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#Erdogan has won the elections in #Turkey.
#Indian #liberals are dismayed because Erdogan is trying to #Islamize Turkey.
But this is a decision of the people of Turkey.
Erdogan has won through a democratic, free and fair election.
This is what the people of Turkey want.
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#Indian #liberals are dismayed because Erdogan is trying to #Islamize Turkey.
But this is a decision of the people of Turkey.
Erdogan has won through a democratic, free and fair election.
This is what the people of Turkey want.
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If you claim to love #Democracy, that is, the will of the people, then you should be happy with this result.
Erdogan is a #Democrat. He is not #Liberal. He converted the #HagiaSophia into a mosque.
But #Democracy has NOTHING TO DO with #Liberalism, and vice versa.
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Erdogan is a #Democrat. He is not #Liberal. He converted the #HagiaSophia into a mosque.
But #Democracy has NOTHING TO DO with #Liberalism, and vice versa.
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Byzantine #mosaic of Virgin Mary holding baby Christ in her lap. There are "The Mother of God" monograms around them. 10th c. CE
South door in the vestibule of #HagiaSophia, Istanbul
#Archaeology
South door in the vestibule of #HagiaSophia, Istanbul
#Archaeology
To our right, Constantine the Great as a saint while crowned with the imperial stemma, carries the City that bares his name and offers it to the Virgin Mary.
The inscription reads - Constantine, the Great Emperor amongst the saints. (ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟC Ο ΕΝ ΑΓΙΟΙC ΜΕΓΑC ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥC ).
The inscription reads - Constantine, the Great Emperor amongst the saints. (ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟC Ο ΕΝ ΑΓΙΟΙC ΜΕΓΑC ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥC ).
To our left, Justinian the First; also with a halo and the imperial stemma (crown). Justinian is holding the church of Hagia Sophia and offers it to the Virgin Mary.
The inscription reads - "Justinian Emperor of illustrious memory" ( ΙΟΥΣΤΙΝΙΑΝΟC Ο ΑΟΙΔΙΜOC ΒΑCIΛΕΥC)
The inscription reads - "Justinian Emperor of illustrious memory" ( ΙΟΥΣΤΙΝΙΑΝΟC Ο ΑΟΙΔΙΜOC ΒΑCIΛΕΥC)
A few days ago, I visited #HagiaSophia for the first time since #Erdogan's decision to convert it into a mosque. I was ready to be disappointed but unfortunately, the reality was much worse than my expectations. A thread and some photos of mine 🧵(1/9)
To start with, the reality in the ground is so bad that it the debate about Hagia Sophia being a mosque or a museum sounds fully irrelevant. What's at stake is the very existence of Hagia Sophia. The place is currently CROWDED. Like ABSOLUTELY CROWDED (2/9)
As a museum, you had to buy a ticket, wait in the queue etc. As a mosque, Hagia Sophia is accessible for free to everyone -which is not necessarily a bad idea. BUT you still need to control the flow of the visitors. This is not a modern concert hall, this is an UNESCO site (3/9).
This #MustWatch video is insanely sick and dangerous! Not just Muslim soldiers over the centuries taking over the #HagiaSophia, but it closes with a picture of Jerusalem's Temple Mount.
The video also shows Erdogan wishing safe passage to the Turkish oil exploration ship that is threatening war with Greece & friends.
memri.org/reports/turkis…
memri.org/reports/turkis…
Erdogan doesn't see himself as the Caliph of the Neo-Ottoman Empire?
Here with the PA's Abbas and on the Temple Mount - Haram al Sharif.
Here with the PA's Abbas and on the Temple Mount - Haram al Sharif.
Precedent from history dawn.com/news/1575973 It is Patriarch Sophronius invited Hazrat Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) to pray in the courtyard of the church. Hazrat Umar refused and instead prayed outside the church. (Ibn Khaldun) #HagiaSophia #Tolerance #Islam
روزنامہ ڈان میں فاضل مصنفین نے حضرت عمر (رضی اللہ عنہ ) اور بیت المقدس کے حوالے سے تاریخ ابن خلدون کی جلد اوّل رسول و خلفائے رسول کا بالکل صحیح حوالہ دیا ہے - نفیس اکیڈمی کا جو پرانا نسخہ ہے اس میں قدرے مختلف الفاظ کےساتھ یہی روایت درج ہے ! #HagiaSophia #Tolerance #Islam
روزنامہ ڈان میں فاضل مصنفین نے حضرت عمر (رضی اللہ عنہ ) اور بیت المقدس کے حوالے سے
بالکل درست لکھا ہے بلازری کی فتوح البلدان کی جلد اوّل (ترجمہ عیسائ عرب فلپ ہٹی ) میں فلسطین کے حوالے سے یہ لکھا ہے 👇
#HagiaSophia #Tolerance #Islam
بالکل درست لکھا ہے بلازری کی فتوح البلدان کی جلد اوّل (ترجمہ عیسائ عرب فلپ ہٹی ) میں فلسطین کے حوالے سے یہ لکھا ہے 👇
#HagiaSophia #Tolerance #Islam
Have you visited this beautiful place?
