Cevdet and the Baha'i Religion
Journal	Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (London)
Author	Alkan, Necati
Year	2005
Date	Feb. 2005
Issue	1
Volume	68
Abstract	This paper discusses Abdullah Cevdet, one of the founding members of the Young Turk 'Committee of Union and Progress', who in 1922 caused considerable public commotion by publishing an article favourable to the Baha'i religion in his journal Ictihâd. He was prosecuted for attacking Islam and the prophet Mohammad by expressing his thoughts in favour of the Baha'i religion, recommending it as a world religion to replace Islam, which he deemed to be backward. It is argued here, in the context of Cevdet's Weltanschauung, that he did not use 'Baha'ism' merely as a tool to educate the Muslims in line with his Positivist ideas but that he identified himself with this new religious creed.
Language	English
Keywords	CEVDET, ABDULLAH; PERSECUTION; TURKEY; JOURNALISM
Pages	1–20
Legal note	11.
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