Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), The directorate has determined this year’s focus theme to be the Holy Quran, the Muslim holy book revealed by God to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) through the Angel Gabriel beginning in A.D. 610
On the occasion of the 1,400th year since the book’s revelation, the directorate’s efforts and activities this year to focus on the Quran will include written, audio and visual projects as well as symposiums, workshops, competitions and radio and television programs. The directorate’s television programs are to include the production of a show, “Kur’an Saati” (Quran Hour), to be aired on the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) channel as well as other channels. Also in the works are documentaries, albums and photography slides. The activities organized by the directorate as part of this effort will take place both in Turkey and abroad.
In a statement released on Quran Year 2010, Directorate of Religious Affairs President Ali Bardakoğlu explained that the aim of focusing this year’s effort on the holy book of Islam was to propagate correct information about the Quran and the messages contained therein, to share the universal messages of the text with all and to create an improved awareness of the values embraced by the text. Tomorrow night, the Directorate of Religious Affairs is set to kick off Blessed Birth Week -- which it has organized for decades in honor of the Prophet Muhammad -- with a focus that is also part of Quran Year 2010, titled “O’nun hayatı Kur’an’dı” (His Life was the Quran) at the Haliç Congress and Cultural Center in İstanbul’s Eyüp district. Last year, Blessed Birth Week was themed around ways to improve family life amidst globalization-driven change.
“During April 14-20, Blessed Birth Week, there will be a series of scientific, cultural and social events organized in Turkey and abroad under the theme ‘His Life was the Quran’,” Bardakoğlu explained, adding that Quran Year 2010 would encompass all of the directorate’s regular activities in a similar fashion, but also focusing on the holy book during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and during activities for the annual Mosques and Religious Personnel Week.
“[Activities have been planned as part of Blessed Birth Week and Quran Year 2010] that will create the opportunity to bring to the forefront new and horizon-expanding approaches to the noble Quran to face incorrect prejudices and impressions, fears and exaggerations regarding the text,” Bardakoğlu said. “Our connection with the noble Quran must be through the right channels of knowledge in order to maintain a healthy understanding of religion.”
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