Turkish pop star Gulsen jailed over joke about religious schoolsBy AP Published: Published Date - 05:19 PM, Fri - 26 August 22Turkish pop star Gulsen performs during a concert in Istanbul . (AP File)ANKARA: Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” over a joke she made about Turkey’s religious schools, the country’s state-run news agency reported. The charges were based on a joke Gulsen made during a concert in Istanbul back in April when she quipped that one of her musicians’ “perversion” stemmed from the fact that he went to a religious school. Erdogan and many members of his Islam-based ruling party are graduates of religious schools, which were originally established to train imams. The number of religious schools has increased under Erdogan, who has promised to raise a “pious generation.”

Source: Libya Today August 26, 2022 12:11 UTC