How is it an heirloom of your heritage when it was built as a Christian church? You can own it and possess it and do what you will with it. But history will always know its a Christian church.
Lol it shows the Strength of Turkey. They brought down the Romans and this Mosque shows that. By your analogy nothing you by or own can be your Heritage, if you personally didn’t make it. The old watch of my Grandfather, which is over one Hundred Years old is part of my Heritage, and I surely didn’t make it
@@shaq6976 that watch was from the same culture and family. The hagia Sophia was built a Christian church and thus has Christian heritage. It was a mosque and thus holds similar value to the newer inhabitants of byzantium. Ypur watch probably didn't also belong to thousands of other people. Its small, important to a few people. Hagia Sophia was important to millions. Additionally. The turks were not the ones who killed the roman Empire, they were but one of the thousand nails in the empire's coffin and so happened to be the last.
@@shaq6976 Your Grandfather presumably purchased that watch (or made it himself, if he had the ability) and then _chose_ either through leaving a will or implicitly through family inheritance to pass it down the family line to you. At no point was the watch stolen from someone against their will. But the Hagia Sophia was taken by force. The proper analogy here would be you inheriting a precious heirloom that your grandfather had stolen from another family (though I'm sure he was a far more noble man than Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror).
@@photios4779 how was the Hagia Sophia „forcefully“ taken? By that Matter every city conquer ever was Forcefully and the pure evil. And then you can’t paint Sultan Mehmmed as the only bad person
@@puki860 the city of Rome fell to barbarians in 395. The Roman empire lasted until 1453 when Constantinople fell to to the Ottomans. The greeks and cypriots took back some of their land. Their plan was to take back Constantinople and the rest of the empire. Atleast they got greece and Cyprus back.
When Greece was under Ottoman rule, the Ottomans turned the Parthenon to a Mosque. Now the question is. Does anyone think that the Parthenon was ever , EVER a mosque? Same here.
@@lovely7983 No. When Istanbul was conquered by the Turks, it became a mosque. It later became a museum. and it became a mosque again. There are thousands of mosques in Spain that have been converted into churches. And there is not even one mosque in Greece. However, there are over 500 churches in Turkey.
Hagia Sophia is a powerful symbol to Istanbul. As a church, it the holiest shrine to Eastern Orthodox Christianity. As a mosque, it is the symbol of Islam's conquest. As a museum, it is a symbol of Ataturk's secular policy.
@Samir Shan i watched once in 1967, i dont except nothing more than that solomon s temple will rise above the al aqsa wait and see 😂😂😂😂😂😁😁 Like the ram temple above the babar masjith in ayodya india 😊😊😊
@ Where is the respect for Freedom of Speech? For the Rule of Law? We of the modern era hold these in the same regard as Muhammed; Holy, sacrosanct. You expect, yet you do not give.
@@Yrkr785 Yeap we Stole. Like a What you guys did in Canada,Alaska,Usa,Huwaii Etc. Building the Churh in New York, Before belongs to Şamanist Native Americans.
Disgusting and disgraceful. The Turks think this is THEIR heritage when it was Emperor Constantine that founded the city. It was Byzantine Emperor Justinian who commissioned the construction of the Hagia Sophia. It is CHRISTIAN heritage.
@@silentboy754 right? Islam invaded it, and take care of it. Nothings wrong. Literally everybody wage war against one another in the past. Stop whining
You must be stupid when Constantinople/Istanbul was conquered the OTTOMAN RULER PAID FOR THE CHURCH AND MADE IT TO A MOSQUE there are still DOCUMENTS WHICH SHOW THE PURCHASE and for near 500 years it was like that until Republic of Turkey was founded and it was made to a museum. So yes christians had the freedom and they sold it for big bucks
@@raquelmansour7455 And spain did to al andalus but removed all signs of it ever being a mosque and also forcefully converted allllll the muslims and in istanbul still 200k Christians so yeah dont talk too much
@@raquelmansour7455 Oh really and the Spanish Inquistion? The million of Jews killed by Chrisitian germany? The million of Fillipinos forced into mass conversions to christianity from Islam? Most Fillipinos were muslim and islam even reached manila before they were held and forced to convert and killed brutally if not.
Lol, Justinian would have been upset when his Orthodox church got ransacked by Catholics from Western Europe. The only who is butthurt by it in 2021 is ... you.
@@Kevn37 well, it's fact that Constantinople was sacked and destroyed by Western European Catholics. Justinian would have been upset enough about them sacking his Orthodox church. At least the nomadic Turks restored it.
Nothing is disgrace if it turn back into Allah's home. The Christians making it into cathedral and worshipping Prophet Jesus PBUH is the disgrace because he is just a prophet, but not a God. Btw no offense
@@coconutsloshed4119 Jesus may be a prophet to you, but he is the son of our God, and we the Orthodox built a cathedral to honor not just him, but his father and all of the saints.
There is a reason why Atatürk made the Hagia Sophia a museum. He understood that a place with a rich and diverse history, needs to be a religiously neutral place so there is no religious conflict over the place. Erdoğan wants to destroy Atatürk vision of secular republic and turn Turkey into the Ottoman Empire.
@@mussyeg Mustafa Kemal Atatürk kicked the allies out of Anatolia, while the Ottoman Empire submitted to their will. Ottoman Empire was the "Sick Man of Europe", while Turkey is now is a powerful nation in Europe.
No matter how many times they are going to sacrilege “Hagia Sophia” by converting it into a mosque, for the whole Christian world and especially in the hearts of the Greeks, it will always be the Grand “Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Constantinople”, the Holy Seat of our formidable Byzantine Empire.
Hagia Sophia should have stayed as a museum. Turkey has been regarded in the world because of its secular policies, despite the fact that most of its citizens are Muslim. However, it is obvious that if Turkey were to adopt an Islamic policy, its reputation would decline.
he already has but it's ironically good that he has a large following because the alternative is US invasion just like Saddam Hussein. Then Turkish people like Iraq will really be left with nothing so people don't revolt out of fear of US intervention because we know America will benefit from painting him as a dictator but there isn't a strong leader like Atatürk so right now Turkey is luckily holding on with that balance of 50% supporting him and 50% disatisfied.
The difference is that in Spain before the Islamic invasion, Spain was already Christian. And the Christians had taken back what was already theirs. And the mosque (current church) had been built over the site of an old Visigothic Christian church, and that was used by both Christians and muslim. But the Emir Abd al-Raḥmān had the brilliant idea of destroying the Christian church.
I agree with you, I'd feel the tears of all the Christian people and I'd feel a little dirty on the inside. I'm a proud Muslim and I have a lot of love for my Turkish brothers but just don't agree with a lot of the barbaric non religious acts that Muslims and Christians did to each other historically in the name of conveying the superiority of one religion over the other. What a load of non religious baloney, completely void of wisdom or sense.
WhT is the most interesting is that why would muslims want to pray for the christian church. I wouldn't pray in a christian church that was once a mosque... I would prefer to go somewhere where everything started and is still christian :) so confusing
As a Turkish-American Muslim, this move disgusted me, the Hagia Sophia was built as an Eastern Orthodox church, and should have remained like that. There's a reason I hate Erdoğan, he's been giving us Turks all over the world a bad name with the way he acts. Atatürk will always be better than Erdoğan. Erdoğan has been on a mission to destroy Türkiye's reputation, and he's succeeding in that.
I guess you should move to Greece then and wear a cross necklace. If not at least tell the Greek American restaurants you're Greek to get that 20% discount
@@ATurkishRedskinsFan96 well it doesn't matter with all the mixing between Greeks and Turks. Not even Greeks can tell who's Greek or Turkish tourists these days. That's probably why yu support the Hogia Sophia being an Orthodox Cathedral instead 😏
@@Blu3Blaze18 Maybe it's because I'm born and raised in the US and I have a view more in line with American beliefs, have you considered that? There's not a lot of mixing with Greeks and Turks, especially post-population exchange, the most mixing Turkish people have done with anyone is native Anatolians, and most Turkish people are Oghuz Turks, same with Azerbaijanis and Turkmen, hence the caucasian appearance. Please do your research and stop being a clown.
Hagia Sophia was built before Islamic even existed. The minarets were added a thousand years after it was built. But what ya gonna do? Petty leaders do petty things.
What about the Mosques in Cordoba / Spain ? What about the Mosques in Kazan / Russia ? What about the Mosques in Sicily / Italy ? All These Mosques turned into a Church So why Turkey can't Turned Hagia Sophia into a Mosque ?
Muslim brothers, why don't you let us Christians pray in the Hagia Sophia as well? We welcomed you into our countries and into our lives. The least you can do is let us pray next to you!
Probably because it would be catering to like ... 15 people who can't pray at the other massive churches in Istanbul. However, >95% of the population of Turkey is Muslim - instead of creating massive new places, they can just use the places they have only when they need- turn it back to a museum when not praying.
@@dnajournal4321 Yes, I understand this but we can overcome this by utilizing different furniture, curtains, etc. Praying together is the road to peace.
It's not a cultural war , some of us are pro this decision some others are against it , we aren't a monolithic nation and we aren't in a cultural war against anyone .
@@easy5989 I've seen a few secularist Turks in the comments of various Hagia Sophia videos denounce this decision. But I would suspect that most Turks who don't agree with this decision would simply keep their mouths shut. Openly criticizing Erdogan and the ruling party has possible negative consequences in Turkey these days.
@@easy5989 it’s True, say something against Erdogan and you out buddy. My uncle was a Judge in Izmir, and openly said something against Erdogan, he’s fired for no reason
Kinda not the same man. Mecca and Medina is more important than any other city cuz Mecca is where Prophet Muhammad SAW was born and where the Kaaba was built at.
