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Turkey changes date of week marking birthday of Prophet Muhammad
Turkish Muslims will celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad in the week starting Nov. 29 this year following a date change made by the new chair of the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), Ali Erbaş.
Damage by ISIL comparable to Prophet Mohammad cartoons, says head of Turkish Diyanet
Damage done by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants is comparable to that wrought by "Islamophobic" drawers of "intolerable cartoons," Mehmet Görmez, head of the Turkish Religious Affairs (Diyanet), has said, without using the name of the French satire magazine that was targeted in a deadly attack.