Turning Hagia Sophia into masjid is like turning Babri Masjid into Mandir.
Otherwise people would not touch their religious books. Otherwise they would not visit masjids/temples. Otherwise they would hardly follow their religion, just like Christians, who don't go to churches, but love to kill Muslims for going to Masjids. Such are humans, everything for their ego.
People will gain nothing from Turkeys this move. If they are so fond of going to Masjids, they can build new ones for them.
Here I will remind Turks the sunnah of Imam Hazrat Omer RA. When Jerusalem was conquered, Churches were spared, those churches still exist in Jerusalem. What Islam you guys are following, Muhammadi or Usmani?
It was already turned into masjid by Mehmet el Fatih. Republic of Turkey turned it into a museum in a controversial decision.
It is returning to its former status as masjid since the Turkish conquest of Istanbul.
For Turks, it has symbolic and religious symbolism. They have a right to promote Turkish nationalism in their country.
It was rightfully won in a bloody and important centuries old war with the Byzantine dynasty, which no longer exists.
It was then taken and converted into a masjid to complete the Islamic conquest of Byzantium.
Ataturk served the Ottoman Empire until its end but you have idiots who blame him for destroying the Empire.
Ataturk served the Ottomans until the end and even earnt medals and the respect of his countryman and enemies alike.
Only to have idiots who take their sources from shitty internet sites to cite their hatred of Ataturk.
Easy for keyboard warriors to talk shit.
We are not in any confusion about his role as an Islamic holy warrior (Gazi.)
All of our founding fathers, poets, and most of our religious scholars solidly supported Atatürk during the war of liberation in Turkey.
Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah has his fair share of detractors as well, but it does not take away from his greatness.
Atatürk fought in the battlefield as a gazi, Quaid e Azam fought in the courtroom as a gazi.
Both were clean-shaven, western educated, western dressed men who did a tremendous service for Islam.
“Muhammad Ali Jinnah is a sword of Islam resting in a secular scabbard.” -
Reginald Sorensen