Islamic supremacism on the march. How Orwellian. Someone complained and he faces a year in jail. Our system is broken if this is even possible. This is the work of the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference).
(hat tip Amaros)
The trial of Franco-Turkish writer Nedim Gürsel (pictured) on charges of inciting racial and religious hatred has been adjourned until June. Gürsel has been accused of insulting Islam in "The Daughters of Allah", a novel about the prophet.
Nedim Gürsel left his home in Paris to come to Turkey in order to attend his
trial, which is currently taking place in Istanbul.
The Franco-Turkish writer is being tried in the Turkish justice system on charges of inciting racial and religious hatred in his latest book, "The Daughters of Allah", a novel about the life of the Prophet Mohammad.
For this, he faces at least six months to a year in prison.
"I'm stressed and worried because it's not a pleasant thing to be facing a tribunal, especially for having written a novel," said Gürsel. "We tend to forget this in Turkey, but it's just a novel."
The writer is facing the same tribunal that acquitted another famous Turkish novelist, Orhan Pamuk, in 2006 for the charge of insulting Turkishness.
After less than an hour, the hearing was adjourned until June. Gürsel said he was disappointed, having hoped for an acquittal.
"The book does not contain a single sentence that insults Islam," he said. "They have been taken out of context and manipulated [it]."
The Franco-Turkish writer is being tried in the Turkish justice system on charges of inciting racial and religious hatred in his latest book, "The Daughters of Allah", a novel about the life of the Prophet Mohammad.
For this, he faces at least six months to a year in prison.
"I'm stressed and worried because it's not a pleasant thing to be facing a tribunal, especially for having written a novel," said Gürsel. "We tend to forget this in Turkey, but it's just a novel."
The writer is facing the same tribunal that acquitted another famous Turkish novelist, Orhan Pamuk, in 2006 for the charge of insulting Turkishness.
After less than an hour, the hearing was adjourned until June. Gürsel said he was disappointed, having hoped for an acquittal.
"The book does not contain a single sentence that insults Islam," he said. "They have been taken out of context and manipulated [it]."
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In an evil world an honest man seems the greatest evil of all...
Posted by: Timur | Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 07:47 PM
Nedim Gürsel couldn't possibly do a better job than Islam itself does. Islam insults itself every single day by its actions in attacks on non-Muslims, Muslims who are not "Islamic" enough, and the way it treats women.
Posted by: GMcCal | Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 09:12 PM