Turkey converts another former Istanbul church into a mosque

[Chhatrapati]

Transformation of Kariye Museum comes a month after a controversial conversion of the renowned Hagia Sophia.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered another ancient Orthodox Church that became a mosque and then a popular Istanbul museum to be turned back into a Muslim place of worship.

The decision to transform the Kariye Museum into a mosque came just a month after a similarly controversial conversion for the UNESCO World Heritage-recognised Hagia Sophia. The decree on the issue was published in Turkey's official gazette on Friday.

The 1,000-year-old building's history closely mirrors that of the Hagia Sophia - its bigger neighbour on the historic western bank of the Golden Horn on the European side of Istanbul.
The Holy Saviour in Chora was a medieval Byzantine church decorated with 14th-century frescoes of the Last Judgement that remain treasured in the Christian world.

It was originally converted into the Kariye Mosque half a century after the 1453 conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks.

It became the Kariye Museum after World War II as Turkey pushed ahead with the creation of a more secular new republic out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire.

A group of American art historians then helped restore the original church's mosaics and opened them up for public display in 1958.

However, Erdogan has in the past few years placed a greater emphasis on the battles that resulted in the defeat of Byzantium by the Ottomans.

Turkey's top administrative court approved the museum's conversion into a mosque in November.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/turkey-converts-istanbul-church-mosque-200821080527837.html

 

[Microsoft]

What kind of stupid...nevermind. So it's currently a museum but the article emphasizes that it's a former church? How about 'Turkey converts museum into a mosque' oh but that doesn't suit their narrative...

 

[FOOLS_NIGHTMARE]

We should not be apologetic in this cause, remember Spain converted hundreds of Mosques into Churches. The main thing is the Kariye Museum is not a house of worship atm, so no religious feelings hurt.

 

[Areesh]

Good

 

[Dai Toruko]

Keep it up! Desecularization of Turkey is a step forward in all areas.

 

[W.11]

erdogan is an example to follow for entire muslim ummah leadership.

regards

 

[IsThisNameAvailable]

And Turkey is considered as perhaps the most "progressive" & "liberal" muslim conutry.
If you notice, the civilised world didnt create any hullabaloo over the church->mosque->museum->mosque conversions. It is not surprising. It wont be even if there are 100 such occurrences in any such country.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

And Turkey is considered as perhaps the most "progressive" & "liberal" muslim conutry.
If you notice, the civilised world didnt create any hullabaloo over the church->mosque->museum->mosque conversions. It is not surprising. It wont be even if there are 100 such occurrences in any such country.

Is that why most international/western media outlets are reporting it?
Also in most civilised worlds mosques arent destroyed, thousands killed or converted into temples ?
Oh wait, only have to see what the spanish,greeks,italians and even israelis did to moorish and ottoman mosques.. or indians for that matter.
Somebody posted a brilliant threat documenting both.

 

[IsThisNameAvailable]

Is that why most international/western media outlets are reporting it?
Also in most civilised worlds mosques arent destroyed, thousands killed or converted into temples ?
Oh wait, only have to see what the spanish,greeks,italians and even israelis did to moorish and ottoman mosques.. or indians for that matter.
Somebody posted a brilliant threat documenting both.

Reporting is different than creating hullabaloo. These days, if someone sneezes, media can "report" that too.

Hullaballo is repeatedly asking "how can this be done? how can you do this? Why? you are one of the worst person alive to do such a thing" yada yad yada, for months, years & even decades & centuries.

Hagia Sofia was reported for a week & forgotten. This one I came to know via pdf. Clear enough?

 

[SQ8]

Western Civilization : Converts hundreds of mosques into Churches during crusades, the inquisition all the way into world war I - all forgivable.

Asia: converts 15 - Europe cries bloody murder!

 

[Imran Khan]

modi are urdogan have race . both are using religion for politics and we should condemn both of them

 

[Robbie]

Western Civilization : Converts hundreds of mosques into Churches during crusades, the inquisition all the way into world war I - all forgivable.

Asia: converts 15 - Europe cries bloody murder!

What a daft argument.

Inner Islamist coming out? Westerners did it decades/centuries ago when the societal norms were different than today.

And if you don't believe that today's norms are different/should be better then Pakistanis shouldn't have had a collective breast-beating session on the Ram temple construction in Ayodhya

modi are urdogan have race . both are using religion for politics and we should condemn both of them

Exactly. One can see the Islamofascist that Pakistanis try to hide when they defend Erdogan on Mosques but cry over Temple in Ayodhya.

 

[Shehr Abbasi]

Let all museums & churches be returned into mosques!!!

 

[Hiptullha]

Exactly. One can see the Islamofascist that Pakistanis try to hide when they defend Erdogan on Mosques but cry over Temple in Ayodhya.

It's funny because I've actually never seen you post about Ayodhya. You probably, like many Hindus, think the mob which tore down the masjid with their bare hands and are erecting yet another temple to do pooja to one of their 33 million gods were all proud virat nationalists. So far, you've actually condemned Pakistanis more for opposing the Babri demolition and "islamofascism" (gtfo here with that meme buzzword) than you have the actual demolition! Really makes you think!

 

[W.11]

What a daft argument.

Inner Islamist coming out? Westerners did it decades/centuries ago when the societal norms were different than today.

And if you don't believe that today's norms are different/should be better then Pakistanis shouldn't have had a collective breast-beating session on the Ram temple construction in Ayodhya

Exactly. One can see the Islamofascist that Pakistanis try to hide when they defend Erdogan on Mosques but cry over Temple in Ayodhya.

muslims are fascists for converting a building which was already a mosque for hundreds of years and modi and his RSS neo nazi gang should be awarded nobel peace prize

https://twitter.com/x/status/1296779015286530048

https://twitter.com/x/status/1296807131895623684

regards