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This is a 5 page paper discussing Marx’s theory of religion and Islamic modern day Turkey. Karl Marx believed that religion was the “opium of the people” and it led to the protection of the elite classes and oppression of the lower classes. In modern day Turkey, the Islamist movement was said to originate as a need to represent the poor urban population and promoted the ideals of Marx in regards to the socialist ideals and community equality. In addition, it also promoted the traditional conservative ideals of the Islamic faith. Since religion has become a part of Turkish politics, the oppression of classes and other religions has continued. Christians within Turkey find it hard to exist in the country as they are not allowed to study their own faith and are forced to learn the foundations of Islam within the educational system. Those children who refuse are humiliated by the teachers and class mates. Since 1980, many Christians have moved from Turkey into parts of Europe. Turkey which is a member of NATO and the European Council deems itself as “secular” to seem more attractive to the western countries but by all accounts, Marxist theories of religion leading to oppression seems to be a ongoing issue in modern day Turkey.
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classes. In modern day Turkey, the Islamist movement was said to originate as a need to represent the poor urban population and promoted the ideals of Marx in regards to
the socialist ideals and community equality. In addition, it also promoted the traditional conservative ideals of the Islamic faith. Since religion has become a part of Turkish politics, the oppression
of classes and other religions has continued. Christians within Turkey find it hard to exist in the country as they are not allowed to study their own faith and are
forced to learn the foundations of Islam within the educational system. Those children who refuse are humiliated by the teachers and class mates. Since 1980, many Christians have moved from
Turkey into parts of Europe. Turkey which is a member of NATO and the European Council deems itself as "secular" to seem more attractive to the western countries but by
all accounts, Marxist theories of religion leading to oppression seems to be a ongoing issue in modern day Turkey. For Karl Marx, religion
was considered the "opium of the people" which "eased the pain even as it created fantasies" (Scheiderer, 2002; Fisher, 1999, p. 141). Marx believed that religion could not work independently
in a system and was so closely linked with economics that it was largely used as a buffer for those in the oppressed lower classes in a capitalist system and
was also used to protect the upper classes and the privileges and should "not only be dismissed, but be dismissed with scorn" (Scheiderer, 2002; Fisher, 1999, p. 139). Marx believed
in the socialist and communist system which would allow for the equal sharing of a countrys manufactured wealth and property and people would work hard for the community in order
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