Abstract
Our description of Islamic rituals in modern Turkey is organized according to visibility. Therefore we begin with the confession of faith. Confessing faith and witnessing to faith are by far the most widespread, frequent, and visible of all Islamic behaviors in Turkey today. We report not only the classic or orthodox forms of this witness but many other acts, some specific to Turkish culture, that relate to people’s faith and identity as Muslims: circumcision, the animal offering, the call to the sacrament of prayer, reverence for the life of the Prophet Muhammad, recitation and memorization of the Kur’an, the repetition of pious phrases, the use of prayer beads, and so on. These are practices in which a wide range of Muslims participates, whether secular or nonsecular.KeywordsMale CircumcisionReligious OrderFolk ReligionIslamic ScholarMarriage ContractThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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