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Turkey’s atheists: And religious minorities join forces to protest religious instruction

b_179_129_16777215_00_images_TUR130326AA001.jpegISTANBUL (RNS) Turkey’s largest religious minority — the Alevi community — is joining forces with atheists to protest mandatory religious education for students as young as 5.

The Alevi are the second-largest religious community in Turkey, comprising as many as 15 million people who adhere to a mystical branch of Islam that broke off from the main Sunni majority.

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