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05-30-2014, 03:30 AM
Twitter User Jailed For Using 'Allah' in His Handle
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A Turkish Twitter user was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Thursday — for using a handle that was deemed religiously offensive.
The user, Allah (c.c.), or @CenabiAllah (https://twitter.com/CenabiAllah), was charged with*“humiliating the religious values accepted by a part of the people," according to Turkish news website*Hurriyet Daily News (http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/user-gets-prison-sentence-for-using-allah-cc-nickname-on-twitter.aspx?pageID=238&nID=67148&NewsCatID=341).
See also: These Are the Twitter Accounts That Turkey Banned (http://mashable.com/2014/04/21/turkey-banned-twitter-accounts/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Prosecutors in Muş province*went after the user—whom Hurriyet*says is a teacher named*"Ertan P."—for using the name of God in his Twitter handle and for tweeting messages against the government.
Allah (c.c.)'s last tweet was on May 16. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/29/twitter-turkey-jailed-religion/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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A Turkish Twitter user was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Thursday — for using a handle that was deemed religiously offensive.
The user, Allah (c.c.), or @CenabiAllah (https://twitter.com/CenabiAllah), was charged with*“humiliating the religious values accepted by a part of the people," according to Turkish news website*Hurriyet Daily News (http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/user-gets-prison-sentence-for-using-allah-cc-nickname-on-twitter.aspx?pageID=238&nID=67148&NewsCatID=341).
See also: These Are the Twitter Accounts That Turkey Banned (http://mashable.com/2014/04/21/turkey-banned-twitter-accounts/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Prosecutors in Muş province*went after the user—whom Hurriyet*says is a teacher named*"Ertan P."—for using the name of God in his Twitter handle and for tweeting messages against the government.
Allah (c.c.)'s last tweet was on May 16. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/29/twitter-turkey-jailed-religion/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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