Author On Trial: How Can Fiction Commit Blasphemy?

“A Turkish author on trial after being charged with inciting religious hatred in a novel based on the birth of Islam said that his book [Daughters Of Allah] was a work of fiction … and therefore could not be called blasphemous. An Istanbul court on Tuesday adjourned the trial of the author, Nedim Gürsel, until June 25. He faces up to a year in jail if convicted.”