I did!
It is Turkey’s #ChoraChurch
That Erdogan decided to convert to a mosque.
A lesson to those wishful analysts who thought #HagiaSophia is just a one off PR stunt!
reuters.com/article/us-tur…
I did!
It is Turkey’s #ChoraChurch
That Erdogan decided to convert to a mosque.
A lesson to those wishful analysts who thought #HagiaSophia is just a one off PR stunt!
reuters.com/article/us-tur…
#ChoraChurch
When I toured Eastern Turkey, I encountered many deserted building belonged to the displaced Armenians.
Now Erdogan want to wipe the remaining Greek history of Turkey
When I toured Eastern Turkey, I encountered many deserted building belonged to the displaced Armenians.
Now Erdogan want to wipe the remaining Greek history of Turkey
I find it hilarious that some still find Erdogan’s actions like converting #ChoraMonastery/church into mosque.
101ideological dogma: Why is not part of their vocabularies.
There are only grievances
101ideological dogma: Why is not part of their vocabularies.
There are only grievances
#Shame on @USEmbassyTurkey’s David Satterfield for letting #Turkey use him for positive spin over its shameful conversion of #HagiaSophia.
.@VP @Mike_Pence: if THIS 👆is how your Administration demonstrates your commitment to standing up for religious pluralism and Christian minorities in #Turkey, try fooling someone else with tweets like this one:
In the meantime, @IRF_Ambassador - your colleagues at @USEmbassyTurkey completely undermine your declarations on #HagiaSophia.
Today’s Friday sermon in #HagiaSophia—with choice of Quranic verses, sword display, #Erdogan reciting of Quean, and covering of “Christian symbols” —was the official inaguration of the Islamic State of #Turkey.
This will not end here; expect the worst to come.
This will not end here; expect the worst to come.
They did not even bother to choose verses of the Quran that advocate peace and harmony, but the sermon in #HagiaSophiaMosque was full of verses on the “infidels”
Funny how Erdogan and his fan base detest Arab nationalism. “ We all one Muslim Ummah,” they say.
But Turkish nationalism is apparently halal!
#HagiaSophia
https://t.co/rRU2wvN7ze
But Turkish nationalism is apparently halal!
#HagiaSophia
https://t.co/rRU2wvN7ze
Tried to play the smartass tourist in #Istanbul today and head to #HagiaSophia to witness this historical moment, regardless what I think of the decision.
Traffic is crazy, roads are blocked, metro stations barely functioning for both security and over-crowdedness reasons, while thousands of people march in the middle of the streets towards the museum-turned-mosque with jubilant cries for Takbir filling the air.
I stand in awe of the whole scene/situation.
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, insights, and worries with you. A thread 👇
It appears that the authorities have chosen to install a (presumably retractable) curtain mechanism to conceal the mosaics of Virgin and Child on the apse, and the Archangel Gabriel in the bema.
Unless the Turkish authorities have discovered a system that defies gravity, and flies in mid-air on its own, the 6 sail-like curtains of #HagiaSophia hang from a mechanism, possibly attached to somewhere in the bema vault or within the apse.
Today is a dark day in human history.
Some describe the 46 year occupation of #Cyprus as a “Frozen Conflict” but that is neither an accurate nor an honest description.
Cyprus’ occupation is an ongoing crime, a crime in which too many have served as accomplices of #Turkey.
Some describe the 46 year occupation of #Cyprus as a “Frozen Conflict” but that is neither an accurate nor an honest description.
Cyprus’ occupation is an ongoing crime, a crime in which too many have served as accomplices of #Turkey.
Today, we do not simply “commemorate” a historic event - we bear witness to one of the longest standing war crimes (and one of the longest standing issues before the @UN Security Council: a sovereign member of the UN (and EU member) remains occupied and forcibly divided.
Many may think, “So what? Why does this Greco-Turkish tension matter to me?”
For those astonished by #Turkey’s treachery on matters like the S400s or ISIS, five decades of appeasement by @StateDepartment on #Cyprus convinced Ankara that Washington would not hold it accountable.
For those astonished by #Turkey’s treachery on matters like the S400s or ISIS, five decades of appeasement by @StateDepartment on #Cyprus convinced Ankara that Washington would not hold it accountable.
