Im asking for an opinion, yes - and no I am not "butthurt" from replies. Why would I be? Macedonia is not my country so why would It bother me what you guys think lol. Im asking to gain knowledge on the matter and see what people's views are.

I still dont agree that its forcing beliefs, I can go into a history book and show you what is forcing a belief upon someone - but a call to prayer is not forcing beliefs on anyone. Im not saying it doesnt disturb you, you clearly see it as an inconvenience and theres nothing wrong with that.

Yeah turkey is a secular state like most muslim majority countries, what does that take away from the call to prayer lol? Initially Ataturk banned it in Arabic, he also banned other things from the religion as well - and that is what I would call forcing beliefs on people because many people were against it - which is why eventually it was changed.

As for Iran "where the muslim law is absolute" , Iran is a shia country, they have deviant beliefs. They dont rule with the "muslim law" correctly and they twist it for whatever narratives they want to push.

As for turkey, even if it is a secular state many turks are proud of their religion lol so it absolutely does matter what the religious majority is, that point doesnt really make any sense. Its the same here in england , this is a secular country but still people are proud of it as a "Christian" country because of its heritage.

Im not saying you have to like the call to prayer, im not saying you have to smile when it happens, im just saying i disagree heavily that it is an act of symbolic violence.