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1. Ataturk banned the fez/topi and made it compulsory for people to wear western clothes, hats, and suits.
2. ‘Ulamā’ were killed because they refused to wear western clothes.
3. Some ‘Ulamā’ stood up against Ataturk and they were supported by ‘Ulamā’ from other countries too. Many were captured and hung.
4. The regime of Ataturk spoke ill of the ‘Ulamā’ in the newspapers, drew cartoons of them, and portrayed them as villains and traitors.
5. Ḥajj and ‘Umrah were also forbidden, but this was repealed.
6. Ataturk allowed Muslim women to marry kufar7.
7. He legalized slander and criticism of Islām in schools.
8. Kemalists portrayed Ataturk as better than Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam.
9. The newspapers were allowed to curse Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam and ridicule Islām.
10. People were encouraged to idolize Ataturk to the degree where they almost worshipped him.
11. Ataturk claimed that the Noble Qur’ān was fabricated by Rasūlullāh ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam and it was not divinely revealed.
12. Every person was forced to embrace and follow Kemalism. The six principles of Kemalism are: Republicanism, Populism, Secularism, Nationalism, Statism, and Revolutionism.
13. The regime of Ataturk opened liquor factories and legalized the sale of pork.
14. The weekly holiday was changed from Friday to Sunday. ‘Īd was removed as an official holiday and it was replaced with Christian holidays.
15. The Hijri calendar was replaced with the Gregorian calendar.
16. Women were encouraged to dress in short skirts and skimpy dresses. Men were told to wear tight-fitting western clothes.
17. Nude swimming was allowed and Ataturk himself would swim in the nude.
18. Ataturk enforced tight controls on all religious learning within the country.
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