@Farhan The Quran 3.3 He has revealed to you, O Muhammad (s), the Book, the Qur’ān, enveloped, by the truth, with veracity, in what it announces, confirming what was before it, of Books; and He revealed the Torah and the Gospel. Your Quran confirms what was before . Clearly says the Gospel . I never said Jesus Christ was GOD and I'm not here to debate the Bible .
Erencan Ayhan Don’t you think turning the Hagia Sophia into a mosque is an insult to Christianity? You say ‘ I wonder how long it will take before they start insulting Christianity....’ Hello??? You already have by turning it into a mosque. 🤪
Erencan Ayhan Realise what? You want me to make my ‘friend’ realise that the Turks are an insult to Christianity.. lol! The whole Christian world knows this lan!
All the Greeks had to do was accept the Council of Florence and say the Filioque and Rome would have helped them. But they preferred to lose Constantinople than submit to Rome.
You condemned constadinople to have that fate, when got close yo it in 1204 and like any common thief , you stole everything that your Christian “sister” city had inside. Money, gold, art( the most of it you destroyed by not even knowing about what art us), cultural deposits of millennial (again most of the books destroyed by not knowing what is a book). When you stole everything, even the facades of the buildings, you left a destroyed city when eventually you were throwed out by the roman emperor from Nicea. The city and the country lands were so massivly destroyed, that couldn’t recover for centuries. After doing that you wanted unification of the churches. Unification accomplished actually in the counsil of florence/ferrara. But even then , you never sent help against the mongol/Turks. Your hate against eastern christianity was so sickly big, thst you were dreaming of a world where all trace of eastern christinity desapears. Isn’t more than obvious that we’re facing a classic syndrome of inferiority here. The story is identical to the definition of that syndrome, by today’s science. Well done pious brother. Keep walking in peace. Heaven is waiting for you with wide open gates. Just take care that saint peter may open any suspicious side door. Watch out!! And have faith!
Very sad to see the Church converted in to Mosque. They would have built new one, why in the glorius Church, it has rich history . Very shameful act. The God is not died he is living God & knows when to act
@@coconutsloshed4119 You people fail to know the meaning Allah's home. Built Mosque as per your wish not someone’s worship's place. If we do same thing what will be the reaction of Muslim? Our religion doesn't teach build house in someone's property.
@@martinkv34 whatcha mean it's yours? All things you in your life is Allah's belongings. All body parts on you and your organs and everything is Allah's belongings. Earth, galaxy, space and literally everything is all Allah's belongings. We are his slave and we are just borrowing it. The brick from the cathedral is from stone and stone is Allah's belongings. Don't ever say it is yours. And stop saying "you people" cuz we are the same, friend. We are humans and we are slaves of Allah SWT.
One year after, Agia Sofia (holly wisdom) spoke. And keeps speaking. Let’s think how turkey was , one year ago, compared to today. I respect the words that were spoken.
To answer your question, you can still visit but it won't be the same. When it was a museum, it encouraged religious freedom - it celebrated both the Christian and Muslim heritage, carrying the message instilled by Atatürk that Turkey is a secular, free and democratic country. Now all the mosaics depicting the Christian elements are covered, and the beautiful marble floors are covered by green carpets. There is also segragation between men and women. You also need to dress modestly. In short, don't expect it to be the same.
U guys are nothing but hypocrites! Turkey has the right to manage its heritage how they want it! If the Spanish gov has the right to convert the Alhambra's main mosque into the Church of Santa Maria de la Alhambra, then why can’t Turkey???
Erdogan wan't to rebuild the Ottoman Empire. Secular Turkey is slowly dying, but that was mainly its own fault. For many years the secular nationalists lived in the cities and ignored the majority poorer Turks in the rural. Erdogan played on that and in 2002 he got himself elected as prime minister. Then in 2012 he became president and turned Turkey into a presidential autocracy. We must not forget that the secular Turkish state was never tolerant nor liberal, this is how Erdogan was able to use the existing authoritarianism to enforce his Ottoman nationalism. Turkey raised its children to be dogmatic nationalists since 1923, now a reactionary dictator has used that nationalism to bind the state to his will.
Diktatör seçimle gelmez. Erdoğan seçimle gelmiş ilk Cumhurbaşkanıdır. Türklere ve Müslümanlara tarihini unutturmaya çalışanlara karşı büyük bir adımdı Ayasofya. Bu kadar kudurmanıza bakılırsa amaca ulaşılmış
@@profesor3857 Orada kıldığınız namazın kabul olduğunu mu sanıyorsun :D Hristiyan eliyle yapılmış,dininizle hiçbir alakası olmayan bir yapıyı nerdeyse Kabe gibi görüp sahiplenmeye çalışıp bir sürü hristiyan resimleri işlemeleri olan bu yapıda ibadet etmeye çalışmanız çok acınası ve komik.Allah hristiyan binalarından etkilenip oraları camiye dönüştürme çabanız konusunda ne düşünüyordur sence.Gözünü aç artık dinle bir ilgisi yok.Son günleri yaklaşan birilerinin itibarı için siyasi olarak kullanılıyor sadece alışık olduğumuz şeyler bunlar.
This kind of nationalistic thinking isn't helpful. The capital of the modern nation state of Greece is Athens. The Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire was never "Greece" - it was a multi-ethnic autocracy where Greek language and culture predominated, but its citizens always called themselves "Romans" even up to the end of the empire, not "Hellenes" (Greeks) as citizens of modern Greece do today. So modern Greece is not and never was the Roman/Byzantine Empire, which is now ancient history. I don't agree with Turkey's decision to make this sacred site into a mosque, *but* the wise response would be to forgive them in the name of God and do your part to keep the peace with your Turkish neighbor. Even Jesus told us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
We are glad for that cause we count on the common sense and idealsnofnthe common Turkish people to find ground to coexist with respect for one another. And as greeks we don't blame the whole Turkish population. Only the government and the fanatics.
People calm down, yes it was a beautiful church, but it is now in turkish territory, and it is a majority muslim nation, it will make sense to turn it back to what it used to be most recently before it became a museum.
@@enceladus_1 You say that like the Turks were the only people in history to ever invade others. You say that like the Byzantines never did that to other nations. Don't juts point fingers at the Turks like they're the only bad guys in history.
@@enceladus_1 We can say the same about Mosques through out Europe. They were originally Muslim, and now they're either churches or storage houses. Don't even say something like "but it wasn't their land", because Constantinople was also land that the Byzantines fought for to expand their empire.
when Constantinople/Istanbul was conquered the OTTOMAN RULER PAID FOR THE CHURCH AND MADE IT TO A MOSQUE there are still DOCUMENTS WHICH SHOW THE PURCHASE and for near 500 years it was like that until Republic of Turkey was founded and it was made to a museum. So yes christians had the freedom and they sold it for big bucks
HAGIA IN THE TIME OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE The construction of the Hagia Sophia dates back to the Byzantine Empire, when the Ancient Roman Empire collapsed. The Hagia Sophia we see today is not the same as the Hagia Sophia built by the Byzantine empire in the past. The first Hagia Sophia was built during the reign of emperor Constantius II. It is named Magna Ecclesia which means Great Church. The construction of this church began in 346, applying the ancient Roman architecture using the concept of building a basilica building. Once completed, the Great Church was inaugurated by a bishop named Eudoxius of Antioch on February 15, 360. The Great Church was built close to the palace and this church was very large compared to other churches throughout the empire. This feature is the reason why Hagia Sophia was first called the Great Church, then a great monument in the world of architecture. After a long time the Great Church became the mother of the Byzantine church, the archbishop of the Great Church named John Chrysostom had a big fight with the wife of the emperor Arcadius named Aelia Eudoxia. The emperor was furious and chased Chrysostom out of the pafa empire on June 20, 404. As a result of the archbishop's removal, a revolt from the Great Church took place in protest of the exile. To stop the rebellion of the Great Church, the church was burned at the emperor's command as a reminder that no one could oppose it. Until now there is not a single remnant of this Great Church. Entering the reign of emperor Theodosius II, he ordered an architect named Rufinus to build a second Hagia Sophia using the same plan as the Great Church but with a wooden roof. The church was inaugurated on October 10, 415. However, the second Hagia Sophia was set on fire again during the Nika Rebellion on January 13-14, 532. As a result of the people's uprising against the emperor, the second Hagia Sophia was left with only what is left by the Turkish government today. Among the remains of the second Hagia Sophia are several blocks of marble that have religious carvings. One of them is a block of marble carved with 12 sheep. According to Byzantine Christian culture, the 12 goats represented 12 prophets / messengers. A few weeks later, on February 15, 532, the then Byzantine emperor Justinian I planned to build the third Hagia Sophia but the church he was going to build is different construction structure not same just like previous renovation. It was very large, unique, and more prestige . Justinian I chose a geographer named Isidore of Miletus as engineer and another mathematician named Anthemius of Tralles as architect of Hagia Sophia. Beginning with the construction project, marble was exploited extensively from all over the empire and more than 10,000 workers were mobilized. This made the project the largest construction project in the history of the Byzantine empire. After 5 years and 10 months of construction, the third Hagia Sophia was finally completed and inaugurated by Justinian I and a saint named Means on 27 December 537. This Hagia Sophina has a variety of functions besides being a place of worship and refuge for victims of crime, among them is a priest's seat. The highest Orthodox Christian called the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople. The church also made it a place for royal relatives to hold ceremonies such as birthdays. Hagia Sophia is indeed magnificent, corresponding to the position of the Byzantine Empire as the ‘Second Roman’ which served as the center of the spread of Christian teaching throughout Europe. However, Hagia could not avoid facing its traditional enemy, namely the earthquake. From the reign of Justinian I to the time of the collapse, earthquakes constantly shook Constantinople until Hagia's dome was repaired to ensure Hagia remained strong. There are some Byzantine emperors modifying the Hagia in addition to improving it. Like emperor Basil II, after the earthquake on October 25, 989, the dome of the western part of Hagia collapsed. So he ordered the architect of the cathedral (cathedral) named Trdat to build a new dome. This construction takes 6 years to complete. While the dome was being built, modifications were made such as the addition of a Jesus / Prophet Jesus painting on the inside of the main dome. In 1202, the Fourth Crusade took place and Constantinople was conquered by the Crusaders. During the establishment of the Crusaders' government in the Greek Peninsula, the Roman Empire took control of Constantinople and made Hagia Sophia a Roman Catholic cathedral. It is said that the tomb of the head of Constantinople was captured by Enrico Dandolo in Hagia but the tomb was destroyed when the Byzantines experienced a period of collapse. Entering 1261, the Byzantines succeeded in recapturing Constantinople from the Crusaders. When the emperor visited Hagia again, the condition of the church was so bad that it almost collapsed. Efforts to preserve Hagia became active again beginning with the reign of the emperor Andronicus in 1317. HAGIA IN THE Ottoman TURKISH PERIOD May 29, 1453, Historic date for both empires in Eastern Europe. For the Byzantines, this was the date of the collapse of the empire which had long been the ‘Second Roman’ in the Christian world. For the Ottoman Turks who had just become the fourth Islamic kingdom in the Middle East, this date was the date of their victory in liberating Constantinople and making Asia Minor (Turkey) a strategic land in the expansion of the Islamic world. When the fort of Constantinople collapsed, Sultan Mehmed II or Muhammad Al-Fateh ordered the Turkish army to plunder all the property in Constantinople for 3 days. Later, the sultan and his army entered the city and celebrated their success. Al-Fateh did not encourage his army to attack the people of Constantinople, as the sultan of the previous Islamic government practiced during the government's expansion campaign. Instead, Al-Fateh instructed the residents to return to their homes safely, without having to worry about the safety of those in danger. Al-Fateh then entered Hagia Sophia. Many vulnerable people such as women and children as well as priests took refuge in the Hagia. Al-Fateh ordered the residents who took refuge out and sat in their homes, then declared Hagia Sophia as a mosque. The scholars who appeared with Al-Fateh continued to chant the call to prayer, as a sign of the conversion of Hagia status from church to mosque. HAGIA IN THE TIME OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC In 1935, the first Turkish President who founded the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, made Hagia Sophia a museum. Ataturk's actions were carried out to succeed in the process of Turkish secularism without any Islamic influence. Carpets and marble floors were removed and patches covering Byzantine Christian paintings were opened. However, Hagia's condition is worrying. Hagia's copper roof cracked, causing water to drip onto the mosaic floor. The increase in groundwater is also the cause of the damp conditions on the floor, creating an imbalance of the building. Thus, non-governmental organizations such as the World Monuments Fund strive to ensure that Hagia remains protected. As long as Hagia is a museum, it is the second must-visit location in Turkey by attracting 3.3 million domestic and foreign visitors a year. Any worship or prayer is haram performed in Hagia. In 2006, the Turkish government held a special small room in the museum for Muslim and Christian staff to perform worship. Calls for worship time have been allowed twice a day since 2013. Many efforts by Turkish diplomats to change the position of Hagia Sophia to become a mosque again like deputy prime minister Bülent Arınç who proposed a change of status in Hagia in November 2013. In November 2016, a non-governmental organization called the Association for the Protection of Historic Monuments and the Environment Hgia as a mosque, but the government's answer is to keep Hagia as a museum. Entering the year 2018, only then did the people hope to make Hagia a mosque again when the latest Turkish President named Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the same thing, only to get the response of the Turkish people. Furthermore, Erdogan wants to establish a Turkish society that is fully centered on Islam, not through politics, but through the return of the people to their origins. So, the effort to restore Hagia as a mosque again is Erdogan's subtle weapon. Effort after effort, on July 10, 2020, only the Turkish State Council that ruled Turkey allowed Hagia Sophia to function again as a mosque, although its role as a museum is still not lost.
Christians should criticize themselves a little bit. Christians, who say that every religious place, be it a mosque or a church, should protect its essence, did not react at all to the conversion of Kurtuba into a church. [Hagia Sophia is a mosque.] A brief summary of what I wrote❤☪.
I m reacting to it as a Christian I don't think is right. But it wasn't done by Christian Orthodox Corduba is in Spain. Plus you shouldn't be copying the wrong doings of others. You should try to be better. Preach *drops the mic* 🤣 Haghia Sophia will never be a mosque as the mosque in Corduba will never be a church. There you have it. They weren't build for that purpose and its holy meaning to each religion does not represent that.
Alhamdulillah. The Hagia Sophia was built as a Greek Orthodox church. During the Crusade, it was conquered and converted to a Roman Catholic church. It was converted again to a Greek Orthodox church during the Byzantines. In 1453, Sultan Fatih conquered Constantinople. He bought the Hagia Sophia (yes he purchased the Hagia Sophia) and there are documents to prove it, even though he had a right to get it for free since it was a military conquest. After the purchase, he converted it to a mosque. See the difference? Non-muslims simply destroyed mosques after every conquest (some are even converted to nightclubs). Later, that useless Attartuk converted it to a museum. So, kudos to Erdogan for setting it straight by converting it back to a mosque.
Muslims kept commenting that Sultan Mehmet bought it. There are no evidence that he bought it. Hagia Sophia is the holiest shrine in Eastern Orthodox Christainity just like St Peter in Rome to the Roman Catholic or Masjid Al-Haram in Mecca to the Muslims. Devout Eastern Orthodox Christians will never sell it regardless. They may sell non important churches but never Hagia Sophia. Sultan Mehmet owns it by the right of conquest and converting into a mosque presents a powerful statement that Constantinople aka Istanbul is now a Muslim city.
@@MrLantean I searched for the evidence in google and reddit but lots of people said theres no proof. But what I know is that people need to calm down because Sultan Mehmed II already got the cathedral on his hand and it's up to him what he wants to do with it.
It never was, or can be a mosque. It's a church. It faces East. All Churches/cathedrals are built facing east. A mosque can only face Qibla, and the Hagia Sophia doesn't. It can never and will never be a mosque.
@@tonyal3235 has everything to do with the shape as you put it. Its foundations and design was planned with one thing in mind, a cathedral, therefore it can never be a mosque. That can never be denied. The ground it's on has been blessed as a cathedral and that is ever lasting. It's just the way it's always and will always be. We'll let you use it to pray though. That's the tolerance of Christianity.
Or Turkey will use the next bout of political tensions with Greece as an excuse to plaster over the icons in "retaliation" for something Greece does that the Turks don't like. This could happen within a few years time, especially as Turkey is now carrying out petroleum exploration operations in waters near Greek territories that are within the Greek exclusive economic zone. This could soon boil over and give Turkey the "excuse" it needs.
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its been there since 1453 I dont see why we should suddenly decide to destroy it.
I hope you're talking about your personal vacation itinerary of places to visit, and not as I suspect, something far more sinister and evil. At least the Hagia Sophia belongs to Turkey. You guys have no legitimate claim to Spain and Italy.
Why not? It is Turkey’s business, there are so many other cities that were conquered in history, no one in the world makes a claim that it still belongs to original owners. Let’s all say then americans should make changes in the land of native Americans?
What about the Mosques in Cordoba / Spain ? What about the Mosques in Kazan / Russia ? What about the Mosques in Sicily / Italy ? All These Mosques turned into a Church So why Turkey can't Turned Hagia Sophia into a Mosque ?
as a church it was abandoned. few christians visited it like most churches it was on the brink of closing. better it be used for the worship of the creator only. Islam
Both of these are wrong doings. And just because someone did something bad does that mean you have to repeat it? Isn't it the whole point tl be the better person? To be better than our enemies. As humanity we shall strife for excellency, not the other way around. But actions like this deffinetoy take us back not forward. I will only tell you this. As a Christian, I will be better than you. I will respect you as a fellow human being and respect your beliefs religion and culture. I hope you do the same but if you don't that's OK. But you should know I will stand and defend what I believe in if that is threaten or disrespected.
You must be stupid when Constantinople/Istanbul was conquered the OTTOMAN RULER PAID FOR THE CHURCH AND MADE IT TO A MOSQUE there are still DOCUMENTS WHICH SHOW THE PURCHASE and for near 500 years it was like that until Republic of Turkey was founded and it was made to a museum. So yes christians had the freedom and they sold it for big bucks
If it wasn’t for Erdogan I would file a petition to make it a Mosque/ Church and Seperate the two groups. Would be a nice Compromise and I’m more than sure the Muslims would have no problem with that.
i would have ab ig problem but if it was a jewish place its find but noy jesus. we dont worship idols and it s big sin to have their statues in mosques.
I'm Muslim and I support letting the Orthodox community occasionally use the Hogia Sophia for prayer and worship. I'm pretty sure my Muslim brothers and sisters in the Middle East and North Africa wouldn't agree with me but then again isn't Turkey a really secular country?
I love reading salty comments from Christians claiming this is a church. The Adhan sounds 5 times daily, people pray 5 times daily and the words Allah and Muhammad are written inside in beautiful massive Arabic calligraphy to make it clear to anyone who steps inside that this is and always will be a mosque.
