The Temple Mount/Al Aqsa Mosque has reopened, but not
without its controversy. The latest news
out of Turkey is that President
Erdogan has converted the Church of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) from a
museum into a mosque. He did so in order
to free Turkey from its growing secularism and to foster a call to prayer and an
Islamic awakening. Erdogan has
proclaimed that the conversion of Hagia Sophia church into a mosque was the “harbinger
of the liberation” for the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Hagia Sophia was built by the Byzantine
Emperor Justinian in the 6th century. In 1453 the church was converted into a mosque
following the Ottoman invasion that same year.
After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the 1920’s the church was turned
into a museum. Erdogon has been planning
to turn it into a mosque since about 2013.
Monday, July 13, 2020
Update on the Temple Mount
The Temple Mount/Al Aqsa Mosque has reopened, but not
without its controversy. The latest news
out of Turkey is that President
Erdogan has converted the Church of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) from a
museum into a mosque. He did so in order
to free Turkey from its growing secularism and to foster a call to prayer and an
Islamic awakening. Erdogan has
proclaimed that the conversion of Hagia Sophia church into a mosque was the “harbinger
of the liberation” for the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Hagia Sophia was built by the Byzantine
Emperor Justinian in the 6th century. In 1453 the church was converted into a mosque
following the Ottoman invasion that same year.
After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the 1920’s the church was turned
into a museum. Erdogon has been planning
to turn it into a mosque since about 2013.
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