(The Independent) Women should not laugh in public in Turkey, the Deputy Prime Minister has said in a speech on “moral corruption” in the country.
Bülent Arınç used a meeting for Eid al-Fitr on Monday to condemn perceived moral regression, consumerism and even excessive mobile phone use.
He called for chastity in both men and women and blamed television and the media for turning teenagers into “sex addicts”, the Hürriyet Daily News reported.
“[The man] will not be a womaniser. He will be bound to his wife. He will love his children. [The woman] will know what is haram and not haram. She will not laugh in public. She will not be inviting in her attitudes and will protect her chasteness,” Mr Arınç said according to the paper.
He called for Turkish people to rediscover the Koran and stop moral regression.
“[The man] will not be a womaniser. He will be bound to his wife. He will love his children. [The woman] will know what is haram and not haram. She will not laugh in public. She will not be inviting in her attitudes and will protect her chasteness,” Mr Arınç said according to the paper.
He called for Turkish people to rediscover the Koran and stop moral regression.
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Yes, those in Iraq and Syria who are unfortunate enough to find themselves under the rule on the Islamic State, are rediscovering Koran right now. And let's not even talk about Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan and so on.
