The “most vile of created beings,” as the Qur’an calls non-Muslims (98:6), should not be so insolent. They should know that it is their duty to submit humbly to Islamic hegemony (cf. Qur’an 9:29). “How Turks react to the Greek flag near Hagia Sophia? (video),” Proto Thema, May 13, 2021 (thanks to Elizabeth): The website defence-point posted […]
Eid prayers in Hagia Sophia for the first time in 87 years stir crowd with ‘Palestinian’ victimhood propaganda
Ironic to stand in the middle of a symbolic of the triumph of Islam to claim that other genocidal jihadis are the real victims. “After 87 years, Eid prayers resonate in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia,” Asia News, May 15, 2021: Istanbul (AsiaNews) – For the first time in 87 years, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, converted into a […]
Turkey: Hagia Sophia illuminated with lighted sign proclaiming ‘There is no god but Allah’
Erdogan wants to make sure the whole world is aware of his victory and of the re-Islamization of Turkey. “‘There’s No God But Allah’ in Hagia Sophia Notes Turkey,” by Tasos Kokkinidis, Greek Reporter, May 9, 2021 (thanks to Henry): Turkey illuminated Hagia Sophia, the historic Byzantine Church, now turned mosque, with a “There’s No God […]
In Women’s Day message, Hagia Sophia mosque imam accuses media of ‘over-emphasising’ femicides
On International Women’s Day, the imam of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Mosque (which fell to the cultural genocide against Turkey’s Christians when the Hagia Sophia museum was converted to a mosque last year) “criticised the media over what he called its excessive coverage of femicides in the country, saying the term femicide sought to make women […]
Turkey: Chief imam of Hagia Sophia calls for elimination of principle of secularism in new constitution
This has been a long time coming, given Erdogan’s longstanding caliphate dreams, and will likely soon be a reality. “Hagia Sophia imam urges elimination of principle of secularism in new constitution,” Turkish Minute, February 10, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The chief imam of the Hagia Sophia, which was converted into a mosque […]
Turkey: Will the Abuses against Historic Churches Ever End?
“Turkey has again confused faith tourism and religious freedom in the announcement that the Imera Monastery has been partially restored,” reported International Christian Concern (ICC) on November 19. “It is acknowledged that the Imera Monastery is an important Christian site in the eastern Black Sea region, but the fact that Christians in this area suffered […]
Archbishop of Albania: Conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque is a ‘cultural jihad’
The archbishop is right. The conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque is for Erdogan a symbol of Islam’s triumph over secularism, just as its conversion to a museum in 1935 was a symbol of secularism’s triumph over Islam, and its original conversion to a mosque in 1453 was a symbol of Islam’s triumph over […]
Turkey: Religious Affairs top dog says ‘the goal’ is for Hagia Sophia to become a center of knowledge about Islam
The conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque is for Erdogan and Ali Erbas a symbol of Islam’s triumph over secularism, just as its conversion to a museum in 1935 was a symbol of secularism’s triumph over Islam, and its original conversion to a mosque in 1453 was a symbol of Islam’s triumph over Christianity. […]
Turkey: Nine Churches Named Hagia Sophia Have Now Been Converted to Mosques
Much of the international community has been shocked by the news concerning Turkey’s conversion of two historic Hagia Sophia churches into mosques in Istanbul and Trabzon. The famous Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul was originally founded as a Greek Orthodox cathedral in the sixth century CE. It was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman […]
Erdoğan’s Cultural Genocide Against Turkey’s Christian Heritage
In July, the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan turned Hagia Sophia, the most iconic church of the Orthodox Christian world, into a mosque. In August, the historical Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora was also turned into a mosque. With these initiatives, Turkey has decidedly declared its aspiration to confront the Western […]