Erdogan will hold the first Islamic prayers in #HagiaSophia on July 24th--essentially converting the edifice into a functioning mosque. So, what does this mean for Hagia Sophia's short-term and long-term preservation? A thread 👇
On July 10 Erdogan signed a decree taking #HagiaSophia from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and gave it over to Directorate of Religious Affairs. These are two fundamentally different institutions with different priorities.
Under the Min. of Culture, as a museum, a team of professional, trained experts monitored and maintained #HagiaSophia daily, and coordinated international teams of specialists to address possible problems (conservation of marble flooring, mosaics, structural consolidation etc.)
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Dear Dr Yasir Qadhi:
I read your thoughts with great deal of interest.
I respect the depth of your knowledge in Islamic jurisprudence & your courage to shed light on some of the most sensitive issues of our time- Turkey's decision per #HagiaSophia being the latest.
Dear Dr Yasir Qadhi:
I read your thoughts with great deal of interest.
I respect the depth of your knowledge in Islamic jurisprudence & your courage to shed light on some of the most sensitive issues of our time- Turkey's decision per #HagiaSophia being the latest.
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You eloquently provided historical context to build your scholarly argument and you dismissed Muslims who opposed Turkey's decision as people who are simply embarrassed by how shariah supports Turkey's decision.
I am not a scholar of Islam by any stretch of imagination.
You eloquently provided historical context to build your scholarly argument and you dismissed Muslims who opposed Turkey's decision as people who are simply embarrassed by how shariah supports Turkey's decision.
I am not a scholar of Islam by any stretch of imagination.
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But, with all due respect, I find your argument on this issue very selective. Here is why (question form):
- Has Prophet Muhammad PBUH converted any Jewish Temple or Christian church of Medina into a mosque against the will of those communities?
But, with all due respect, I find your argument on this issue very selective. Here is why (question form):
- Has Prophet Muhammad PBUH converted any Jewish Temple or Christian church of Medina into a mosque against the will of those communities?
PERUBAHAN HAGIA SOPHIA MENJADI MASJID, KITA HARUS HORMATI KEDAULATAN TURKI. (A thread). #HagiaSophia
Pada 10 Juli 2020 lalu, Dewan Negara (The Council of State), yang merupakan pengadilan administratif tertinggi Turki, telah mengetuk palu pengembalian fungsi Hagia Sophia dari museum kembali menjadi masjid.
Dengan keputusan itu, maka keputusan presiden pertama Republik Turki, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, yang pada 1934 telah mengubah status Hagia Sophia dari masjid menjadi museum, dinyatakan tak lagi berlaku.
1/n Do you know what Janissaries are?
They were the main reason for the fall of Constantinople. They were elite forces of #Ottoman Empire comprised of young Christian boys which were captured by #Turkish Army from Christian states.
#HagiaSophia
They were the main reason for the fall of Constantinople. They were elite forces of #Ottoman Empire comprised of young Christian boys which were captured by #Turkish Army from Christian states.
#HagiaSophia
2/n This means Islamic #Sultan destroyed Christians rule and ended the #Byzantine Empire which lasted nearly 1,500 years by the help of Christian boys.
They were the same forces which conquered and turned the #HagiaSophia into a mosque.
They were the same forces which conquered and turned the #HagiaSophia into a mosque.
3/n The Janissaries were elite fighters that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops, personal bodyguards and the first modern standing army in Europe. The number grew from 20,000 in 1575, to 49,000 (1591), dropped to a low of 17,000 (1648), then rebounded to 135,000 in 1826
1. #HagiaSophia is the least of our problems with #Turkey. #Erdogan has a secret war in Libya, is cutting of water to #Syria, soon he'll be Sultan again thanks to #NATO backing. #Europe has no idea of the unintended consequences they will face for this.
khaleejtimes.com/editorials-col…
khaleejtimes.com/editorials-col…
2. Turkey reduced the flow of water from the Euphrates River into northeast Syria’s dam for the second week in a row, depriving hundreds of civilians access to water that is used to generate electricity and irrigate crops.
english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle…
english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle…
3. The US role in eastern and southern Syria is increasingly precarious amid the UN decision to continue cutting off aid to eastern Syria, where American forces are present and the US works with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
jpost.com/middle-east/ha…
jpost.com/middle-east/ha…
A lot of people are trying to compare Hagia Sophia with Babri masjid
Don't forget
1. India Pakistan partition was based on the demand that enough land should be given to all Muslims& it was given. Yet, Hindus didnt object Muslims staying in India even after
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Don't forget
1. India Pakistan partition was based on the demand that enough land should be given to all Muslims& it was given. Yet, Hindus didnt object Muslims staying in India even after
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#HagiaSophia
they lost land in the names of all Muslims & Pakistan running away with extra land which they got in the names of all Muslims. Hindus had a chance to get back all the temples if they insisted that we gave land to all Muslims, so all Muslims should go to Pakistan
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2. Even though it was pretty clear that Babri was built by invading a temple, the Hindus offered Muslims a separate site&compensation to build a new mosque. In Islam, a mosque isn't a very important place because Islam doesn't have a belief that God is inside a mosque. It's..
