Massive education as a common religious education activity (Menzil example)

Religious education is a human development activity that human beings always need. When we look at it, we see that religious education actually came to us from the Supreme Creator. He actually started this education with the prophets and the revelation he sent to them.Religious education, which is considered as the education and development of the existing belief in human beings, was originally carried out in the form of non-formal religious education. Sufi activities, which are considered a religious understanding and a way of life, are known as the dimension of non-formal religious education in which religious education is carried out. Hz. Sufi activities as a religious understanding and life style based on the period of the Prophet stand out as important activities in which religious education is carried out today. Sufi activities as the common dimensions of religious education in Turkey, it is observed that the past and present diversified continue. The Sufi activities in Menzil, which are affiliated to the Naqshbandi sect, constitute our work in the context of non-formal religious education. In the study, which started with conceptual information, the sects as places where non-formal religious education was given were emphasized and their common aspects were not changed. The mystical activities in the range have been tried to be explained with the information obtained from mystical sources, academic studies and field studies in the context of non-formal religious education. Keywords: Non-Formal Religious Education, Sufism, Range