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The Grand Turk

Turkish cartoonist to be put on trial for renouncing God

2011-10-01

A Turkish cartoonist will be put on trial for a caricature he drew in which he renounced god, daily Habertürk reported on its website Wednesday.

I guess the Turks have given up on joining the EU...

The Istanbul chief public prosecutor's office charged cartoonist Bahadır Baruter with "insulting the religious values adopted by a part of the population" and requested his imprisonment for up to one year.

Baruter's caricature depicted an imam and believers praying in a mosque. One of the characters is talking to God on his cellphone and asking to be pardoned from the last part of the prayer because he has errands to run.

Within the wall decorations of the mosque, Baruter hid the words, "There is no Allah, religion is a lie." The cartoon was published in the weekly "Penguen" humor magazine.

Turkish Religious Affairs and Foundation Members' Union and some citizens filed complaints against Baruter.

The public prosecutor's office accepted the complaints and filed a lawsuit against the cartoonist.
One might also mention that the abolition of free speech rights in Western nations as guaranteed e.g. by the 1st Amendment is an official diplomatic demand of the OIC member state Turkey .

Posted by:Glish Hupuns1960

#8 Anonymoose

Countries don't exist for the convenience of their ruling classes or when they do they fail.

In Europe there are a multitude of nations and peoples and they are totally ignored by the ruling class on their narcissistic mission to rule over ever more of their lives.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-10-01 17:03

#7 AlanC: This was then. Things change. I've long believed that the EU would become like an accelerated version of the HRE.

First split into economic blocs, the subdivided by geographical region, with the Euro government becoming increasingly meaningless. I doubt it will be a quick demise, however.

Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-10-01 14:15

#6 With hope the EUSSR will be gone in a few years.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-10-01 11:54

#5 'moose,

from what I've seen the odds are better that there won't BE an EU in one generation, never mind 2 or 3.

Posted by: AlanC 2011-10-01 10:23

#4 I think a while back, the French political spectrum put its foot down and said that Turkey can forget about it for this generation, but if they can keep it together, in two or three more generations they might have a shot at EU membership.

Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-10-01 08:49

#3 There is no Allah, religion is a lie.

He'd go on trial in Europe as well.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-10-01 08:04

#2 I guess the Turks have given up on joining the EU...

They're still officially demanding EU membership, and after the next elections in France (2012) and Germany (2013) they're more likely than not got gain admission.

Posted by: Glish Hupuns1960 2011-10-01 04:27

#1 You know, I read last week that a man bombed a place with the exact configuration portrayed in the photo above. (jyllandsposten_bombhead)

Posted by: newc 2011-10-01 01:59

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