Turkish pianist tweets - AllTwitter http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter The Unofficial Twitter Resource Copyright 2013 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:30:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Turkish Pianist Facing Jail Time For Tweets Fazil Say is a 42-year-old Turkish pianist who should be old enough to know better. Sending tweets that could be interpreted as insulting Islam are ill-advised for anyone, really – but when you’re from a country with documented freedom of speech concerns, it’s downright suicidal.

Say faces charges of inciting hatred and public enmity, and insulting “religious values” for allegedly mocking Islamic beliefs about paradise in April. And if convicted, he could spend up to a year and half in jail.
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]]> Mary C. Long http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/turkish-pianist-tweets_b23504#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/turkish-pianist-tweets_b23504 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/?p=23504 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:00:04 +0000