Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Turkish Leaders Aim to Turn Hagia Sophia Back into a Mosque

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A senior Turkish minister’s call to turn Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia - now a museum -- back into a mosque has provoked a religious and diplomatic row. The Hagia Sofia, which was originally built as a church, remains an important symbol of Christianity for many Christians. The status of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia has always remained contentious. For 1000 years it was Christendom’s most important church at the center of the Byzantium Empire. With the fall of then Constantinople to the...

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