Khutbah (Arabic: خطبة, khuṭbah; Persian: خطبه, khotbeh; Turkish: hutbe) serves as the primary formal occasion for public preaching in the Islamic tradition...

Muhammad's miracles are my companions. I am Süleymân, in whose name the hutbe is read in Mecca and Medina. In Baghdad I am the shah, in Byzantine realms...

the castle was taken from the Byzantines in 1288 and it was here that the hutbe was first read in Osman's name. This is, however, unlikely as the region...

prayer) which lasted until 1950. Today, there are only sermons (khutbah, hutbe) in Turkish. Throughout the 20th century secularism was continuously challenged...

of Light (Mesnevî-i Nuriye) Reasonings (Muhâkemât) The Damascus Sermon (Hutbe-i Şâmiye) Fruits of Belief (Meyve Risalesi) A Guide for Youth (Gençlik Rehberi)...

Republican People's Party (CHP) 5th government of Turkey 3 February – First hutbe in Turkish 10 April – State declared secular. ( see Secularism in Turkey)...