Cult televangelist hit by fines, suspension 2/6/2018
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The New Humanist article is a very interesting read.
– by Halil Arda –
WEDNESDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER 2009
[newhumanist.org.uk]
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Cult televangelist hit by fines, suspension
The famous Turkish televangelist Adnan Oktar’s television channel has been handed a five-show suspension and been hit with a top-level administrative fine by Turkey’s broadcast monitoring agency after receiving thousands of complaints, the Turkish business news site Patronlar Dunyasi reports.
The exact amount of the fine is not yet known, though the legal action, and the 4,592 complaints that prompted it, indicate that the televangelist’s brand is under pressure.
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However, reports have circulated about a far darker side to the televangelist, with a 2009 piece published in the New Humanist
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quoting former followers who accused Oktar of building a cult around himself, using the female members as sex slaves, and running a blackmailing ring.
In January, the father of two daughters who had been out of contact for seven months spotted them on Oktar’s television programme, and secured a restraining order against the televangelist, who he accused of brainwashing his daughters.
Sex, flies and videotape: the secret lives of Harun Yahya
Muslim creationist, cult leader, Dawkins' nemesis, messiah. Halil Arda tracks down the real Harun Yahya
The New Humanist article is a very interesting read.
– by Halil Arda –
WEDNESDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER 2009
[newhumanist.org.uk]