Religion in Europe
Turkey’s top religious body head urges Islamic preachers to be careful when making comments on women
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) head Ali Erbaş has urged Islamic preachers across Turkey to be careful when making comments about women.
Turkish Constitutional Court rejects appeal against ban on state religious officials’ involvement in politics
The Constitutional Court on Dec. 13 unanimously rejected a local court’s demand to cancel a regulation in the Civil Servants Law banning Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) personnel from involvement in politics.
Disgraced bishop found dead on Attica beach, postmortem awaited
A postmortem examination is expected to provide authorities with more information regarding the death of former Bishop of Attica, Panteleimon.
The disgraced ex-clerics body was found on Wednesday by coast guards on a beach in Keratea, southeast of Athens.
Panteleimon was suspended by the Church of Greece in 2005, when he was linked to a trial-fixing ring.