Famous Turkish pianist goes on trial for insulting Islam

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The virtuoso, 42, is charged with inciting religious hatred and insulting Islamic values in a series of provocative tweets.He faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted."All my life, I have represented the modern face of Turkey to the world through my art..I feel weird because I am facing the threat of being punished with a case like this," he said.The indictment cited some of his controversial tweets from April, including one where he said "I am not sure if you have also realised it, but all the pricks, low-lives, buffoons, thieves, jesters, they are all Allahists."Say was also the target of public outrage when he posted tweets denouncing what he branded the hypocrisy of the pious in Turkey. /129