What (who) is İmam Hatip school - definition

İmam Hatip school

VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN TURKEY FOR CULTIVATING MUSLIM CLERICS

Imam Hatip school; Imam-Hatip High School; Imam hatip; İmam Hatip High School; İmam Hatip

In Turkey, an İmam Hatip school (, 'hatip' coming from Arabic khatib) is a secondary education institution. As the name suggests, they were founded in lieu of a vocational school to train government employed imams; after madrasas in Turkey were abolished by the Unification of Education Act ().

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imam

ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP POSITION

Imaam; Imams; Imaum; Imam,; Sunni imams; Imām; Immam; Imam (Shi'a); Imâms; Imâm; Imám; Imam (Sunni Islam)

(imams)

In Islam, an imam is a religious leader, especially the leader of a Muslim community or the person who leads the prayers in a mosque.

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Imam

ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP POSITION

Imaam; Imams; Imaum; Imam,; Sunni imams; Imām; Immam; Imam (Shi'a); Imâms; Imâm; Imám; Imam (Sunni Islam)

·noun ·Alt. of Imaum.

Examples of use of İmam Hatip school

1. The AKP‘s attempt to facilitate the university entrance of imam–hatip school graduates was another controversial issue.

2. Both Erdođan and the members of his government have either backed off on previously announced ambitious policies such as allowing headscarves in universities or making it easier for religious imam hatip school alumni to enter university in the face of backlashes.

3. He said÷ «We cannot accept the present attitude of YÖK.» He said educational injustice should end, adding that at a time when Turkey needed to concentrate on increasing its wealth, some were trying to spark crises on the headscarf and imam–hatip school issues.

4. I say with pride that I was a graduate of an Imam Hatip school, as were all four of my children." They still haven‘t learned respect for the headscarf And on the subject of the ever controversial head scarf, some of PM Erdogan‘s comments at Istanbul‘s Green Park Hotel were as follows÷ "Why have they not learned to respect the head scarf in this country?

5. Erdoðan also said that no one should discriminate between the graduates of imam–hatip schools and other high schools. «Some emphasize my graduation from an imam–hatip school as if they are illegal organizations,» he said, adding, «Those who make a distinction between the schools are betraying this country.» Cronyism allegations towards the AKP government The AKP government had been previously criticized for political appointments and cronyism by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and the main opposition Republican People‘s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal.