Edip Yüksel
Edip Yüksel (* 1957 in Turkey ) is a Turkish publicist who lives in the USA. He sees himself as an “ Islamic reformer ”.
Life
Yüksel comes from a family known in Islamic circles in Turkey and is Metin Yüksel's brother . He is the author of more than twenty books on religion , politics , philosophy and law in Turkish . He has also written various articles and essays in English. He was a Turkish Islamist and a popular Islamic commentator until the mid-1980s when he rejected his previous religious beliefs and only used the Koran as the source of divine laws. He became a Quran-only Muslim . However, this movement is very controversial in the main Muslim circles, and thus Yüksel won the rejection and hostility of many religious Islamic authorities in his home country. He was arrested and publicly portrayed as an unbeliever. In 1989 Yüksel was released and forced to emigrate. He then settled in the United States of America, where he began his career as a lawyer.
In the USA he worked with Rashad Khalifa , who believed that he had discovered a "Code 19" in the Koran and called on Muslims to return to the Koran alone and to give up all hadiths next to it ( Koranism ). This lasted about a year until the assassination of Rashad Khalifa. Edip Yüksel, also referring to the numerical code 19, took the view in a paper that Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had been commissioned by God. As evidence, he used the date of his birth and death and the date of his landing in Samsun .
Edip Yüksel received his doctorate in law from the University of Arizona .
Yüksel partially teaches philosophy and logic, takes part in debates and is the father of two sons. His latest projects include the scenario of a religious and political comedy film and an animated film about the life of the Prophet Mohammed. He is also working on a new English translation of the Koran .
Yüksel is characterized as follows:
- “As an individual, I have many components. I can define myself in many ways, depending on the context. I am a homo sapiens, a monotheist, Yahya's and Matine's father, a husband, a Turkish author, a philosopher, a lawyer, a skeptic, a believer, a democrat, a conservative, an American, a political activist, a reformer, a Chess player, a copywriter, a poet, a factotum, a Macintosh user, a teacher ... and I'm a Kurd too. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ruşen Çakır: Ayet ve slogan. Türkiye'deki İslami Oluşumlar. Istanbul 1990, p. 246
- ↑ Yes, I am a Kurd ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yüksel, Edip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turkey |