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This points to the human cost of turning belief into rigid rule. It can be read as a protest against religious authority when it crushes lives instead of sheltering them, and as a warning that certainty can become cruel. It lands in situations where a community uses doctrine to shame, control, or exclude, leaving people to carry the damage in silence.
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Originally said in English.
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About Mehmet Murat ildan
Turkish journalist and human rights advocate Award-winning reporter and former political prisoner, known for his investigative work on Turkey’s Kurdish conflict and his outspoken criticism of government repression. His writings and interviews offer sharp, firsthand perspectives on dissent and survival under authoritarian pressures.
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