In Turkey world-renowned pianist Fazil Say has been handed a suspended 10-month jail sentence on charges of insulting Islam. The court found the 43-year-old guilty of "insulting religious values of a part of the population". <br /> <br />The pianist was not in court for the sentencing but he denied the charges and claimed they were politically motivated. <br /> <br />Prosecutors had brought the case against Say last June after he had posted a series of comments on the social networking site Twitter. <br /> <br />Pointing to the prosecution of several artists and intellectuals for voicing their views critics have accused the governing AK party of undermining Turkey's secular values and pandering to Islamists. <br /> <br />Say, who has played with the New York Philharmonic and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, has also served as a cultural ambassador for the EU. <br /> <br />Source: http://www.euronews.com/