It's not a claim, it's historically known to studied people, religious or secular, who are aware of Turkish Christian history before Islam took Turkey. In every delusional Muslim mind who thinks that this was first a mosque don't even know their own history let alone the history of Christianity. And if they do, they ignore or think of it as unimportant.
Hagia Sophia is historically known to be a Church. It's factual, not a claim. What is a false claim is that it's a mosque. It never was a mosque in the beginning and the only reason this is happening is because of the pompous arrogance of radical Muslim Turks and their leader. People like you disregard the Christians in Turkey. There is no equity in Turkey unless you are Muslim. If there were any respect, Erdogan would not be taking this step. But just like in history Islam tends to treat anyone who is not a Muslim like a second class citizen or even worse. And the favorite past time of Islam is erasing history. It wants to erase real Turkish history (before Islam), Persian history (before Islam), Afghan history (before Islam), Indonesian history (before Islam), Moroccan history (before Islam). And if they are not erasing history, they treat Christians and other groups terribly.
How is it an heirloom of your heritage when it was built as a Christian church? You can own it and possess it and do what you will with it. But history will always know its a Christian church.
Lol it shows the Strength of Turkey. They brought down the Romans and this Mosque shows that. By your analogy nothing you by or own can be your Heritage, if you personally didn’t make it.
The old watch of my Grandfather, which is over one Hundred Years old is part of my Heritage, and I surely didn’t make it
@@shaq6976 that watch was from the same culture and family. The hagia Sophia was built a Christian church and thus has Christian heritage. It was a mosque and thus holds similar value to the newer inhabitants of byzantium. Ypur watch probably didn't also belong to thousands of other people. Its small, important to a few people. Hagia Sophia was important to millions. Additionally. The turks were not the ones who killed the roman Empire, they were but one of the thousand nails in the empire's coffin and so happened to be the last.
@@shaq6976 Your Grandfather presumably purchased that watch (or made it himself, if he had the ability) and then _chose_ either through leaving a will or implicitly through family inheritance to pass it down the family line to you. At no point was the watch stolen from someone against their will. But the Hagia Sophia was taken by force. The proper analogy here would be you inheriting a precious heirloom that your grandfather had stolen from another family (though I'm sure he was a far more noble man than Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror).
@@photios4779 how was the Hagia Sophia „forcefully“ taken? By that Matter every city conquer ever was Forcefully and the pure evil. And then you can’t paint Sultan Mehmmed as the only bad person
@@puki860 the city of Rome fell to barbarians in 395. The Roman empire lasted until 1453 when Constantinople fell to to the Ottomans. The greeks and cypriots took back some of their land. Their plan was to take back Constantinople and the rest of the empire. Atleast they got greece and Cyprus back.
When Greece was under Ottoman rule, the Ottomans turned the Parthenon to a Mosque.
Now the question is.
Does anyone think that the Parthenon was ever , EVER a mosque?
Same here.
You said it yourself. They TURNED Parthenon into a mosque and then was rebuild as a Museum like Hagia Sophia should be
there are no mosques in greece. They destroyed them all.
@@ahmetenes8505 No artistic value in 99% of them. Christian temples are full of art.
@@technics291 bruh. Come turkey and look around. art in turkey. but byzantine was the threshold of art. and It was the threshold of Ottoman art.
@@lovely7983 No. When Istanbul was conquered by the Turks, it became a mosque. It later became a museum. and it became a mosque again. There are thousands of mosques in Spain that have been converted into churches. And there is not even one mosque in Greece. However, there are over 500 churches in Turkey.
Hagia Sophia is a powerful symbol to Istanbul. As a church, it the holiest shrine to Eastern Orthodox Christianity. As a mosque, it is the symbol of Islam's conquest. As a museum, it is a symbol of Ataturk's secular policy.
And now it is a sign of an Islamic dark age along with the rest of the Middle East
@@austin1470 it's not the same thing, if Erdoğan will be voted out everything will be alright
Not Istanbul it's constantinople
@@СпартакЧитлов нашёл грека)
@@gamermapper да я грек я не русский
The status of the iconic HAGIA SOPHIA throughout history:
● 537 - 1204: Eastern Orthodox cathedral.
● 1204 - 1261: Roman Catholic cathedral.
● 1261 - 1453: Eastern Orthodox cathedral.
● 1453 - 1934: Mosque.
● 1935 - 2020: Museum.
● From July 24, 2020 onwards: Mosque.
Can’t it be a Mosque and Museum or is that a no no in the Islamic faith.
@@spencersholden it is forbidden in the Quran to make other religions place of worships to mosques so even the act isnt right
@@farismustafa5389 really? Then every time they turn a church into a mosque, they are breaking their own religious law.
@@farismustafa5389
Really? They hypocrites then.
@@spencersholden yes
“That’s our heritage” literally a min earlier built by a Byzantium as a church for Christians
Didn't the Christians severely neglect the Hagia Sofia...
Samad Kamran yeah they didn’t want to take care of it and now all of a sudden Christians care soooo much about it
Kamal Knew the importance of Freedom of Religion.
This is a historical building.
Should be open to all!
U mad ?
stfu you Ortho’s didn’t do a good job of preserving the our mosques either after Ottoman rule ended in the balkans 🕌🔥🔥🔥
I can’t understand why you wouldn’t highlight what Agia Sophia means to Christianity.
One sided in your reporting!!
Jihadis are wild they will go to any extent to take over everything magnificent
@Samir Shan if hagia sophia become mosque the al aqsa definitely will become
Temple of solomon no doubt.
Wait for that 😂😂😊😊😊
@Samir Shan i watched once in 1967, i dont except nothing more than that solomon s temple will rise above the al aqsa wait and see 😂😂😂😂😂😁😁
Like the ram temple above the babar masjith in ayodya india 😊😊😊
Almost 99% turkey religion are muslim
@Farhan honey the difference is that Spain was Christian before the Islamic invasion, The Christians had taken back what was theirs from before.
Hagia Sophia isn't a heritage. It's just one of the many spoils of war after the fall of Constantinople.
yeah so? According to Webster Heritage means - "something transmitted by or acquired from a predecessor : legacy, inheritance".
@@axela4606 you can say that and all but you can never see it described as something "stolen".
@@axela4606 it was something stolen, like all things those barbarians have.
Yeah Israel did the same to Palestinian land
@@shsfehyr I mean they owned the place before Islam was even founded
So many threats expressed here to take over European property. So much for the religion of peace.
Knowledge needs to be aquired on this subject first
@WT T @WT T why you should consider islam
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@@teklinga4195 I'll consider Islam when I can show a caricature of Muhammed
@@JamesJJSMilton this is not some president or something Hz. Muhammed is a holy figure for us. How about you show some respect before demanding some?
@ Where is the respect for Freedom of Speech? For the Rule of Law? We of the modern era hold these in the same regard as Muhammed; Holy, sacrosanct. You expect, yet you do not give.
''a symbol of turkish shared heritage'' ? i mean really ? really ?
It’s stolen isn’t it prefect symbol
post modernist double speak, I am allergic to it.
Sore looser
@@Yrkr785 Yeap we Stole. Like a What you guys did in Canada,Alaska,Usa,Huwaii Etc. Building the Churh in New York, Before belongs to Şamanist Native Americans.
@@citizenofsuperpowerindia4453 the United States also stole 14 states from Mexico…
Looks like someone is having a delusion of grandeur just like a certain someone in 1934-1945
they opened a mosque... they must have a delusion of grandeur! ummm... what?
@Antonio Perales del Hierro who ?
@@shahsaud2625 I think he means christopher colombus.
@@shahsaud2625 they lyin' to you bro he's talking about Hitler
To compare him to hitler showcases your lack of intelligence
They can dress it up how ever they want, we all know who built it and what it truly represents
Same with the Temple of Solomon.
You just dream kid.
Israel will soon take the dome of the rock, tear it down into rubble, and build the temple
@boom • let me guess. The earth is also flat in your world? Facts are facts. Israel is a real nation whether you believe it or not
@@austin1470 no never
@@austin1470 never
As a Greek I visited Hagia Sofia 2 years ago and prayed as a Christian but this is still sad and it should have remained a Museum
Hagia Sophia is a church and will remain church ✝️
@@AquaGirlOo 😂😂😂
@@AquaGirlOonot since 1450 😅
you can came only a tourist :)
I am an ex-muslim and it should belong to the Orthodox Christian church
Disgusting and disgraceful. The Turks think this is THEIR heritage when it was Emperor Constantine that founded the city. It was Byzantine Emperor Justinian who commissioned the construction of the Hagia Sophia. It is CHRISTIAN heritage.
Remember once upon a time, USA was belongs to Blacks, so according to the history whites should leave USA..
@@silentboy754 right? Islam invaded it, and take care of it. Nothings wrong. Literally everybody wage war against one another in the past. Stop whining
You must be stupid when Constantinople/Istanbul was conquered the OTTOMAN RULER PAID FOR THE CHURCH AND MADE IT TO A MOSQUE there are still DOCUMENTS WHICH SHOW THE PURCHASE and for near 500 years it was like that until Republic of Turkey was founded and it was made to a museum. So yes christians had the freedom and they sold it for big bucks
@@raquelmansour7455 And spain did to al andalus but removed all signs of it ever being a mosque and also forcefully converted allllll the muslims and in istanbul still 200k Christians so yeah dont talk too much
@@raquelmansour7455 Oh really and the Spanish Inquistion? The million of Jews killed by Chrisitian germany? The million of Fillipinos forced into mass conversions to christianity from Islam? Most Fillipinos were muslim and islam even reached manila before they were held and forced to convert and killed brutally if not.
