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Turkey to turn Hagia Sophia museum into a great mosque

Nader Shoukry

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Thursday ,30 April 2015

Turkey to turn Hagia Sophia museum into a great mosque
Racep Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, responded to the recognition of Pope Francis to the Armenian Genocide by turning Hagia Sophia museum into a great mosque.Racep Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, responded to the recognition of Pope Francis to the Armenian Genocide by turning Hagia Sophia museum into a great mosque.
 
The Christian Cathedral of Hagia Sophia was turned into a mosque for 4 centuries under the Ottoman Empire, before Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, turns it into a museum for all mankind.
 
Mufti of Ankara, Weil Hezle, considered such recognition a new form of Crusades that should be faced by turning the church back into a great mosque.