What I always wonder is how anyone ever can be sure. I mean make up his mind about if God exists or not. We can count ourselves among a certain group of people and adapt their identity but deep in one´s mind  -  how?

Most people at least in my country are ultimately lazy to think about such big things as hereafter or meaning of life. They explain religion is a private matter between them and God. That´s idle talk. Religion and belief is very much a community based experience.

I thought it might be

                           My "what´s up" is broken

meaning something like ´I don´t feel good´ but it´s just a wild guess.

What older Qur´ans? I didn´t know there is such a thing.

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In Islamic theology Paradise is described as a place whose joys no one has seen and no one can imagine. Anyway, some things have been revealed in Prophetic ahadith. And yes, there is a sophisticated erotic tone in the descriptions. So what? That is the language dwellers of earth understand.

I don´t quite agree all sweet things in the Islamic hereafter are reserved for men. According to tradition women will be extremely beautiful and wear clothes no one can ever dream of. They will never grow old and wrinkly but continue to attract forever. I think it is the same "virgin" thing said in a more feminine manner.

If someone wants to call these things a brothel it is his lack of taste.

It personally insults me that anyone listens to what this animal has to say. The case has shown how toothless open Nordic societies are against maniacs like him.

Good to see you this happy, AlphaF.

I have earlier made some notes about -ince, I don´t remember where I found it but anyway:

3. –ince: o gelince kalkarım

- action just prior to that of the main verb

- ‘on someone’s doing’

What about

                            Umurlarında değilmiş     ?

Just testing.

I see. I knew Yavuz was a murderer but I thought it was more like the spirit of the time.

I have been trying to create a basic picture of the Sultanate after Fatih but my problem is I read Turkish so slowly I have no chance to practice any kind of source criticism. It´s just my luck what ends up in my hands. But I have noticed the articles I find in the Internet are often controversial. There is the official truth plus several inofficial ones which with some luck you can find in newspaper columns or history forums, if you succeed to avoid all the pure fiction which is available.

There is a very strong rumour about the Ottoman Empire having gone to Jewish hands after Kanuni. Some even say the Empire was exposed to a Jewish complot. I don´t know if these texts are based on serious research or if they serve certain purposes. And if so, whose purposes?