Utterly disgusting what they’ve done, Justinian would rather have it destroyed
Its none of your business tho keep moving
Lol, Justinian would have been upset when his Orthodox church got ransacked by Catholics from Western Europe.
The only who is butthurt by it in 2021 is ... you.
@@dnajournal4321 He has 14 likes, so I guess that makes you wrong
@@Kevn37 well, it's fact that Constantinople was sacked and destroyed by Western European Catholics. Justinian would have been upset enough about them sacking his Orthodox church. At least the nomadic Turks restored it.
@@dnajournal4321 You have no idea of it's history, do you?
A beautiful Cathedral truly.
Yes it's in every Christians Dreamworld
@@enigmamyth Your people are dying in Palestine. At least Jerusalem will be safe from invaders.
@@enigmamythYour just hate Christians don't you
It is Mosque
@@Halgame99 nah
This is a disgrace. It was built as a CHURCH. Not a mosque. As an Eastern Orthodox, we should turn it back into the Basilica Hagia Sophia.
Tell that to mehmed II in 1453. It remained a masjid for almost 6 centuries.
Same in Andalucia in Spain, in there have mosque but they change to church. So we win 50/50
Nothing is disgrace if it turn back into Allah's home. The Christians making it into cathedral and worshipping Prophet Jesus PBUH is the disgrace because he is just a prophet, but not a God. Btw no offense
@@coconutsloshed4119 Jesus may be a prophet to you, but he is the son of our God, and we the Orthodox built a cathedral to honor not just him, but his father and all of the saints.
@@Epic_pylon3 ok wait I want to eat, can you reply to this message so I can get the notification. I'll be back after I eat
There is a reason why Atatürk made the Hagia Sophia a museum. He understood that a place with a rich and diverse history, needs to be a religiously neutral place so there is no religious conflict over the place. Erdoğan wants to destroy Atatürk vision of secular republic and turn Turkey into the Ottoman Empire.
Long live the Ottoman Empire
@@mussyeg Long Live the Republic of Turkey!
@@nathansmith7686Inshallah the Ottoman Empire comes back and the Legacy of Mustafa Kemal the traitor is destroyed.
@@mussyeg Mustafa Kemal Atatürk kicked the allies out of Anatolia, while the Ottoman Empire submitted to their will. Ottoman Empire was the "Sick Man of Europe", while Turkey is now is a powerful nation in Europe.
@Lion It was already Turkish property when it was a museum.
No matter how many times they are going to sacrilege “Hagia Sophia” by converting it into a mosque, for the whole Christian world and especially in the hearts of the Greeks, it will always be the Grand “Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Constantinople”, the Holy Seat of our formidable Byzantine Empire.
Hagia Sophia should have stayed as a museum.
Turkey has been regarded in the world because of its secular policies,
despite the fact that most of its citizens are Muslim.
However, it is obvious that if Turkey were to adopt an Islamic policy,
its reputation would decline.
Saint Constantine i pray to you save our holy church, my heart weeps for you Holy Sophia
Constantine was a pagan, not christian.
Just confine on praying to god immediately, without mediums. It’s more safe.
@The one and only his mother yes but his not he died as a pagan
@@amedgaya1422 he is the First Christian Roman Emperor stop believing stupid documentaries and start reading actual history for yourself
@@geochadinc.9471 Constantine converted to Christianity at the end of his ife. Research more...
Hagia Sophia will always remain an Orthodox Church ☦️❤️
☪️❤ Allah is one alxmdulilaah
☪️❤ Allah is one alxmdulilaah
Can't be long now before this guy declares himself sultan, surely.
he already has but it's ironically good that he has a large following because the alternative is US invasion just like Saddam Hussein. Then Turkish people like Iraq will really be left with nothing so people don't revolt out of fear of US intervention because we know America will benefit from painting him as a dictator but there isn't a strong leader like Atatürk so right now Turkey is luckily holding on with that balance of 50% supporting him and 50% disatisfied.
Cordoba mousque cathedral: hey lets talk about me
The difference is that in Spain before the Islamic invasion, Spain was already Christian. And the Christians had taken back what was already theirs. And the mosque (current church) had been built over the site of an old Visigothic Christian church, and that was used by both Christians and muslim. But the Emir Abd al-Raḥmān had the brilliant idea of destroying the Christian church.
It is a beautiful cathedral. I've been inside and it's amazing.
It’s not only a cathedral only it’s mosque also get it right please
@@usagii486 it’s not a cathedral at all And hasn’t been one for hundreds of years and will never be one again
What a beautiful Cathedral. I want to see it one day.
Beauty of Constantinople...
@@aceraphael Istanbul*
As a Muslim I would never pray inside the Hagia Sophia as a good faith to our Christian brothers and sisters ✝️ ☪️🙏🏽❤💙 👍
It’s refreshing to see someone like you. It should be a museum, it was Christian and it has been Muslim, you can’t change history
I agree with you, I'd feel the tears of all the Christian people and I'd feel a little dirty on the inside. I'm a proud Muslim and I have a lot of love for my Turkish brothers but just don't agree with a lot of the barbaric non religious acts that Muslims and Christians did to each other historically in the name of conveying the superiority of one religion over the other. What a load of non religious baloney, completely void of wisdom or sense.
DEATH TO ISLAM, from a Christian
@@moisuomi lol
as I would never do the same to a sacred mosque of ANY sort, the abrahamic religions must stick together ☦❤☪❤✡
What a beautiful mosque !
Why do mosques have missiles near them?
@@hexeonforces hahahahahah you are ignorant
@@hexeonforces lol,.next you know Americans try to make that as an excuse to invade,.
@@hexeonforces where is the missile?
I don't see any Mosque only the Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia)
Now I discover hagia Sofia it makes me want to visit it
Inshallah One day me too
Yeah me too
But I didn't discover it now
@Ben997 nah mate, it is way safer because it's a mosque:D
now would be a bad time friend, the holy wisdom is currently the latest victim of the dictator erdogan
Imagine any other religion makes mosque their religion building ...
WhT is the most interesting is that why would muslims want to pray for the christian church. I wouldn't pray in a christian church that was once a mosque... I would prefer to go somewhere where everything started and is still christian :) so confusing
true u not alone
Farhan they didn’t leave tho that place was concerned/seized.
Probably because not everyone is weird like you
@@nate6249 yeah literally everybody wage war against one another in the past. It's not a abnormal thing
*_Deal with it 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷_*
Ayasofya One of most historical Mosque ever. Dont be butthurts :)
Except it is noy known as a mosque it wasnt built as a mosque and you cant hide the icons with sheets and stuff they will always remain there
It will be a church again as God has promised us ☦️
please rename Istanbul to its original name which lasted 1500 years -- Constantinople.
Nope Cry in Athens
hagia sofia....is a. church.......not a. mosque..
It’s a mosque
Yes now hagia sophia is mosque.
@@mohammadamirruddin9587 It never really will be.
@@tonyal3235 It will always remain a Christian church and will never really be a mosque.
Not a temple 🤣 hagia Sofia is only mosque 💪☪️
Let's take it back and make it a church
Hahaha go cry about it
@@akkun4483 Stfu
Hahahahah No fk you 👍🙄
It will never be a church again...it has been taken over by the Ottoman Empire... Cry all you want, it's belongs to us all Muslim
@@newyorkcity5851 imagine arguing over who owns a building. Both sides are deluded lol
As a Turkish-American Muslim, this move disgusted me, the Hagia Sophia was built as an Eastern Orthodox church, and should have remained like that. There's a reason I hate Erdoğan, he's been giving us Turks all over the world a bad name with the way he acts.
Atatürk will always be better than Erdoğan. Erdoğan has been on a mission to destroy Türkiye's reputation, and he's succeeding in that.
he lift the curse of sultan mehmet II away from you now .
So you should be happy Allah is not cursing you now
I guess you should move to Greece then and wear a cross necklace. If not at least tell the Greek American restaurants you're Greek to get that 20% discount
@@Blu3Blaze18 I'm not Greek, so I have no clue what you're trying to push.
@@ATurkishRedskinsFan96 well it doesn't matter with all the mixing between Greeks and Turks. Not even Greeks can tell who's Greek or Turkish tourists these days. That's probably why yu support the Hogia Sophia being an Orthodox Cathedral instead 😏
@@Blu3Blaze18 Maybe it's because I'm born and raised in the US and I have a view more in line with American beliefs, have you considered that?
There's not a lot of mixing with Greeks and Turks, especially post-population exchange, the most mixing Turkish people have done with anyone is native Anatolians, and most Turkish people are Oghuz Turks, same with Azerbaijanis and Turkmen, hence the caucasian appearance. Please do your research and stop being a clown.
Amazing CHURCH. Always was, always will be.
Keep hallucinating in your own little world.
@@Asdfg-yj5se keep on stealing lol
@@abrakadabra2790pretty hypocritical seeing that u Christian’s turned cordoba mosque into a church
I don’t know about this mosque - but I agree if it was first a mosque that it still is a mosque. I don’t agree with converting either way.
@@thepublicpotato3887it was a church before a mosque. Spanish people simply returned it into a church before islamic invasion
Hagia Sophia was built before Islamic even existed. The minarets were added a thousand years after it was built. But what ya gonna do? Petty leaders do petty things.
I am tired off dumb people like you juat search what a muslim means and get out of here
What about the Mosques in Cordoba / Spain ?
What about the Mosques in Kazan / Russia ?
What about the Mosques in Sicily / Italy ?
