The Byzantine cathedral turned Ottoman mosque is a famous tourist destination in Istanbul. A Turkish court ruled that the Hagia Sophia can be converted from a museum to a mosque in July, spurring global controversy and backlash.
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Turkey’s Culture War Widens After Iconic Hagia Sophia Reopens As A Mosque | NBC News
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Look at these mongols. 🤮🤮🤮
If their angry at us for Hagia Sophia for turning them to mosques? Where are Greek apologies for turning Mosques into night clubs
Should be back to a church
Political Islam IS Islam
America does a. good job like Israel to spread fasaad in Muslim countries so after that they can control countries. This Muslim puppet did a good job by spreading hate so he can save money. I wonder how mush bribe this channel gave to the Muslim reporters to say lies about Erdogan.
America does a. good job like Israel to spread fasaad in Muslim countries so after that they can control countries. This Muslim puppet did a good job by spreading hate so he can save money. I wonder how mush bribe this channel gave to the Muslim reporters to say lies about Erdogan.
There are thousands of mosques in Spain that have been converted into churches. Same is the case in Greece. Whoever rules the land, has the right to make the decision provided the structure is not an active place of worship. Hagia Sophia was just a museum recently and was not being used for worship. It was a mosque prior to that and Erdogan just made it back into a mosque, which is now being used for worship. The museum part still remains and only closes during prayers. Turkey has more than 500 churches that are untouched because they are being used for worship.
Idk what y’all Muslim folks feel but as a Christian I wouldn’t feel right praying in a mosque turned into church so how could u ever pray in a church turned mosque?
This Church the "Church of the Holy Wisdom" was built by Justinian the Great, it is not a "Muslims ancestral heirloom" these are blatant lies. So weird.
● 537 – 1204: Eastern Orthodox cathedral.
● 1204 – 1261: Roman Catholic cathedral.
● 1261 – 1453: Eastern Orthodox cathedral.
● 1453 – 1934: Mosque.
● 1935 – 2020: Museum.
● From July 24, 2020 onwards: Mosque.
Muslim rulers have done the same in India. Building mosques on top of prior temples
permission to use a little bit of the vid, thank you,your video is very good cool
Shameful western media & commenters. Your bigotry & hatred of Muslims will not divide us. There is no "culture war"….Turks r united in their love for this Mosque & Islam & their Muslim brethren throughout the world
They are praying in a christian church with symbols on the wall,it is a shame.Better destroy it then convert it and then let your people(muslims) pray in a church,i dont understand this people
El Turco Loco "Allahu Akbar"
Very sad day.
It was sold to muslims
as a church it was abandoned. few christians visited it like most churches it was on the brink of closing. better it be used for the worship of the creator only. Islam
https://youtu.be/rEsfbKyNNoQ
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What's the Turkish Lira today compared to the US Dollar? What if I told you the surviving Constantinople Knight's after it's fall fake built a Muslim order called Ottoman? When really it was never really Muslim! It's like the Nazi's being a fake American made Judaic-Christian theocracy… God Bless.
Beautiful cathedral Turkish orthodox Church ☦.
So can we now balance this out with the Spanish cathedral
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The victimization by christians in these comments is blasphemous. We bulit the holiest sight in orthodox christianity and let everyone practice their own religion. Even at one, only christians were allowed to be in the trade business. What about the mosques in majority christian countries? Stop with this non existing oppression claims
MasyaAllah Tabarakallah 🕌❤
Even tho im a muslim, THis isn't good
You Christians don’t even pray
why you need a building that you are not going to pray in .
U guys are nothing but hypocrites! Turkey has the right to manage its heritage how they want it!
If the Spanish gov has the right to convert the Alhambra's main mosque into the Church of Santa Maria de la Alhambra, then why can’t Turkey???
How conveniently has the narrator erased the fact that Sultan Mehmet bought the Hagia Sophia from Christians
Cry more.
we want that backward despotism back!
Now I can visit Istanbul and pray at the Hagia Sophia. Long live Erdogan and Turkey 🇹🇷 ❤️
Masjid of Cordoba turned to Cathedral, Hagia Sophia turned to Mosque 👍🏽 Conquest
Its all power and politics. To bad its not divine wisdom. Short sighted views for personal gain. You will suffer greatly in the next life for you wickedness.
jgn masuk campur negeri US…
I hate NBC a bit more now
Anyone tryna retake back constantinoble? Don't like brown people running an orthodox city
Europe is not blind, neither is God.
Stop the wrong information as a Turk I’m so happy that we protected since 1453. Plus it was never closed because the people wouldn’t allow it
You know who never to trust, right?
Only %50 of the Turks agree on this decision btw