Friday, July 28, 2006

TURKEY: SIX PER CENT OF FUTURE IMAMS DRINK ALCOHOL, SURVEY

"TURKEY: SIX PER CENT OF FUTURE IMAMS DRINK ALCOHOL, SURVEY

Istanbul, 28 July (AKI) - A survey of students in 60 universities across Turkey had revealed that some 6.1 percent of the students in theology departments use alcohol - two percent of them frequently. 'It is so surprising to me that students of theology drink. I see this rate as much higher than I had expected,' Professor Muammer Yaylali, the survey supervisor said. There are about seven thousand theology students in Turkey who mainly serve as imams in mosques after graduation. "

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