The conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque was an act of cultural aggression against Greece and Orthodox Christians worldwide. It was a declaration of the victory of Islam over Christianity and the supremacy of Islam. It was also a tacit declaration of war against all the countries that once were part of the Ottoman caliphate. But in typical Islamic supremacist fashion, the Turkish Foreign Ministry is playing the victim, blaming the Greeks for being upset about this rather than owning up to the reality of what they have done.
“Turkey slams Greece’s ‘enmity toward Islam’ after Hagia Sophia prayers,” Reuters, July 25, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
ISTANBUL: The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned statements by Greek officials and a flag-burning protest in Greece after the first Islamic prayers in nine decades were held at Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia.
“Greece showed once again its enmity towards Islam and Turkey with the excuse of reacting to Hagia Sophia Mosque being opened to prayers,” ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a written statement.
Greek criticism of the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque after decades as a museum has been scathing, underlining tense ties between Greece and Turkey. Church bells tolled in mourning across Greece on Friday as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan joined prayers at the building.
In a message marking Greece’s 46th anniversary of the restoration of democracy, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called Turkey a “troublemaker”, and the conversion an “affront to civilisation of the 21st century”….