Reading Between the Lines: Jailing of Turkish Blogger Wasn't About Religion

An Istanbul court recently sentenced Turkish pianist Fazil Say to a 10-month suspended jail term. Following the ruling, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said, “Mr. Say is a great artist. We take pride in his works. But his remarks are of a kind that offends almost all people living in this country, and in my opinion, this is not freedom of thought. I see it as cursing at someone’s values … Nobody should confuse freedom of thought with freedom of cursing.”