A teacher in Turkey has been jailed for
'humiliating religious values' after he used the nickname 'Allah C.C.' on
Twitter.
The name of
the user was Ertan P, he was accused by prosecutors in the eastern province of
Muş of 'writing harmful content' for including the name of God and the Prophet.
The court strongly condemned his act and
rejected the defendant's claim that his account was hacked and he was handed 15
months behind bars.
C.C. is the abbreviation of the honorific Arabic phrase 'Celle Celaluhu' it means: '[Allah's] glory is so almighty.' His handle,
still live on Twitter, also included the Prophet's name.
Due to such
various activities ,in March, Turkey's prime
minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan tried to ban Twitter altogether after some users posted links
suggesting government corruption.
However, recently
Erdogan said he had to abide by the Turkish high court ruling to unblock Twitter
after it ruled the ban violated the right to free expression. Erdogan, who had
promised to eradicate Twitter for allowing the postings, said he didn't
agree with the decision.
Turkey then later
tried to block access to YouTube.The ruling is a hindered for Erdogan who had sponsord
shutting down the video-sharing website.
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