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by bcadmin | Jul 23, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Hagia Sophia, Mosques, News, Turkey | 0 |
Turkey on Thursday appointed appointed three imams for Hagia Sophia, one of them a professor of religious studies, as the nation prepares for the first Muslim prayers in the Istanbul landmark in 86 years following its conversion back into a mosque.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 23, 2020 | Associated Press, Church History, Church in the Middle East, Hagia Sophia, Islam, Mosques, News, Orthodox Church, Turkey | 0 |
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to join hundreds of worshippers Friday for the first Muslim prayers at the Hagia Sophia in 86 years, after a controversial high court ruling paved the way for the landmark monument to be turned back into a mosque.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 2, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Mosques, News, Orthodox Church, Turkey | 0 |
A state attorney on Thursday recommended that Turkey’s highest administrative court reject a request that Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia, which now serves as museum, be turned back into a mosque, state-run media reported.
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