All These Mosques turned into a Church
So why Turkey can't Turned Hagia Sophia into a Mosque ?
Muslim brothers, why don't you let us Christians pray in the Hagia Sophia as well? We welcomed you into our countries and into our lives. The least you can do is let us pray next to you!
Well said brother
Probably because it would be catering to like ... 15 people who can't pray at the other massive churches in Istanbul. However, >95% of the population of Turkey is Muslim - instead of creating massive new places, they can just use the places they have only when they need- turn it back to a museum when not praying.
@@dnajournal4321 That does us no good the point is pray together.
@@gabrielcanario1368 but Muslims, Christians and Jews literally have different praying requirements and space.
@@dnajournal4321 Yes, I understand this but we can overcome this by utilizing different furniture, curtains, etc. Praying together is the road to peace.
It's not a cultural war , some of us are pro this decision some others are against it , we aren't a monolithic nation and we aren't in a cultural war against anyone .
I legit don't know any turk who is against this to be honnest with you
@@easy5989 I've seen a few secularist Turks in the comments of various Hagia Sophia videos denounce this decision. But I would suspect that most Turks who don't agree with this decision would simply keep their mouths shut. Openly criticizing Erdogan and the ruling party has possible negative consequences in Turkey these days.
@@photios4779 i legit don't know 1 turk who doesn't want it to be a mosq, and you what you said on the end is just bs
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@@easy5989 it’s True, say something against Erdogan and you out buddy. My uncle was a Judge in Izmir, and openly said something against Erdogan, he’s fired for no reason
I would like to visit this place one day. It is beautiful how this place is share between the three major religions.
Turning the Hagia Sophia into a mosque is like turning Mecca into a Christian city
Yep winner takes all that’s just the way it is
It’s not like anyone cared when Constantinople fell
So you don’t really have the right to complain mate
I know right. Get your own room Jesus
Kinda not the same man. Mecca and Medina is more important than any other city cuz Mecca is where Prophet Muhammad SAW was born and where the Kaaba was built at.
John 14:6
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 3:16 so that whosoever believeth on Him GOD
@B_ana M and this is why: John 3:16 so that whosoever believeth on Him GOD
Yes, jesus prays himself to his creator
@Farhan The Quran 3.3
He has revealed to you, O Muhammad (s), the Book, the Qur’ān, enveloped, by the truth, with veracity, in what it announces, confirming what was before it, of Books; and He revealed the Torah and the Gospel.
Your Quran confirms what was before . Clearly says the Gospel .
I never said Jesus Christ was GOD and I'm not here to debate the Bible .
Jesus is told truth that after me last prophet is coming.... He will born in mecca.....
God bless the Turkish people... They have finally decided to go to a Christian Church!
@Erencan Ayhan How? When it is still called by its original Christian name Hagia Sophia? The Church of the Holy Wisdom od God?
@Erencan Ayhan LOL... HAGIA SOPHIA IS ITS CHRISTIAN NAME! YOU CANT CHANGE IT EVEN IF YOU WANTED TOO. NICE TRY THOUGH.
Erencan Ayhan LOL, a comedian.. The Turks have been insulting Christianity since day one.. Learn your history..
Erencan Ayhan
Don’t you think turning the Hagia Sophia into a mosque is an insult to Christianity? You say ‘ I wonder how long it will take before they start insulting Christianity....’ Hello??? You already have by turning it into a mosque. 🤪
Erencan Ayhan
Realise what? You want me to make my ‘friend’ realise that the Turks are an insult to Christianity.. lol! The whole Christian world knows this lan!
La ilaha il Allah Muhammad ur Rasul Allah ☝️
Lebanon Blast and UAE fire should be the "beginning".
Cathedral Hagia Sofia #NotAMosque
Please make smart comments, the blast on Beirut hit the christian quarter of the city
@@rockyone7301 AS I CARE ABOUT OTHERS 🖕
*as if
@@lenzalafonso9508 idioto
What a beautiful mosque the Hagia Sophia is.
@shushanna1986 cry more
@shushanna1986 Muslims didn't stole it.
@shushanna1986 we never stole it. Stop fitnah friend and now the cathedral became Allah's home. Alhamdulillah
the turkish argument "i merely protect what i've rightfully stolen"
such weakness is laughable
@@adanahmed2917 it will be reclaimed Roma Invicta
Its amazing Mosque. Hagia Sophia. So many Church became Mosque nowdays. Alhamdulillah. Gloryy Islam!!
Haram
It's a Church and will always remain so regardless of what Turkish politicians do.
I want to see the day that Turkey is going to launch these H-IIA Missiles to space
Europe is not blind, neither is God.
All the Greeks had to do was accept the Council of Florence and say the Filioque and Rome would have helped them. But they preferred to lose Constantinople than submit to Rome.
They were Rome, the rest were pretenders.
"Helped them"...more like conquer us just like 1204.
You condemned constadinople to have that fate, when got close yo it in 1204 and like any common thief , you stole everything that your Christian “sister” city had inside. Money, gold, art( the most of it you destroyed by not even knowing about what art us), cultural deposits of millennial (again most of the books destroyed by not knowing what is a book). When you stole everything, even the facades of the buildings, you left a destroyed city when eventually you were throwed out by the roman emperor from Nicea. The city and the country lands were so massivly destroyed, that couldn’t recover for centuries. After doing that you wanted unification of the churches. Unification accomplished actually in the counsil of florence/ferrara. But even then , you never sent help against the mongol/Turks. Your hate against eastern christianity was so sickly big, thst you were dreaming of a world where all trace of eastern christinity desapears. Isn’t more than obvious that we’re facing a classic syndrome of inferiority here. The story is identical to the definition of that syndrome, by today’s science. Well done pious brother. Keep walking in peace. Heaven is waiting for you with wide open gates. Just take care that saint peter may open any suspicious side door. Watch out!! And have faith!
typical behaviour of Catholics.
Filioque is the worst of the heresies. Pope worships the Devil
Very sad to see the Church converted in to Mosque. They would have built new one, why in the glorius Church, it has rich history . Very shameful act. The God is not died he is living God & knows when to act
Why sad friend? You should be happy it turns back into Allah's home.
@Saddam Hussein Half knowledge & empty vessel make noice
@@coconutsloshed4119 You people fail to know the meaning Allah's home. Built Mosque as per your wish not someone’s worship's place. If we do same thing what will be the reaction of Muslim? Our religion doesn't teach build house in someone's property.
@@martinkv34 whatcha mean it's yours? All things you in your life is Allah's belongings. All body parts on you and your organs and everything is Allah's belongings. Earth, galaxy, space and literally everything is all Allah's belongings. We are his slave and we are just borrowing it. The brick from the cathedral is from stone and stone is Allah's belongings. Don't ever say it is yours. And stop saying "you people" cuz we are the same, friend. We are humans and we are slaves of Allah SWT.
Turkey did the right thing , and everyone stands with them ,
@@tropenbertberthold9655 He's not
Third world eastern countries stand with Turkey.
Western society, land of civilization stands against this.
Constantinople deserves to Greece.
Turkey back post 98 yrs. .kudos
One year after, Agia Sofia (holly wisdom) spoke. And keeps speaking. Let’s think how turkey was , one year ago, compared to today. I respect the words that were spoken.
How conveniently has the narrator erased the fact that Sultan Mehmet bought the Hagia Sophia from Christians
Proof?
This was supposed to be a church or museum. SO MEAN!!!!!! 🥺 Mean Turkey... It' still mean...
Are they at least allowing tours for people wishing to see it?
Do they still have museum exhibits?
Is it still open to the public (even non Muslims)?
Did you even watch the video come on man
Yes, you can visit it man. Every slaves of Allah can get in Allah's home.
@@BondJFK you can visit the mosque
@@BondJFK
Your kinda stupid
To answer your question, you can still visit but it won't be the same. When it was a museum, it encouraged religious freedom - it celebrated both the Christian and Muslim heritage, carrying the message instilled by Atatürk that Turkey is a secular, free and democratic country. Now all the mosaics depicting the Christian elements are covered, and the beautiful marble floors are covered by green carpets. There is also segragation between men and women. You also need to dress modestly. In short, don't expect it to be the same.
Does this mean its closed to the public ?
No, between Prayer times people Stil can visit
It's not closed but it's not the same as before. I'm not going.
@Yusuf yanlış bilgi verme her dine mensup insan girebilir.
christians seething in the comments
U guys are nothing but hypocrites! Turkey has the right to manage its heritage how they want it!
If the Spanish gov has the right to convert the Alhambra's main mosque into the Church of Santa Maria de la Alhambra, then why can’t Turkey???
Erdogan wan't to rebuild the Ottoman Empire. Secular Turkey is slowly dying, but that was mainly its own fault. For many years the secular nationalists lived in the cities and ignored the majority poorer Turks in the rural. Erdogan played on that and in 2002 he got himself elected as prime minister. Then in 2012 he became president and turned Turkey into a presidential autocracy. We must not forget that the secular Turkish state was never tolerant nor liberal, this is how Erdogan was able to use the existing authoritarianism to enforce his Ottoman nationalism. Turkey raised its children to be dogmatic nationalists since 1923, now a reactionary dictator has used that nationalism to bind the state to his will.
