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Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Sayı 5, Haz 2019 ii Dis Sos Bil Der / Int Jour Soc Sci Sayı / No: 5, Haziran / June 2019 İçindekiler / Contents: iii İçindekiler / Contents MAKALELER / ARTICLES FATİH ÖZKAN 01 Fârâbî’nin Bilimler Sınıflandırmasında Psikolojinin Yeri Position of Psychology in Classification of Sciences by al-Fârâbî CELAL TURGUT KOÇ & NECLA ÇAKMAK 23 Türkçe ve Arapçada Sıfat-Fiiller Arasındaki Benzerlikler ve Farklılıklar Similarities and Differences between Adjective-Verbs in Turkish and Arabic VAHİT GÖKTAŞ & SAEYD RASHED HASAN CHOWDURY Freedom of Religion, Faith and Religious Tolerance in Bangladesh: A Case 41 Study on the Islamic Mysticism Bangladeş’te Din Özürlüğü, İnanç ve Dinî Hoşgörü: İslâm Tasavvufu Üzerine Örnek Bir Araştırma FETTAH AYKAÇ Türkiye’de Erken İslam Mimarisi Eğitimindeki Kaynakların Yetersizliği ve 69 Mevcut Kaynaklardaki Oryantalist Etkiler Sorunu (I) Problems of Incomplete Informations and Orientalist Influences in Resources in Early Muslim Architecture Education in Turkey (I) AHAMMED ISHAC CHEMBIRIKA EBRAHİM & UMAIRA IBRAHIM Religious Co-existence in South India: Role and Relevance of Islamic 93 Tradition Güney Hindistan’da Dinsel Biraradalık: İslam Geleneğinin Rolü ve İlgisi Disipl. Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi Sayı 5, Haz 2019 iii Dis Sos Bil Der / Int Jour Soc Sci Sayı / No: 5, Haziran / June 2019 Makale / Article Freedom of Religion, Faith and Religious Tolerance in Bangladesh: A Case Study on the Islamic Mysti- cism VAHİT GÖKTAŞ a & SAEYD RASHED HASAN CHOWDURY b Received: 23.01.2019 Accessed: 16.06.2019 Abstract: A common concept in Bangladesh is that religious communities live together in peaceful coexistence, and this culture has come from ancient times. Generally, Bangladesh is a Muslim country with a majority in Islam. But, according to the constitution of Bangladesh, all citizens have equal rights regardless of religion. There are 169 million people in Bangladesh. There is about 90 percent of Bangladesh's population is Muslim, 9.5 percent of the people depend on Hindu religion, 0.6 percent of people belong to Buddhists religion, 0.3 percent are Christians. It has less than one percent is Ahmadi Muslims and Shi’ite as well. Every religion of People gets vacations for their celebrating on national holidays according to the constitution of Bangladesh. There is evidence of celebrating various religious ceremonies and festivals. There is all public participation in religious programs and festivals like Eid Ul Fitr and Eid Ul Azha for Muslims, Durga Puja for Hindus, Buddha Purnima for Buddhists and Christmas for Christians. It is a significant achievement in the country of such a religious majority. In similar circumstances, there is no such kind of behavior in Bangladesh with respect to religious diversi- ty in other parts of the world. The common masses of Bangladesh deserve praise for this achievement. In the country's constitution, there has been an assurance of all religions, which serves as a protector against intolerance. Bangladesh is recognized as a tolerant society for all these reasons. Religious intolerance and extremism are not yet common in Bangladesh society. Unfortunately, this is not the case in other parts of the world. The worlds advanced continents like America and Europe, religious intolerance exists as well as there is widespread discrimina- tion against Muslim men and women. To prevent Muslims from praying in the mosque, Mus- lim women were prevented from wearing the hijab and scarf as well. Even Muslims are not given vacation on the day of Eid festivals every year. Thus, the countries which were consid- a Ankara University, Faculty of Divinity, Department of Basic Islamic Sciences [email protected] b Bursa Uludağ University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy and Religious Sciences (PhD Candidate) Disipl. Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi @ Göktaş, Vahit & Chowdury, Saeyd Rashed Hasan. “Freedom of Religion, Faith and Religious Tolerance in Sayı 5, Haz 2019 Bangladesh: A Case Study on the Islamic Mysticism.” Disiplinlerarası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 5 (2019), 41-67. 41 Vahit Göktaş & Saeyd Rashed Hasan Chowdury ered the ideal of tolerance could not be endurable like Bangladesh. The Religious communities in Bangladesh are the main reason for peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance: the great influence of Islamic Mysticism, Bengali Unity, and Bengali language as well. However, Islamic Mysticism in Bangladesh depends directly on the beliefs, history, and culture of the Bangla- deshi Muslims. Islamic Mysticism contributed to reducing the religious hatred, fanaticism, and fundamentalism among the people of Bangladesh. Therefore, the result of my study shows that how to Islamic Mysticism is establishing status equality, love, and brotherhood among the masses and taught people to respect each other's religion, emotions, and practices in Bangla- desh. The research tries to highlight that the influence of Islamic Mysticism was investigated to promote religious cohesion and tolerance in Bangladesh from the 11th to the 21st century.. Keywords: Ahl al-Hadith, Ahl al-Qur’an, Indian sub-continent, religion, sect. Introduction Islamic mysticism is a liberal, non-communal, tolerant and universal doctrine. The importance of moral and spiritual educa- tion to Islamic mysticism is immense in keeping family life in pea- ce and keeping social life orderly and beautiful. Islamic mysticism makes people as real, perfect and belongs to Islamic ideological people. This is a unique contribution of Islamic Mysticism in the development of social life and the civilization of Bangladesh. There are Sufi, Pir, Fakir, Dervish, Gauss, and Qutub who are known in Bangladesh; basically, the propagation of Islam has been spread in Bangladesh through them. The millions of people of Bangladesh were excited and attractive about the teachings of