ISTANBUL. – Another lawsuit was filed against renowned Istanbul-Armenian linguist and journalist Sevan Nisanyan.

The Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office finished examining the petition of complaint by fifteen people and, as a result, a lawsuit was filed against Nisanyan, Ensonhaber website of Turkey reports. Nisanyan is charged with insulting Prophet Muhammad in one of his blogs.   

To note, in his blog Nisanyan had written that there are no legal provisions that protect people who have died a long ago from being ridiculed and insulted.         

“If I can speak against Julius Caesar, logically, you can do the same against Muhammad, or Jesus. Unfortunately, my views on Islam are not positive. And I believe I have the RIGHT to express those views of mine anywhere and in any language I please,” Sevan Nisanyan had wrote in his blog.