Diktatör seçimle gelmez. Erdoğan seçimle gelmiş ilk Cumhurbaşkanıdır. Türklere ve Müslümanlara tarihini unutturmaya çalışanlara karşı büyük bir adımdı Ayasofya. Bu kadar kudurmanıza bakılırsa amaca ulaşılmış
@@profesor3857 Orada kıldığınız namazın kabul olduğunu mu sanıyorsun :D Hristiyan eliyle yapılmış,dininizle hiçbir alakası olmayan bir yapıyı nerdeyse Kabe gibi görüp sahiplenmeye çalışıp bir sürü hristiyan resimleri işlemeleri olan bu yapıda ibadet etmeye çalışmanız çok acınası ve komik.Allah hristiyan binalarından etkilenip oraları camiye dönüştürme çabanız konusunda ne düşünüyordur sence.Gözünü aç artık dinle bir ilgisi yok.Son günleri yaklaşan birilerinin itibarı için siyasi olarak kullanılıyor sadece alışık olduğumuz şeyler bunlar.
He is destroying the legacy of Atatürk.
Imagine how insecure a nation Turkey is to turn this museum into a cheap mosque
Capital for Greece is Constantinople 🇬🇷🇬🇷✝️❤️
@Farhan same thing different name Greek word
This kind of nationalistic thinking isn't helpful. The capital of the modern nation state of Greece is Athens. The Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire was never "Greece" - it was a multi-ethnic autocracy where Greek language and culture predominated, but its citizens always called themselves "Romans" even up to the end of the empire, not "Hellenes" (Greeks) as citizens of modern Greece do today. So modern Greece is not and never was the Roman/Byzantine Empire, which is now ancient history. I don't agree with Turkey's decision to make this sacred site into a mosque, *but* the wise response would be to forgive them in the name of God and do your part to keep the peace with your Turkish neighbor. Even Jesus told us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Stop living in the past, it is now Istanbul and get over it.
The capital of Turkey is Athens 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Only %50 of the Turks agree on this decision btw
We are glad for that cause we count on the common sense and idealsnofnthe common Turkish people to find ground to coexist with respect for one another. And as greeks we don't blame the whole Turkish population. Only the government and the fanatics.
People calm down, yes it was a beautiful church, but it is now in turkish territory, and it is a majority muslim nation, it will make sense to turn it back to what it used to be most recently before it became a museum.
After the Turks stole it from the Byzantines
@@enceladus_1 You say that like the Turks were the only people in history to ever invade others. You say that like the Byzantines never did that to other nations. Don't juts point fingers at the Turks like they're the only bad guys in history.
@@Oghuz I never said they were the only bad guys, but the Hagia was a Christian church, and then the Muslims took it. It doesn't belong to them.
@@enceladus_1 We can say the same about Mosques through out Europe. They were originally Muslim, and now they're either churches or storage houses. Don't even say something like "but it wasn't their land", because Constantinople was also land that the Byzantines fought for to expand their empire.
when Constantinople/Istanbul was conquered the OTTOMAN RULER PAID FOR THE CHURCH AND MADE IT TO A MOSQUE there are still DOCUMENTS WHICH SHOW THE PURCHASE and for near 500 years it was like that until Republic of Turkey was founded and it was made to a museum. So yes christians had the freedom and they sold it for big bucks
permission to use a little bit of the vid, thank you,your video is very good cool
HAGIA IN THE TIME OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
The construction of the Hagia Sophia dates back to the Byzantine Empire, when the Ancient Roman Empire collapsed. The Hagia Sophia we see today is not the same as the Hagia Sophia built by the Byzantine empire in the past. The first Hagia Sophia was built during the reign of emperor Constantius II. It is named Magna Ecclesia which means Great Church. The construction of this church began in 346, applying the ancient Roman architecture using the concept of building a basilica building. Once completed, the Great Church was inaugurated by a bishop named Eudoxius of Antioch on February 15, 360. The Great Church was built close to the palace and this church was very large compared to other churches throughout the empire. This feature is the reason why Hagia Sophia was first called the Great Church, then a great monument in the world of architecture. After a long time the Great Church became the mother of the Byzantine church, the archbishop of the Great Church named John Chrysostom had a big fight with the wife of the emperor Arcadius named Aelia Eudoxia. The emperor was furious and chased Chrysostom out of the pafa empire on June 20, 404. As a result of the archbishop's removal, a revolt from the Great Church took place in protest of the exile. To stop the rebellion of the Great Church, the church was burned at the emperor's command as a reminder that no one could oppose it. Until now there is not a single remnant of this Great Church. Entering the reign of emperor Theodosius II, he ordered an architect named Rufinus to build a second Hagia Sophia using the same plan as the Great Church but with a wooden roof. The church was inaugurated on October 10, 415. However, the second Hagia Sophia was set on fire again during the Nika Rebellion on January 13-14, 532.
As a result of the people's uprising against the emperor, the second Hagia Sophia was left with only what is left by the Turkish government today. Among the remains of the second Hagia Sophia are several blocks of marble that have religious carvings. One of them is a block of marble carved with 12 sheep. According to Byzantine Christian culture, the 12 goats represented 12 prophets / messengers. A few weeks later, on February 15, 532, the then Byzantine emperor Justinian I planned to build the third Hagia Sophia but the church he was going to build is different construction structure not same just like previous renovation. It was very large, unique, and more prestige . Justinian I chose a geographer named Isidore of Miletus as engineer and another mathematician named Anthemius of Tralles as architect of Hagia Sophia. Beginning with the construction project, marble was exploited extensively from all over the empire and more than 10,000 workers were mobilized. This made the project the largest construction project in the history of the Byzantine empire. After 5 years and 10 months of construction, the third Hagia Sophia was finally completed and inaugurated by Justinian I and a saint named Means on 27 December 537. This Hagia Sophina has a variety of functions besides being a place of worship and refuge for victims of crime, among them is a priest's seat. The highest Orthodox Christian called the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople. The church also made it a place for royal relatives to hold ceremonies such as birthdays. Hagia Sophia is indeed magnificent, corresponding to the position of the Byzantine Empire as the ‘Second Roman’ which served as the center of the spread of Christian teaching throughout Europe. However, Hagia could not avoid facing its traditional enemy, namely the earthquake. From the reign of Justinian I to the time of the collapse, earthquakes constantly shook Constantinople until Hagia's dome was repaired to ensure Hagia remained strong. There are some Byzantine emperors modifying the Hagia in addition to improving it. Like emperor Basil II, after the earthquake on October 25, 989, the dome of the western part of Hagia collapsed. So he ordered the architect of the cathedral (cathedral) named Trdat to build a new dome. This construction takes 6 years to complete. While the dome was being built, modifications were made such as the addition of a Jesus / Prophet Jesus painting on the inside of the main dome. In 1202, the Fourth Crusade took place and Constantinople was conquered by the Crusaders. During the establishment of the Crusaders' government in the Greek Peninsula, the Roman Empire took control of Constantinople and made Hagia Sophia a Roman Catholic cathedral.
It is said that the tomb of the head of Constantinople was captured by Enrico Dandolo in Hagia but the tomb was destroyed when the Byzantines experienced a period of collapse. Entering 1261, the Byzantines succeeded in recapturing Constantinople from the Crusaders. When the emperor visited Hagia again, the condition of the church was so bad that it almost collapsed. Efforts to preserve Hagia became active again beginning with the reign of the emperor Andronicus in 1317. HAGIA IN
THE Ottoman TURKISH PERIOD May 29, 1453, Historic date for both empires in Eastern Europe. For the Byzantines, this was the date of the collapse of the empire which had long been the ‘Second Roman’ in the Christian world. For the Ottoman Turks who had just become the fourth Islamic kingdom in the Middle East, this date was the date of their victory in liberating Constantinople and making Asia Minor (Turkey) a strategic land in the expansion of the Islamic world. When the fort of Constantinople collapsed, Sultan Mehmed II or Muhammad Al-Fateh ordered the Turkish army to plunder all the property in Constantinople for 3 days. Later, the sultan and his army entered the city and celebrated their success. Al-Fateh did not encourage his army to attack the people of Constantinople, as the sultan of the previous Islamic government practiced during the government's expansion campaign. Instead, Al-Fateh instructed the residents to return to their homes safely, without having to worry about the safety of those in danger. Al-Fateh then entered Hagia Sophia. Many vulnerable people such as women and children as well as priests took refuge in the Hagia. Al-Fateh ordered the residents who took refuge out and sat in their homes, then declared Hagia Sophia as a mosque. The scholars who appeared with Al-Fateh continued to chant the call to prayer, as a sign of the conversion of Hagia status from church to mosque.
HAGIA IN THE TIME OF THE TURKISH
REPUBLIC In 1935, the first Turkish President who founded the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, made Hagia Sophia a museum. Ataturk's actions were carried out to succeed in the process of Turkish secularism without any Islamic influence. Carpets and marble floors were removed and patches covering Byzantine Christian paintings were opened. However, Hagia's condition is worrying. Hagia's copper roof cracked, causing water to drip onto the mosaic floor. The increase in groundwater is also the cause of the damp conditions on the floor, creating an imbalance of the building. Thus, non-governmental organizations such as the World Monuments Fund strive to ensure that Hagia remains protected. As long as Hagia is a museum, it is the second must-visit location in Turkey by attracting 3.3 million domestic and foreign visitors a year. Any worship or prayer is haram performed in Hagia. In 2006, the Turkish government held a special small room in the museum for Muslim and Christian staff to perform worship. Calls for worship time have been allowed twice a day since 2013. Many efforts by Turkish diplomats to change the position of Hagia Sophia to become a mosque again like deputy prime minister Bülent Arınç who proposed a change of status in Hagia in November 2013. In November 2016, a non-governmental organization called the Association for the Protection of Historic Monuments and the Environment Hgia as a mosque, but the government's answer is to keep Hagia as a museum. Entering the year 2018, only then did the people hope to make Hagia a mosque again when the latest Turkish President named Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the same thing, only to get the response of the Turkish people. Furthermore, Erdogan wants to establish a Turkish society that is fully centered on Islam, not through politics, but through the return of the people to their origins. So, the effort to restore Hagia as a mosque again is Erdogan's subtle weapon. Effort after effort, on July 10, 2020, only the Turkish State Council that ruled Turkey allowed Hagia Sophia to function again as a mosque, although its role as a museum is still not lost.
bruh u wrote a whole essay 🤣🤣🤣
@@racism_denouncer420 just simple history of the building, takes 3 minutes to read and gives interesting background
HAGIA SOFIYA IS A CHRISTAIN CHURCH.ONE DAY IT TURNS TO ITS STATUS................WE PRAY TO JESUS
Christians should criticize themselves a little bit. Christians, who say that every religious place, be it a mosque or a church, should protect its essence, did not react at all to the conversion of Kurtuba into a church. [Hagia Sophia is a mosque.] A brief summary of what I wrote❤☪.
