03.11.2026 15:51
A mosque imam’s words about the fund fraud that never leaves the agenda—“Those bandits are now in the mosque, prostrating shoulder to shoulder with you; while a retiree is drilling on 20 thousand lira, what they are doing is a sin”—caused a great stir.
The statements used by a mosque imam during his Friday sermon regarding the fund scam that shook Turkey's agenda caused a great resonance. The imam's words, "When we lost our justice along with faith, tie-wearing thieves appeared," broke sharing records in a short time.
"IF THEY MADE WRAPS AND ATE THEM, THEY COULD NOT FINISH THEM IN A LIFETIME"
Drawing attention to greed and the wheel of the scam, the imam criticized the contrast between the economic difficulties experienced by the poor citizen and the ostentation of the profiteers with these words: "Thieves have appeared with stock markets, funds, this and that, my dear brothers... They take away billions of money. If they made those monies into wraps and ate only money, by God they could not finish them in a lifetime. They are that greedy. They are such bandits that they are no longer in the mountains; they are in the streets, on the avenues, in the bazaars."
"UNDER THE GUISE OF A MUSLIM...
Stating that people who commit scams use religious symbols and places of worship as shields, the imam expressed that he poured his heart out in his sermon and continued his reaction as follows: "By God, they are in Mecca, by God in Medina, by God in mosques, by God in the rows. They prostrate shoulder to shoulder with you. These are modern thefts. And those thieves without any shame or embarrassment... While retirees are trying to get by on 20 thousand liras, we see people waiting for hours for a box or a 2-liter bottle of oil. How will you bear their sin? We see that these are bearded men, well-dressed people, headscarved women... My heart burns! When faith does not reach the heart, faith does not appear in form, my dear brothers. It doesn't work with the headscarves they wear or the beards they grow."