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

Jul 13, 2020 08:41


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 ( Read more... )

religious politics, turkey, religion

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eveofrevolution July 13 2020, 13:41:15 UTC
hobbits_friend July 13 2020, 13:46:38 UTC
Sorry, I tried the "new" editor (only new for me, probably) and didn't see them.
I hope it's better now!

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eveofrevolution July 13 2020, 13:47:59 UTC
hobbits_friend July 13 2020, 13:59:11 UTC
I tried the new editor, because I couldn't see the tweet in the article about Parlor at all. I could only see the tweet in in the preview (and I messed it up) but for some reason it worked in the new editor.
I hope my posts don't look weird with empty lines, but they always look differently in the editor, in the preview and on mobile, so I'm never sure if they look okay to others.
But there are probably no others that read them anyway ^^'

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