He said the G.O.P. is guilty of "insulting the intelligence of voters" and has spent too much time "dumbing down" its ideas.
Ms. Shafak has been sued by a right-wing Turkish attorney, Kemal Kerincsiz, who said her new novel's characters were guilty of "insulting Turkishness" by referring to the "millions" of Armenians "massacred" by Turks.
A three-minute trial in 2015 found brothers Mehdi and Hossein Rajabian, 26 and 31, and their friend Yousef Emadi, 35, guilty of "insulting Islamic sanctities", "spreading propaganda against the system" and "illegal audio-visual activities" for the distribution of music unlicensed by the cultural ministry.
Brothers Mehdi and Hossein Rajabian, 26 and 31, and their friend Yousef Emadi, 35, had been found guilty of "insulting Islamic sanctities", "spreading propaganda against the system" and "illegal audio-visual activities" in a 2015 trial that activists said lasted no longer than three minutes.
Presumably any Muslim who said the Koran was much better than the Bible would then also be guilty of an insult, and absurdity would rule.
Like other populists, Wilders – who was recently found guilty of "public insult and incitement to discrimination" after making strident remarks about reducing the number of Moroccans in the Netherlands – has been profiting from a new climate in which identity concerns among voters have become far stronger.
The former couturier was found guilty of "public insults" based on origin, religion, race or ethnicity after two incidents in February 2011 and last year.
That outburst cost him his job and later 6,000 euros, or $8,400, in fines from a French court, which found him guilty of "public insults based on origin, religious affiliation, race or ethnicity".
The Union of French Islamic Organisations, the World Islamic League and the Grand Mosque of Paris say the magazine is guilty of "public insults against a group of people because of their religion".
The designer whose talent helped put London fashion week on the world stage in the early 1990s was an industry hero until February 2011, when an antisemitic rant at a bar in Paris led to his dismissal from Christian Dior; Galliano was subsequently found guilty of "public insults based on origin, religious affiliation, race or ethnicity" and fined €6,000.
