Appropriating the houses of worship and sacred sites of conquered people is a core mission of Islam. It shows the victory of Allah and the superiority of Islam over other religions. That’s why this keeps happening, all over the world. Look at Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Damascus, the two mosques on the Temple Mount, and thousands of mosques all over India that are built on the sites of Hindu temples that Muslims demolished. Muslims tried to do this again at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan after 9/11, with eager help from ignorant leftists who bought their “mosque of reconciliation and peace” line, but were stopped by a popular outcry.
“Turkey Renovates Historic Armenian Cathedral of Ani, Plans to Reopen It as Mosque in Attempt to Erase Christian Armenian Heritage,” Zartonik, July 4, 2025:
The Armenian Cathedral of Ani, located in Turkey’s Kars Province within the UNESCO-listed Ani archaeological site, is undergoing renovations that will see the sacred Armenian site reopened not as a church, but as a mosque — a move reported by the Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency.
The controversial “reconstruction project” is being carried out in three phases through a partnership between Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the World Monuments Fund. While the official narrative emphasizes restoration and accessibility for visitors, Anadolu Agency makes clear that the cathedral will function as a mosque upon completion — erasing its Armenian Christian identity in the process.
The site itself, a roughly 100-hectare expanse of ruins from the medieval city of Ani, was added to UNESCO’s Tentative World Heritage List in 2012 and fully registered as a Cultural Heritage site in 2016. It includes structures from various historical periods, including the Ebü’l Menüçehr Mosque (considered the first Turkish mosque built in Anatolia), a Seljuk cemetery and mausoleums, and numerous Christian monuments. Among these are the Church of the Redeemer, the Church of Tigran Honents, the Church of Abughamrents — and most prominently, the Armenian Cathedral of Ani.
Once the crown jewel of medieval Armenian architecture and the seat of the Armenian Catholicos, the cathedral is now being referred to only as the “Fethiye Mosque,” failing to mention its Armenian origins or its historic role in the Armenian Apostolic Church. According to historical records, construction of the cathedral began in 987 under Armenian King Smbat II and was completed in 1010 by Queen Katramide, the wife of King Gagik I. The cathedral’s architect, Trdat — who later famously repaired the dome of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople — is mentioned in the Turkish narrative, yet his Armenian heritage is entirely omitted….
Historically, the Armenian cathedral was first converted into a mosque in 1064 after Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan conquered Ani and held his first Friday prayer there, renaming it the Fethiye Mosque. Now, in a modern echo of that erasure, the Turkish state is once again attempting to overwrite the site’s Armenian Christian legacy with a new Islamic identity.
Yet nowhere in the report is it acknowledged that the medieval city and its cathedral are fundamentally Armenian — an omission that speaks volumes….
JOHN LLOYD SCHARF says
It is booty from war crimes committed by Turkey.
clive roach says
One of the main places UK people go to
should take it of your holiday list your spending your money in a country that is Muslim they hate everything you stand for if you are not Muslim 😡
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Why not? Nobody in the neighborhood cares enough to protest. Not even Armenia or Greece
GE says
Same thing I thought, Infidel. If Armenia was stronger and not so involved with the Azerbaijani threat, maybe they could take it back. It’s right on the Turkey Armenia border.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ani
And a lot of Greeks have forgotten their history—
Troybeam says
CONQUEST, that’s the big deal here.
OLD GUY says
With the Islamic migration invasion all around the world this is just the spoils of war. If Mamdani gets elected to Mayor of NY City, I wonder how long it will be before the big Catholic Cathedrals in NY City is converted to a Mosque. Be careful of what an who you vote for, not all who run for office want what’s good for American citizens, some want to destroy us.
Patrick says
More Islamic conquering, the want to conquer the world, so they’re invading the world, there’re working day and night, to accomplish their goals.
Leonidas says
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Andrew Blackadder says
From Istanbul all the way to Kabul islamic warriors came out of Mecca and slaughtered their way across…
How many people know that Afghanistan was once a Buddhist Nation and now look at it.
Anonymous says
Not only Afghanistan but also Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia was a part of Hindu empire and significant number of Buddhist lived but after invasion of Muslims. Most of Buddhist migrated to South-East Asia. Muslims wiped out Buddhism from Indonesia, Mongolia, Afghanistan and India as well
Sister Alberti says
North Africa was also completely Christian at one time. The tide of Islam is moving South through Africa using mass slaughter, kidnapping, burning of homes and farms, etc. It is only covered by a handful of publications.
terry says
I throughly despise the world wide, organized criminal fiefdoms of the Western Elite Globalists, Marxist, and Islam! All ruled by sociopathic perverts, lording over nations and peoples, using the violent hordes of zombie-like physcopaths to enforce compliance to their Satanically Luciferian style rule! Herders harvesting people’s fur all sorts of nefarious criminal activities! Three leaping frogs enlarging hell to come! Only devils and demons could love the ideologies of Globalism, Marxism, and Islam.
gravenimage says
Turkey renovates historic Armenian Cathedral of Ani, will reopen it as a mosque
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More brutal Islamic surprmacism.
More on this historic Cathedral:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Ani