Description
The main subject of this study is to discuss whether mosques, one of the most sacred places of the Muslims, were closed and prayers were not performed collectively in the current pandemic period, carrying the aspect of secularism.
In the past century, every term, institution and thought, including the perception of 'religion', has become effected with a modern or postmodern understanding. When the theory of secularism is put forward, this situation has been discussed with different approaches, and of course, one of them, the approach of religion's descent from the institutions to person, draws attention in the context of this study. Sample region of Turkey as one of the most significant factors chosen in the long-term rating remained closed mosques, and 'collective prayer/worship of' through this process is carried out online.
One of the most important points here is that religion has fallen off from institutions/buildings and descended on the individual. This pandemic fact has opened up space to discuss the necessity of religious institutions and places.
Most importantly, this pandemic has made us question the necessity of institutions on many issues, as well as discussed its necessity and function in religious venues. Moreover, it opened up to discuss the fact why places of worship exist, whether they are really for a religious ritual or other goals and social-ideological to strength constructions.
