Nureddin Yıldız, the president of the Islamist Social Fabric Foundation, said on January 10 that Islam imposes no age restrictions for marriages. "There can be marriages between children or between a child and an adult. For example, a marriage between a 7-year-old girl and a 25-year-old man, or a 7-year-old boy with a 25-year-old woman" he said.
Odatv news website published an article about his statement with the title "Islamists are becoming perverts". Nurettin Yıldız filed a criminal complaint against Odatv, and the prosecutor laid a criminal charge against Odatv editor Barış Terkoğlu.
In the bill of indictment, it was stated that Nurettin Yıldız’s statements about the child sexual abuse are within the scope of freedom of speech. It suggested that the news of Odatv includes humiliating wording against Nurettin Yıldız and the chief editor of the site should be sentenced to imprisonment.
Abdullah al-Muhaysini, one of Al Qaeda leaders, recently advised a book of Nureddin Yıldız in a propaganda video of the terrorist organisation.
