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'Hagia Sophia might be converted to a mosque': Erdogan

Do it! The way Trump moved US embassy to Jerusalem and recognized Golan heights as Israeli territory, I don't see why Muslims should not do it.

it has nothing to do with western Christian Zionism. The building should be given back to the Christian orthodox as a gesture of apology and respect. This will show Muslims in a positive light to eastern Christians.

Did the non muslims give Palestine back or Kashmir back as a gesture of apology and respect? Why should the muslims always bend over backwards?
 
Hagia Sophia might be converted to a mosque, Erdoğan says

24.03.2019

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday voiced the possibility of converting the Hagia Sophia, which has been used as a museum since 1935 and is considered one of the world's wonders, back into a mosque.

"This is not unlikely. We might even change its name to Ayasofya Mosque," Erdoğan said during a live interview with Turkish broadcaster TGRT.

"This is not a strange proposal," he said regarding the calls for converting the ancient building to a mosque that it served as for hundreds of years.

"As you know, the mosque was converted to a museum in 1935, as a reflection of CHP mentality. We may as well take a step and change that," he concluded, pointing to the harshly secularist policies of the 1930's Republican People's Party (CHP), which is the main opposition today.

The Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century during the Christian Byzantine Empire and served as the seat of the Greek Orthodox Church. It was converted into an imperial mosque with the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul in 1453. The structure was converted into a museum during the strictly secular single-party rule in 1935, but there have been discussions around converting it back to a mosque, with public demands to restore it as a place of worship gaining traction on social media.

In 2015, a cleric recited the Quran inside the building, a UNESCO World Heritage site, for the first time in 85 years. The following year, Turkey's religious authority began hosting and broadcasting religious readings during the holy month of Ramadan and the call to prayer was recited inside on the anniversary of the first revelation of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).

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This is stupid !

Do it! The way Trump moved US embassy to Jerusalem and recognized Golan heights as Israeli territory, I don't see why Muslims should not do it.

This is a historical place ... Not a political tool !!!
 
Do it! The way Trump moved US embassy to Jerusalem and recognized Golan heights as Israeli territory, I don't see why Muslims should not do it.



Did the non muslims give Palestine back or Kashmir back as a gesture of apology and respect? Why should the muslims always bend over backwards?

read carefully - i am talking bout eastern chistians not zionist-christian west.
 
After what they did to Jerusalem and now Golan.... I think something has to happen. We're headed towards another Crusade anyway.
 
No. That was in the reign of Tsar as well. Russian conquest and slaughtering of Muslims in Central Asia was between 1839-1895 way before USSR.

i agree these things happen but i think muslim need to make alliance with eastern blocks against western agression.
 
read carefully - i am talking bout eastern chistians not zionist-christian west.

The eastern orthodox christians committed numerous genocides in the Islamic lands, they almost erased Islam from central asia. The Imran Hussein is a moron calling for an alliance with Russia.

This is stupid !



This is a historical place ... Not a political tool !!!

So what? The mosques in Spain which were destroyed or converted to churches are also historical places.
 
I think it should be left as it is, no need of new controversy.
 
I think it should be left as it is, no need of new controversy.

Yeah, I don't think that needs to happen.

After what they did to Jerusalem and now Golan.... I think something has to happen. We're headed towards another Crusade anyway.

We can express our opposition to those steps in different ways. I agree something needs to happen but not via this way. Europe would have to be lawless and collapsed for something like the Crusades to happen again, imo, unless they completely lose their minds.
 
I thought Muslims were not allowed to take over with force and convert places of worship?

Would be a better move if he gave it back to orthodox Christians.

After what they did to Jerusalem and now Golan.... I think something has to happen. We're headed towards another Crusade anyway.

That move isn't from Orthodoxy

It's from Christian-zionism which is completely different.
 
I thought Muslims were not allowed to take over with force and convert places of worship?

Would be a better move if he gave it back to orthodox Christians.

No, just keep it as it is, historical site for tourism under Turkish state control.
 

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