#Ayasofya

600yrs ago, a Caliph of Islam legitimately took the Roman emperor's property, the ayasofya, and repurposed it as a masjid - like the Prophet Muhammed (ﷺ) did with the KaabahAll
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Might get cancelled by some Muslims for saying this. But whatever - converting Ayasofya from a museum into a mosque is a bad idea. And yes, it's being converted "back"
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> Mehmet conquered Constantinople.> He wanted Ayasofya to be a mosque.> It was owned by emperor Justinian.> He purchased Ayasofya with his own wealth.> Handed over Ayasofya to Muslim waqf.>
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Erdogan has just ordered to turn the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. The Hagia Sophia was the central cathedral of Orthodox Christians, conquered & converted by Ottomans in 1453. It
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Bugünkü Ayasofya ziyaretimden kısa notlar. 1. Ayasofya’ya giriş meydana bakan kapılardan sol taraftakiden yapılıyor. Daha önce de giriş için bu kapı kullanılıyordu. Girişin önündeki barikatlarla çevrilmiş olan bölüme i
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Similar Kashmiri and Turkish words. A thread. (Kashmiri is a language that stems from Urdu and Farsi, so similarities to words from those languages will also be there) Ayasofya photograph
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Fethiye Mosque in #Athens #Greece now an expo hallTzisdaraki Mosque in Athens now ceramics museumHamza Bey #Mosque in Thessaloniki now a Movie theaterAlaca Imaret Mosque in #Thessaloniki now a museumYeni
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As the first images of changes done to #HagiaSophia's interior to prepare for the prayers marking the conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque, let me share some initial observations,
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The #HagiaSophiaMosque debate has sparked questions about other monuments. For example here is a famous Athenian mosque built after 1721 (the previous one was ruined in the 1687 explosion), in
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A short photo on the Mosaics of #HagiaSophia a book of photographs published in 1950 by the Byzantine Institute in limited number to commemorate the uncovering of the Byzantine
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The Hagia Sophia has been in the news lately. What is Hagia Sophia and why is it significant? Hagia Sophia (Greek), known in Turkish as Ayasofya, in Latin as Sancta
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