bill cobbett wrote:There are now plans by the Islamic Regime of "trnc" to open a Religious School funded by Turkish money in the Occupied Areas.
There are also plans to build a mega-mosque in the Occupied Part of Nicosia.
The press of the Occupied Areas are reporting increasing resentment by the CYs up there for these developments.
Some are criticising the Illegal Regime of "trnc" for showing no respect for the secular traditions and social and cultural values of the CYs living under the Occupation.
Without claiming i know everything that happens in the occupied my Kibrisli friends told me that the mosques in the areas where real Kibrislis reside are always empty and that they import imams from Turkey. I don't remember exactly whether they told me they don't have even one Kibrisli imam-or whether no one of their young ones becomes imam anymore.
What I know for sure is that the majority of real kibrislis don't give a shit about religion contrary to the Kypreoi who were always backwards in this aspect.
So I think the above moves might be targeting the settlers.
Let's be fair here. We 've had the IERATIKI SCHOLI producing priests from the late 60s. OK that's of tertiary level but still...
As for Mega Churches with Mega luxuries ... well, what can I say?