Mahmutpasa Mosque Imam to face DGM trial

Ankara - Turkish Daily News

Mustafa Demir, Imam of the Mahmutpasa Mosque in Istanbul, has been sent to the Istanbul State Security Court (DGM) after giving testimony to the police department, the Anatolia news agency reported on Sunday.

At the Friday prayer, Demir claimed that the reason for the recent financial crisis in Turkey is the headscarf ban in state offices.

"Society in Turkey is ill. There is a giant economic crisis. If you ban Allah's orders, this illness will spread," he reportedly told the people who were at the mosque for Friday prayer.

Demir also reportedly said that the pill for the illness is Islam and the path of Allah.

According to the Dress Code, Turkey does not allow females to wear head scarves in state offices and universities. This law has caused a number of problems.

According to the Anatolia, main opposition pro-Islamist Virtue Party (FP) leader Recai Kutan was also present at this prayer.