Islam and the West

dud is secular at the official level, but religion remained a strong force at the popular level. After 1950 or so semi policy-making drawing cards move to benefit from popular supplement to religion Islam by espousing support for programs and policies that appealed to the religiously inclined. Orhan pamuks snow incorporates the violate of religious ideas patcularly Islam to support politics.\n holiness is a sensitive fruit that politicians have used it for their take gain. The danger comes when religion is blend with politics. When a religion equivalent Islam have a capacious following of hungry not rattling educated mass then politicians will seek the areas of religion to get them on their sides. In the novel, the Islamists are on the verge of winning the municipal elections. Muhtar, their put forwarddidate, is a former left over(p) wing revolutionary and has energy to do with real Islam remove for his desire of winning the election. His fellowship is exploitin g poor people by giving them tins of sun-flower oil, boxes of soaps, or parcels plenteous of cookies and pasta promising more than gifts, they get them to promise their votes in return. We can say that, religion has long been used by politicians to gain power.\nAlthough themescarf is wiz of the Moslem principles, the writer represents it as a symbol of the Political Islam. Kadife, the leader of the steerscarf girls, is Blues schoolmaam. She is not Muslim and cannot represent Muslims principles. She wears a headscarf for a political purpose. She said, As for me, I disgorge on a head scarf one daylight to make a political statement. I just did it for a laugh, but it also felt up frightening. Im very sure I mean to wear it for only one day... The writer shows us that the head scarf not constantly a religious symbol. It can be a political symbol that used by stupid activists, politicians and power seekers to go through their non-Islamic desire.\nAnother bad vocalization of Islam is Saadettin Efendi, the Kurdish sheikh. He ...