Nihat Hatipoğlu (born 11 May 1955 in

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) is a Turkish academician and theologian.

Biography

Nihat Hatipoğlu was born in

on 11 May 1955. He completed his primary education in

Malatya Malatya (; ; Syriac language, Syriac ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city has been a human settlement for thousands of y ...

and

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. He studied in an Imam-Hatip High School and graduated from

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Criticism

It was claimed that Nihat Hatipoğlu was receiving 600,000 monthly for his program, which was broadcast on ATV during

Ramadan Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (''Fasting in Islam, sawm''), communal prayer (salah), reflection, and community. It is also the month in which the Quran is believed ...

in 2014, and lived in a villa with a pool. Hatipoğlu responded to the rumors by saying, "I have been living in the same house in Keçiören for 20 years. I have neither a villa, nor a pool, nor a pit in front of my house that can get filled with water during rainfall. The claim that I received 600 thousand per month from ATV is a lie." In August 2014, Turkey's first atheism association Ateizm Derneği filed a criminal complaint with allegations of inciting hatred and hostility and marginalization against Hatipoğlu following his remarks on an ATV program, during which he said: "The greatest father to atheists is the devil, meaning that the devil is actually much cleaner than they are." Hatipoğlu stated in his defense that he had in fact "displayed an embracing attitude towards atheists". The prosecutor's office rejected the case on the grounds that the statements were not intended for individuals but for ideas. In May 2019, Hatipoğlu made a 13-year-old Christian Armenian child a Muslim during the

iftar ''Iftar'' () is the Fasting in Islam, fast-breaking Supper, evening meal of Muslims in Ramadan at the time of ' (call to prayer) of the Maghrib prayer. Iftar is the second meal of the day; during Ramadan, the daily fast begins immediately a ...

program on ATV. Hatipoğlu claimed that he had the permission of the child's family for this, while the family's friends said that the children were supposed to go to an outdoor program to eat dinner. The incident sparked reactions and criticism about violating children's rights.

Books authored

* ''İnsanlığın Geleceği ve İslam'', 1988 * ''İslami Davetin İlkeleri'', 1988 * ''Fitneler'', 1997 * ''Ashapdan Bir Demet'', 1997 * ''Bazı Hadislerin Günümüze Yansıması'', 1997 * ''Ayetlere Farklı Bir Bakış'', 1997 * ''Asr-ı Saadette Müşrik ve Münafık Liderler'', 1999 * ''Kur'an-ı Kerim'in Anlaşılmasında Hadislerin Rolü'', 1999 * ''Ebu Zür'a er-Razi ve Hadis İlmindeki Yeri'', 2000 * ''Hz. Peygamberle İslam'ı Doğru Anlamak'', 2006 * ''Saadet Asrından Damlalar'', 2008 * ''Sevgi Dininden Yansımalar'', 2009 * ''Dört Halife'', 2010 * ''Gökteki Yıldızlar'', 2010 * ''O'nu Nasıl Sevdiler'', 2010 * ''Nihat Hatipoğlu'nun Kaleminden Günlük Dualar'', 2010 * ''Barış Elçisinden Rahmet Dokunuşları'', 2010 * ''Allah'ı Bildiğimi Sanırdım'', 2011 * ''Rahmete Firar Etmek'', 2011 * ''Büyüklerin Duaları'', 2011 * ''Kur'an ve Sünnet Işığında Felaketler ve Deprem'', 2011 * ''Hz. Peygamber ile Kur’an’ı Doğru Anlamak'', 2015

References

1955 births Living people People from Diyarbakır Turkish theologians Turkish Islamists Right-wing politics in Turkey Anti-Christian sentiment in Turkey Turkish Sunni Muslims Turkish writers {{Turkey-writer-stub