A few weeks ago, we reported in an article about the founding of the first atheist association in Istanbul. In the meantime, a broader public has become aware of the association, especially since Tolga Inci, co-founder and chairman of the first "Ateizm Dernegi" in Turkey, has also addressed the press directly several times.

In the Turkish city of Izmir, restoration and reconstruction work on the synagogue Beit Hillel began about a year ago, which averted the danger of it collapsing.

An atheist is someone who doesn't believe in God. He's not necessarily someone who believes there is no God. However, according to a common misconception, an atheist is someone who believes that there is no God.

When people of different worldviews or religions meet, language is often a problem. Even if both sides agree on a foreign language in their communication, the concepts and meanings of the words are often so different that the resulting misunderstandings can easily lead to conflicts.

Kader means fate and "fate" wasn't just her name. In the meantime, the young mother of an 18-month-old child, who herself only turned 14, has long since been buried. And again Turkey is in turmoil.

The club building, which also houses the prayer rooms of the Turkish "Cultural and Educational Association" Ingolstadt, was cleared by the police early this morning.

You have certainly noticed the small prayer chains that are used by a large number of believers when practicing their prayers for deep reflection during your vacation or at home with Catholic, Protestant or Turkish neighbours.

Even in the earliest history of human development, there were so-called holy places to which people migrated because of their belief in one god, their gods, or because of other cults.

In almost all houses and apartments in Europe, the residents enjoy the Advent wreaths, which can be admired as a decorative table element or hanging in the apartment entrances during the pre-Christmas period.

During our visit to Heldrungen Castle, we came across traces of Thomas Müntzer, who as a priest was initially a committed supporter and admirer of Martin Luther.

The end of the fasting month Ramadan (Sugar Holiday) is a holiday comparable to the European Christmas with family visits, celebrations and presents. The date of this holiday always changes because the starting point for the next year will always be 10 - 11 days earlier than for the year before.

In the meantime, we have seen Christmas markets in many countries and regions, they all have in common that the Christmas story about the messiahs Jesus occupies an important position at many stands.

Three times - on 12, 13 and 14 October 1518 - Martin Luther was interrogated in the new city palace of Jakob Fugger in Augsburg by the cardinal legate Cajetan, who had arrived from Rome.

Now it starts again, the pre-Christmas period, or, as it is also called, the Advent season. Time of the Christmas markets and cozy meetings together with friends in spite of some partial cold outdoors.

At Luther's time just about 2,000 people lived in Wittenberg. Apart from a few stone buildings such as the church and town houses, the roofs of most mud huts were mostly covered with straw. Between 1500 and 1550, only 54 new houses were built within the fortress ring.

The Christmas holidays have now begun in Greece, but they last longer than in Western Europe, they drag themselves up into the new year.

Advent, the term comes from the Latin word "adventus," which means "coming"; in the meaning Adventus Domini (Latin for the coming of the Lord), the term refers to the season which Christendom should prepare the feast of Christmas, dedicate to the birth of Jesus Christ.

A theory of evolution is understood to mean the scientific and in principle coherent description of the formation and alteration of the biological units, especially the species, as a result of organismic evolution, the development process in the course of the earth's history, which has taken place and continues.

This should actually be the title of this article. Unfortunately, there is once again a great deal of doubt about the "Ability of Thinking, Culture, Compassion and Humanity" of our race called Human Being - after Berlin it has hit Istanbul again this night. It is terrible, what misconception and hate are capable and leading to!

Basilius of Caesarea was born around 330 in Caesarea, Cappadocia, where he died 49 years later on January 1, 379, which is why this day plays such an important role in the Greek Orthodox Church, the day of Christmas and Santa Claus.