Turkey: Internationally renowned pianist charged with insulting Islam

nobody cares what a pianist thinks or Says.ZumaJones07

Islam is sh*t

TopTierHustler

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) A Turkish court on Friday formally charged an internationally known pianist and composer with insulting Islamic religious values in comments he made on Twitter."Akyol said Say's tweets and retweets on social media cannot be considered as public remarks because only people who follow him can see them. In one tweet cited in the indictment, Say said: "What if there is raki (traditional anisette drink) in paradise but not in hell, while there is Chivas Regal (scotch) in hell and not in paradise? What will happen then? This is the most important question!!"" Say shouldn't be charged for asking such relevant questions. Can I be moved to a dimension with both Yeni Raki and single malts? xoxo " Islam forbids alcohol and many Islamists might consider such remarks unacceptable. In one of the pianist's retweets, one excerpt questioned whether paradise was a "brothel?" according to the indictment." Paradise without a drink isn't paradise, broski. Allah (smh) and The Prophet (AMBER) promised me better than that.MrPraline

Good thing he didn't insult Ataturk. That's be a much worse insult to Turks. Oh well. And people complain about how bad it is in the U.S.

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Islam is sh*t

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allah (nsfw)MrPraline

BAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA

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Islam is sh*t

MrPraline

[QUOTE="PWSteal_Ldpinch"][QUOTE="TopTierHustler"]

Islam is sh*t

MrPraline

there is no alcoholic beverages in hell MAZ85

there is no alcoholic beverages in hell MAZ85

[QUOTE="MAZ85"]there is no alcoholic beverages in hell toast_burner

Turkey has serious problems with free speech. IIRC, insulting Ataturk is considered a crime.

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[QUOTE="MAZ85"]there is no alcoholic beverages in hell MrPraline

[QUOTE="MrPraline"][QUOTE="toast_burner"]There are but you're always the designated driver.Crunchy_Nuts

hope achmed, omar, hassan and farid enjoy the WoW connoisseurs thenMrPraline

[QUOTE="MrPraline"]hope achmed, omar, hassan and farid enjoy the WoW connoisseurs thenBossPerson

Uh oh, some dude insulted Islam again.

Somebody issue a Fatwa, this is a religious emergency!

:roll:

Uh oh, some dude insulted Islam again.

Somebody issue a Fatwa, this is a religious emergency!

:roll:

xerxes5678

Don't trust any religion with a pedophile as the founder.

Don't trust any religion with a pedophile as the founder.

TopTierHustler

there is no alcoholic beverages in hell MAZ85

Turkey has serious problems with free speech. IIRC, insulting Ataturk is considered a crime.

BossPerson

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Islam is sh*t

PWSteal_Ldpinch

YEAH!:lol:

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Turkey has serious problems with free speech. IIRC, insulting Ataturk is considered a crime.

Darkman2007

This boys and girls is a good demonstration of why separation of church and state is a pretty swell thing.Ace6301

Durka durka

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Turkey has serious problems with free speech. IIRC, insulting Ataturk is considered a crime.

toast_burner

UK recently jailed that woman who rant racism on the tram for 5 month, do you think that's justified? I'm not saying it's not justified, but at the same time, was it that bad and what would they charge her with? offensive speech?

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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"] its a bit of a paradox though , on the one hand Turkey is one of the most free countries in the Middle East (I know sometimes Turkey likes to pretend its in Europe , but lets be honest, its as much in the Middle East) , but they also have serious problems with things like this.Ncsoftlover

UK recently jailed that woman who rant racism on the tram for 5 month, do you think that's justified? I'm not saying it's not justified, but at the same time, was it that bad and what would they charge her with? offensive speech?

[QUOTE="MAZ85"]there is no alcoholic beverages in hell hippiesanta

Islam ?

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[QUOTE="toast_burner"]Not being the worst doesn't make you good.

toast_burner

UK recently jailed that woman who rant racism on the tram for 5 month, do you think that's justified? I'm not saying it's not justified, but at the same time, was it that bad and what would they charge her with? offensive speech?

yeah, I kind of see it now, I guess it's more in line with the executing gays leaflet case, but I still think the line can be blurry at times, you can't easily distinguish between speech within your rights and speech that's hateful and may cause public disturbance, I mean, if you're going to make a speech/opinion, it's often made to the public, I think there's up and downs with hate speech laws, I guess there's no better way around it.

why are muslims so hardcore religious?

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]This boys and girls is a good demonstration of why separation of church and state is a pretty swell thing.Darkman2007

why are muslims so hardcore religious?

quebec946

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why are muslims so hardcore religious?

Jebus213

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why are muslims so hardcore religious?

Jebus213