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Theologians say Islamic sources cannot be used as pretext to attack LGBT individuals

A Turkish imam’s homophobic comments led to an investigation in Belgium, which brought into the spotlight Islam’s views on LGBT. Theologian Ahmet Kurucan says...

Turkey’s top cleric attacked for remarks in Hagia Sophia sermon: report

Turkey's top cleric has been attacked for comments deemed offensive to the modern republic's founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, during a sermon at İstanbul's iconic...

Turkey appoints 3 imams, 5 muezzins to Hagia Sophia

Turkey's top religious authority on Thursday appointed three imams and five muezzins to Hagia Sophia Mosque, an iconic landmark in İstanbul set to open...

Hagia Sophia to remain open to visitors outside of prayer times: report

Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said Tuesday, after a court ruling...

Turkey to appoint 2 imams, 4 muezzins to Hagia Sophia

Two imams and four muezzins will be appointed to the ancient Hagia Sophia in İstanbul, which last week was converted back into a mosque...

Turkey arrests 4 citizens over alleged spying for France: report

Turkey has arrested four of its nationals on suspicion of spying for France on conservative and religious groups, AFP reported, citing local sources. The news...

Turkey’s mosques to open June 12: report

The head of Turkey’s top religious body, the Diyanet, announced on Friday that mosques would be open for communal prayers starting from June 12 after a...

Erdoğan defends top religious authority’s anti-LGBT remarks: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday defended a top religious official who claimed homosexuality caused disease, corrupted people and was condemned in Islamic...

Turkey’s religious affairs director faces criminal complaint over anti-LGBT sermon

The Human Rights Association (İHD) of Turkey has filed a criminal complaint against Professor Ali Erbaş, head of the Turkish Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), for remarks targeting...

Turkish religious authority issues fatwa allowing gov’t to take out interest-bearing loans

A new fatwa from Turkey’s top religious authority on Tuesday said the government was allowed to take out loans with interest for its public housing projects,...

Turkey’s Diyanet exceeded its budget, spent TL 3 billion more in 2018

Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate, or Diyanet, went beyond the budget allocated to it from the state and spent TL 3 billion more in 2018, according to...

Religious directorate orders symbolic funerals across Turkey for Egypt’s Morsi

The Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) ordered Turkish mosques to hold symbolic funeral prayers for Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi, who died of a heart attack...

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