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Ali Erbas decries attacks on mosques in West, saying houses of worship should be protected regardless of their affiliation

Ankara calls student protesters LGBT perverts amid artwork controversy dw.com 2/4/2021 Burcu Karakas, Daniel Bellut Clashes between students from Bogazici University and Turkish police show no sign of abating. Many students have been arrested, while the interior minister has lashed out with homophobic hate speech over an artwork. © Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images Students at Bogazici University in Istanbul have been protesting for weeks about a controversial appointment Turkish...

Ankara calls student protesters LGBT perverts amid artwork controversy Clashes between students from Bogazici University and Turkish police show no sign of abating. Many students have been arrested, while the interior minister has lashed out with homophobic hate speech over an artwork.  Students at Bogazici University in Istanbul have been protesting for weeks about a controversial appointment Turkish police have responded to protests by students at Istanbuls Bogazici University with an iron...

LGBTQ Art Arrests Inflame Turkey Student Protests On 2/1/21 at 11:06 AM EST Turkish authorities arrested four people over LGBTQ-themed artwork displayed at the countrys most prestigious university, fuelling on-campus protests over academic freedom and human rights. Unrest at Istanbuls Bogazici University began last month with the appointment of a new university rector. Academic Melih Bulu, who assumed the role, has ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdogans Justice and Development Party, which pro...

A Turkish imam will be deported after making homophobic comments on social media. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) Belgian immigration authorities will deport a Turkish imam for saying on social media that being gay is an “illness” that causes “decay”. The imam led worship at the Green Mosque in Houthalen-Helchteren, Linburg, according to BBC Türkçe. When asked by the outlet to name the imam, mosque representatives simply said: “I don’t know, I have forgotten.” He is to b...

The Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece, Ieronymos II, separated spirituality from Islam, describing it as a mere political ideology that intends to wage war. He went on to say that “Islam is not a religion but a political movement, and its followers are people of war.” The primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece also referred to Muslims as the people of ‘expansion’. “They are people who spread, this is a characteristic of Islam,” he said in a televised presentatio...

Aabenraa Mosque suffered attack on Friday when someone spray-painted anti-Muslim slurs on its walls

Turkey Slams Head of Greek Church, Ieronymos, for “Insulting Islam” January 18, 2021 Turkey slammed Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Ieronymos, for his remarks during a television interview on Sunday about Islam. “These provocative expressions of Archbishop Ieronimos, which incite the society to hostility and violence against Islam, also show the frightening level Islamophobia has reached,” reads a statement by the Turkish foreign ministry. “Such malign ideas are also responsible ...

Turkish televangelist Adnan Oktar arrested over sexual abuse, fraud charges Police are targeting more than 230 of the cultish leaders followers, who are accused of a litany of crimes Turkish police officers escort televangelist and leader of a sect, Adnan Oktar (C) on July 11, 2018, in Istanbul, as he is arrested on fraud charges. (AFP) By Published date: 11 July 2018 15:14 UTC | Last update: 2 years 9 months ago Notorious Muslim televan...

13 Jan 2021 A court in Istanbul sentenced Turkish sex cult leader Adnan Oktar to more than 1,075 years in prison on Monday, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported. The Turkish court sentenced Oktar to 1,075 years and three months in prison for charges of “founding and leading a criminal organization, political or military espionage, aiding Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) even though not being its member, sexual abuse of minors, sexual abuse, deprivation of liberty of person, tort...