Monotheism

A recent piece of mine probed the question, "What Does Islam Say About Being Gay?" (The New York Times, July 28). I gave a response which is basically liberal: That Muslims should not attack or stigmatize gay people, assuming that this is what their religion demands from them.

Facsimiles of the oldest Qurans from the 1st century have been published by IRCICA in both print and digital formats for the first time. The Research Center for Islamic History, Arts and Culture (IRCICA) has published facsimiles of a number of the oldest Qurans from the 1st century, which have been kept in the world's most important libraries and museums. 

Turkey's top religious body has registered its disdain at two recent efforts to celebrate Islam, describing a Quran-shaped cake as "wrong" and slamming the replicas of Islam's holiest places and objects as "great sin."

Two municipalities in Istanbul recently constructed replicas of the Kaaba in Mecca, as well as other sacred places. 

Turkey's Directorate General for Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has started to charge accommodation prices in the U.S. dollar to Turks performing the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, rather than the euro, amid the severe loss of the Turkish Lira against the former.

The limit to freedom of expression is a ban on insults, legal concepts such as public order, and hate crimes.

Şanlıurfa is believed to be the first place where Islam entered Anatolia.

Balkan Muslims condemn destruction of religious shrines by ISIL

Muslims speak out against the Islamic States of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) destroying mosques and churches.

Balkan Muslims are speaking out against the destruction of religious shrines and sites in Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

The jihadist militants who have been committing atrocities in the name of Islam cannot belong to the faith, Turkey’s top cleric has declared, while also voicing his desire to visit the Gaza Strip together with religious scholars when conditions permit.

Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacked a Shiite mosque in Istanbul last week, a human rights association has claimed in report, refuting official statements about the incident.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has met with several religious communities in Germany as part of his official visit to the country, seeking support for the joint presidential candidate of the CHP and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu.