Hagia Sophia: World Council of Churches appeals to Turkey on mosque decision

[Disir]

The World Council of Churches has called on Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reverse his decision to turn the celebrated Hagia Sophia museum back into a mosque.

In a letter to Mr Erdogan, the Council, which counts 350 churches as members, said the move would sow division.

The Unesco World Heritage site in Istanbul has been a museum since 1934.

The president announced his decision on Friday following a court ruling which annulled its museum status.

The Hagia Sophia was built 1,500 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral, but was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest in 1453.

It was converted to a museum on the orders of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of modern, secular Turkey.

Since then religious services have been banned at the site, but devout Muslims have long campaigned for worship to be allowed.

Hagia Sophia: World Council of Churches appeals to Turkey on mosque decision

The World Council of Churches says returning the Turkish landmark to a mosque is mistaken.

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The letter is located here:

WCC letter to President Erdogan to keep Hagia Sophia as the shared heritage of humanity

Geneva, 11 July, 2020: In a letter to H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey, the World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca is expressing his fervent hope and prayer that Hagia Sophia will not become once again a focus of confrontation...

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Erdogan is like...........but I don't care. This is horrible.

 

[jillian]

The World Council of Churches has called on Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reverse his decision to turn the celebrated Hagia Sophia museum back into a mosque.

In a letter to Mr Erdogan, the Council, which counts 350 churches as members, said the move would sow division.

The Unesco World Heritage site in Istanbul has been a museum since 1934.

The president announced his decision on Friday following a court ruling which annulled its museum status.

The Hagia Sophia was built 1,500 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral, but was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest in 1453.

It was converted to a museum on the orders of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of modern, secular Turkey.

Since then religious services have been banned at the site, but devout Muslims have long campaigned for worship to be allowed.

Hagia Sophia: World Council of Churches appeals to Turkey on mosque decision

The World Council of Churches says returning the Turkish landmark to a mosque is mistaken.

www.bbc.com

The letter is located here:

WCC letter to President Erdogan to keep Hagia Sophia as the shared heritage of humanity

Geneva, 11 July, 2020: In a letter to H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey, the World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca is expressing his fervent hope and prayer that Hagia Sophia will not become once again a focus of confrontation...

www.oikoumene.org

Erdogan is like...........but I don't care. This is horrible.

It’s a mosque. I’m not sure what the problem is

 

[Disir]

The World Council of Churches has called on Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reverse his decision to turn the celebrated Hagia Sophia museum back into a mosque.

In a letter to Mr Erdogan, the Council, which counts 350 churches as members, said the move would sow division.

The Unesco World Heritage site in Istanbul has been a museum since 1934.

The president announced his decision on Friday following a court ruling which annulled its museum status.

The Hagia Sophia was built 1,500 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral, but was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest in 1453.

It was converted to a museum on the orders of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of modern, secular Turkey.

Since then religious services have been banned at the site, but devout Muslims have long campaigned for worship to be allowed.

Hagia Sophia: World Council of Churches appeals to Turkey on mosque decision

The World Council of Churches says returning the Turkish landmark to a mosque is mistaken.

www.bbc.com

The letter is located here:

WCC letter to President Erdogan to keep Hagia Sophia as the shared heritage of humanity

Geneva, 11 July, 2020: In a letter to H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey, the World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca is expressing his fervent hope and prayer that Hagia Sophia will not become once again a focus of confrontation...

www.oikoumene.org

Erdogan is like...........but I don't care. This is horrible.

It’s a mosque. I’m not sure what the problem is

It was a church before and had been a museum since 1935

 

[Marion Morrison]

At least terrorists won't burn it down.

 

[fncceo]

The Hagia Sophia was turned into a mosque 567 years ago.

I'm not sure why it's a problem now.

 

[Unkotare]

...It’s a mosque. I’m not sure what the problem is

It's a church. What's your problem?

 

[Unkotare]

At least terrorists won't burn it down.

Don't be so sure. Muslim terrorists have destroyed lots and lots of mosques.

 

[fncceo]

...It’s a mosque. I’m not sure what the problem is

It's a church. What's your problem?

It was a church under the Orthodox Byzantines. It became a mosque under the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

There are many mosques built on or made out of previous churches, Hindu temples, and synagogues.

A mosque was built on top of the ruins of Solomon's Temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE.

 

[Unkotare]

...It’s a mosque. I’m not sure what the problem is

It's a church. What's your problem?

It was a church under the Orthodox Byzantines. It became a mosque under the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

There are many mosques built on or made out of previous churches, Hindu temples, and synagogues.

A mosque was built on top of the ruins of Solomon's Temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE.

Can you guess why there are so many mosques that are palimpsests?

 

[fncceo]

...It’s a mosque. I’m not sure what the problem is

It's a church. What's your problem?

It was a church under the Orthodox Byzantines. It became a mosque under the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

There are many mosques built on or made out of previous churches, Hindu temples, and synagogues.

A mosque was built on top of the ruins of Solomon's Temple, destroyed by the Romans in 70 CE.

Can you guess why there are so many mosques that are palimpsests?

I can only speculate ...

 

[LittleNipper]

Perhaps the Christians are due an apology and should be given the sanctuary they built for their worship back. It was in fact stolen from them by the Moslims ------ was it not? But who wants to go there????

 

[martybegan]

The World Council of Churches has called on Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reverse his decision to turn the celebrated Hagia Sophia museum back into a mosque.

In a letter to Mr Erdogan, the Council, which counts 350 churches as members, said the move would sow division.

The Unesco World Heritage site in Istanbul has been a museum since 1934.

The president announced his decision on Friday following a court ruling which annulled its museum status.

The Hagia Sophia was built 1,500 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral, but was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest in 1453.

It was converted to a museum on the orders of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of modern, secular Turkey.

Since then religious services have been banned at the site, but devout Muslims have long campaigned for worship to be allowed.

Hagia Sophia: World Council of Churches appeals to Turkey on mosque decision

The World Council of Churches says returning the Turkish landmark to a mosque is mistaken.

www.bbc.com

The letter is located here:

WCC letter to President Erdogan to keep Hagia Sophia as the shared heritage of humanity

Geneva, 11 July, 2020: In a letter to H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey, the World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca is expressing his fervent hope and prayer that Hagia Sophia will not become once again a focus of confrontation...

www.oikoumene.org

Erdogan is like...........but I don't care. This is horrible.

It’s a mosque. I’m not sure what the problem is

It was built as a Church. It was converted to a Mosque as a sign of conquest after the Fall of Constantinople.

 

[LittleNipper]

And what happened to the Christians there?

 

[LuckyDuck]

The World Council of Churches has called on Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reverse his decision to turn the celebrated Hagia Sophia museum back into a mosque.

In a letter to Mr Erdogan, the Council, which counts 350 churches as members, said the move would sow division.

The Unesco World Heritage site in Istanbul has been a museum since 1934.

The president announced his decision on Friday following a court ruling which annulled its museum status.

The Hagia Sophia was built 1,500 years ago as an Orthodox Christian cathedral, but was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest in 1453.

It was converted to a museum on the orders of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of modern, secular Turkey.

Since then religious services have been banned at the site, but devout Muslims have long campaigned for worship to be allowed.

Hagia Sophia: World Council of Churches appeals to Turkey on mosque decision

The World Council of Churches says returning the Turkish landmark to a mosque is mistaken.

www.bbc.com

The letter is located here:

WCC letter to President Erdogan to keep Hagia Sophia as the shared heritage of humanity

Geneva, 11 July, 2020: In a letter to H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of the Republic of Turkey, the World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof Dr Ioan Sauca is expressing his fervent hope and prayer that Hagia Sophia will not become once again a focus of confrontation...

www.oikoumene.org

Erdogan is like...........but I don't care. This is horrible.

You have to remember that Erdogan is first and foremost, an Islamist, as most Muslims are. The concerns of anyone or any nation that is not Islamic is not important to him. He is the complete opposite of Mustafa Ataturk. Non-Muslims are now persecuted with little interference from his government. So, to him, changing the museum to a mosque, was a no-brainer.