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(82,333 posts) Thu Jun 12, 2014, 03:32 PM Jun 2014

Turkey’s ‘Rockin’ Imam’ gets green light from religious authorities

By Jacob Resneck | Religion News Service
June 12 at 12:12 PM

ISTANBUL — Turkey’s religious authorities have given the go-ahead for the country’s controversial “Rockin’ Imam” to keep on rocking.

Ahmet Muhsin Tuzer, a Muslim prayer leader from the coastal town of Kas, raised eyebrows last year after he formed the band FiRock and performed as its frontman.

His case — as far as anyone can tell — is unprecedented. There have not been any — to date — public cases of Turkish imams forming rock bands.

A YouTube video of the group’s first single, Mevlaya Gel (Come to God), received more than 50,000 hits since July.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/turkeys-rockin-imam-gets-green-light-from-religious-authorities/2014/06/12/4ddea69a-f24c-11e3-8658-4dc6c63456f1_story.html

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