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What's happening in #HagiaSophia is a proof that our priorities are screwed up . Disaster is not coming toward us . we are inviting and making our own disaster. nytimes.com/2020/07/10/wor…
This paragraph from the post from @kottke represent what I feel about #HagiaSophia , #Varanasi #ajmersharif #banglasahib, and other such sites. Pity our politicians can't leave it alone.
I guess the last frontier which Tech needs to disrupt is religion . Sooner we do it the better for us .
#HagiaSophia?
Did you know?
In the late 19th c, the British used dynamites & explosives to raze down the spectacular Musalla Complex at Herat (Afghanistan) that included mausoleums, a knowledge center, mosque & many minarets.
#TimuridArchtitecture
Did you know?
In the late 19th c, the British used dynamites & explosives to raze down the spectacular Musalla Complex at Herat (Afghanistan) that included mausoleums, a knowledge center, mosque & many minarets.
#TimuridArchtitecture
The Musalla complex was commissioned by Queen Gawhar Shad (Late 14th C. -1457), wife of the Timurid ruler Shah Rukh. She was a patron of arts, architecture and literature and have to her credits many illustrious architectures.
Liberal we know about you, you do work for money because you have not happens problem any other religions because you know if you say anything about any other religions your store will close, so your saying about #aysofya mosque , why did change into mosque from church..?
So i tell you many masjid has been occupied in india converted into hindu mandir from masjid in hariyana, mahrshtra etc and also on international level Spain jama masjid cordoba closed by govt and has been done converted in church and purtagal also closed many masjid & converted
Jama Masjid, Farrukhnagar, Haryana
The town of Farrukhnagar in Gurugram District was founded by Mughal Governor Faujdar Khan in 1732 AD. It was named after the Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar and know mosque occupied by hindu and converted in hindu temple.
The town of Farrukhnagar in Gurugram District was founded by Mughal Governor Faujdar Khan in 1732 AD. It was named after the Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar and know mosque occupied by hindu and converted in hindu temple.
A few notes about #Turkey revoking Hagia Sophia's museum status:
1. #Erdogan is converting #HagiaSophia into a mosque, a decision that sparks risky polarization between #Muslims and #Christians. #Turkey's no shortage of mosques and the existing ones are hardly full to capacity.
1. #Erdogan is converting #HagiaSophia into a mosque, a decision that sparks risky polarization between #Muslims and #Christians. #Turkey's no shortage of mosques and the existing ones are hardly full to capacity.
2. I see some Muslims have been citing #Cordoba mosque's conversion into a cathedral since late 1400. Are you equating #Ferdinand II to #Erdogan? No civilized human being can justify what happened in #Spain against Muslims and #Jews and their places of worship. Stop the nonsense
3. Amidst the turbulent and troubled times, #Turkey and the Muslim nations, who raise concerns against #Islamophobia, must set an example of tolerance and religious harmony instead of stoking undue to hate or controversy. #HagiaSophia symbolizes a shared heritage. #UNAOC
Zur #HagiaSophia von mir ein kurzer Thread.
Grundsätzlich ist es mir als Christ egal ob eine Kirche Museum oder Moschee ist: Sie ist so oder so entwidmet. Wir Christen verlieren strenggenommen nichts, außer dass wir zukünftig für eine Besichtigung die Schuhe ausziehen müssten.
Auf der anderen Seite gibt es dennoch zwei Dinge, die bei diesem "populistischen Notgroschen" (@Besser_Deniz) der da verplempert wird Grund zur Sorge machen.
#RIP Secular #Turkey
Goodbye #Musuem #HagiaSophia, the once was a place for harmony and tolerance—-before dogma and regression prevailed!
Goodbye #Musuem #HagiaSophia, the once was a place for harmony and tolerance—-before dogma and regression prevailed!
The implications of #Erdogan’s decision to convert #HagiaSophia to a mosque are enormous.
For starter, who can stop #Israel now from using the Turkish precedent to convert Al-Aqsa mosque to a Jewish temple?
For starter, who can stop #Israel now from using the Turkish precedent to convert Al-Aqsa mosque to a Jewish temple?
How about the endless mosques scattered around the globe that were once Churches and Temples?
Who can stop the tit-for-tat?
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Who can stop the tit-for-tat?
#HagiaSophia
