More “offending religion”
While we wait for news from Sudan, another example of religious protectionism rears its ugly head in Turkey. There a prosecutor is seeking to press charges against the Turkish publisher of Dawkins’ The God Delusion for inciting religious hatred and assaulting “sacred values”.
The publisher could face up to a year in prison.
Turkish secularism is dead. Moderate Islam – if it ever existed – is dead. The Wahhabis have won.
And Jack fucking Straw wants Turkey to join the EU!
[…] Or: While we wait for news from Sudan, another example of religious protectionism rears its ugly head in Turkey. There a prosecutor is seeking to press charges against the Turkish publisher of Dawkins’ The God Delusion for inciting religious hatred and assaulting “sacred valuesâ€. […]
Now the loons want her shot. Go Islam!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7121025.stm