It was the great Ataturk ( the father of Turks) who figured out that in order to advance his country he had to seperate the mosque from the state . He changed the alphabet to Latin and got the Arabic alphabets out, forbid the wearing of Arab clothes by the priests and promoted westernization . The late Reza Shah tried the same but unfortunately couldn’t finish the job . The army is the protector of the secularism and constitution and will remove any government who goes against it. In this sense dameh Turk ha garm and hopefully one day Iranians will seperate mosque from state and enjoy the liberty that they deserve , after centuries of dictatorships from one from to another.
