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6 Outrageous Incidents of Discrimination Against Nonbelievers

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Destro12/25/2012 12:42:28 am PST

A lot of the above religious clamp downs are due to nationalism. For example you can go to jail in Turkey for a religious blasphemy charge and for saying anything bad about or denying the official Turkish national narrative.

The Turkish nationalism mythology fascinates me since I read about it in college.

en.wikipedia.org

Article 301 of the Turkish penal code, which is perceived as being contrary to notion of freedom of speech, states “The person who publicly denigrates the Turkish Nation, the Republic of Turkey, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the judicial organs of the State, shall be punished with imprisonment of six months to two years.