I m reacting to it as a Christian I don't think is right. But it wasn't done by Christian Orthodox Corduba is in Spain. Plus you shouldn't be copying the wrong doings of others. You should try to be better. Preach *drops the mic* 🤣 Haghia Sophia will never be a mosque as the mosque in Corduba will never be a church. There you have it. They weren't build for that purpose and its holy meaning to each religion does not represent that.
Very sad day.
Islam won
Alhamdulillah. The Hagia Sophia was built as a Greek Orthodox church. During the Crusade, it was conquered and converted to a Roman Catholic church. It was converted again to a Greek Orthodox church during the Byzantines. In 1453, Sultan Fatih conquered Constantinople. He bought the Hagia Sophia (yes he purchased the Hagia Sophia) and there are documents to prove it, even though he had a right to get it for free since it was a military conquest. After the purchase, he converted it to a mosque. See the difference? Non-muslims simply destroyed mosques after every conquest (some are even converted to nightclubs). Later, that useless Attartuk converted it to a museum. So, kudos to Erdogan for setting it straight by converting it back to a mosque.
it would be set straight if it was a church!
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Muslims kept commenting that Sultan Mehmet bought it. There are no evidence that he bought it. Hagia Sophia is the holiest shrine in Eastern Orthodox Christainity just like St Peter in Rome to the Roman Catholic or Masjid Al-Haram in Mecca to the Muslims. Devout Eastern Orthodox Christians will never sell it regardless. They may sell non important churches but never Hagia Sophia. Sultan Mehmet owns it by the right of conquest and converting into a mosque presents a powerful statement that Constantinople aka Istanbul is now a Muslim city.
@@servantofaeie1569 tell that to the romans thousand of years ago. Don't blame Islam for any of this
@@MrLantean I searched for the evidence in google and reddit but lots of people said theres no proof. But what I know is that people need to calm down because Sultan Mehmed II already got the cathedral on his hand and it's up to him what he wants to do with it.
Hagia sofia is beautfiul cathedral the scripture and statue of jesus and all other saints are cultural history for all christians not the invaders
If they lose the war against the Turks, they have no room to complain.
Ataturk rolling in his grave.
Shut up We are Turks and Fatih Sultan Mehmed say my shames on who close this Hagia sophia and finally opened
People believe what they are told.Which ancestors left Agia Sophia to the Turks? Think about it!!!
And it will remain as a mosque till the end.... God bless the great leader of Turkey 🇹🇷
It never was, or can be a mosque. It's a church. It faces East. All Churches/cathedrals are built facing east. A mosque can only face Qibla, and the Hagia Sophia doesn't. It can never and will never be a mosque.
@@Giantdwarf00 it is a mosque like it or not :)
@@tonyal3235 never was, never will be. It's built in the wrong way for a mosque. Just deal with it and get over it. Stay safe.
@@Giantdwarf00 it has nothing to do with shape, you lost haiga Sophia deal with it, the winner takes it!
@@tonyal3235 has everything to do with the shape as you put it. Its foundations and design was planned with one thing in mind, a cathedral, therefore it can never be a mosque. That can never be denied. The ground it's on has been blessed as a cathedral and that is ever lasting. It's just the way it's always and will always be. We'll let you use it to pray though. That's the tolerance of Christianity.
I am hindu visited this cathedral ❤️ jesus is love❤️ son of god❤
So can we now balance this out with the Spanish cathedral
The art work will be destroyed, when we are not looking
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Dismantled, painted over or tiled over within ... 20 years?
Or Turkey will use the next bout of political tensions with Greece as an excuse to plaster over the icons in "retaliation" for something Greece does that the Turks don't like. This could happen within a few years time, especially as Turkey is now carrying out petroleum exploration operations in waters near Greek territories that are within the Greek exclusive economic zone. This could soon boil over and give Turkey the "excuse" it needs.
its been there since 1453 I dont see why we should suddenly decide to destroy it.
Nah we don't destroy churches, we use them. Unlike you, we don't destroy places of worships. You could learn a thing or two
You know who never to trust, right?
whatever you call it mosque but That's from the church Christian peaple built that
So?
I love the muslism world but at this point it should have stayed as a church to keep the beautiful Mosaics😢
Hagia Sophia is just beginning, Spain and Italy also on list.
Good luck 😂
Al aqsa to sinagoge soon by this action wait for it 😂😂😂
I hope you're talking about your personal vacation itinerary of places to visit, and not as I suspect, something far more sinister and evil. At least the Hagia Sophia belongs to Turkey. You guys have no legitimate claim to Spain and Italy.
Just goes to show how barbaric you really are.
@Samir Dizco Insha Allah we will come and conquer one day.
we want that backward despotism back!
woooow
beautiful mosque
*sagal travel agency* shut up they're church
@@elenapuica5316 it’s a mosque cry about it
@@apo5895 It will never be seriously A mosque
The religion of peace has struck againi!!!!!!!!!!!!. ! Please visit the Apostate Prophet on youtube to gain knowledge on the truth about Islam.
Why not? It is Turkey’s business, there are so many other cities that were conquered in history, no one in the world makes a claim that it still belongs to original owners. Let’s all say then americans should make changes in the land of native Americans?
What about the Mosques in Cordoba / Spain ?
What about the Mosques in Kazan / Russia ?
What about the Mosques in Sicily / Italy ?
All These Mosques turned into a Church
So why Turkey can't Turned Hagia Sophia into a Mosque ?
Some day Turkey will be a parking lot.
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as a church it was abandoned. few christians visited it like most churches it was on the brink of closing. better it be used for the worship of the creator only. Islam
Beautiful cathedral ❤️⛪
Beautyfull mosque since Architect Sinan rebuild it to its glory now❤️
@@SmthAbout.Money.SmellsLikeLove It will never really be a mosque, it will always remain a Christian cathedral.
@@marty0346 not realy but go off
@@marty0346 it’s a building, it could be whatever you want, you just have to take it
@@arielwent8205 I’m Muslim
Materialized my heart for unity. Alhamdulilah
2024 update now it costs 25 euros to get in and non muslims cant enter the first main floor you are only allowed to see the second floor
Turn Al Hamra in Granada back to a mosque
Masjid of Cordoba turned to Cathedral, Hagia Sophia turned to Mosque 👍🏽 Conquest
brain dead haha dont know isis muslim invasion
Both of these are wrong doings. And just because someone did something bad does that mean you have to repeat it? Isn't it the whole point tl be the better person? To be better than our enemies. As humanity we shall strife for excellency, not the other way around. But actions like this deffinetoy take us back not forward. I will only tell you this. As a Christian, I will be better than you. I will respect you as a fellow human being and respect your beliefs religion and culture. I hope you do the same but if you don't that's OK. But you should know I will stand and defend what I believe in if that is threaten or disrespected.
The Blue Mosque wasn't enough for the Muhammadans?
You must be stupid when Constantinople/Istanbul was conquered the OTTOMAN RULER PAID FOR THE CHURCH AND MADE IT TO A MOSQUE there are still DOCUMENTS WHICH SHOW THE PURCHASE and for near 500 years it was like that until Republic of Turkey was founded and it was made to a museum. So yes christians had the freedom and they sold it for big bucks
Babri masjid to
Rama janma Bhoomi temple
Jai shree Ram
Good foe you but what Turkey does does not represant islam. Turkey reprsants people like you.
@@IRLSIY and what happened in Ayodhya doesn't represent Hinduism either.
Poo in the loo
@@IRLSIY I agree
@@ecowanderer6099 well said
If it wasn’t for Erdogan I would file a petition to make it a Mosque/ Church and Seperate the two groups. Would be a nice Compromise and I’m more than sure the Muslims would have no problem with that.
i would have ab ig problem but if it was a jewish place its find but noy jesus. we dont worship idols and it s big sin to have their statues in mosques.
I'm Muslim and I support letting the Orthodox community occasionally use the Hogia Sophia for prayer and worship. I'm pretty sure my Muslim brothers and sisters in the Middle East and North Africa wouldn't agree with me but then again isn't Turkey a really secular country?
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Pride and arrogance
I love reading salty comments from Christians claiming this is a church. The Adhan sounds 5 times daily, people pray 5 times daily and the words Allah and Muhammad are written inside in beautiful massive Arabic calligraphy to make it clear to anyone who steps inside that this is and always will be a mosque.
It's not a claim, it's historically known to studied people, religious or secular, who are aware of Turkish Christian history before Islam took Turkey.
In every delusional Muslim mind who thinks that this was first a mosque don't even know their own history let alone the history of Christianity. And if they do, they ignore or think of it as unimportant.
Hagia Sophia is historically known to be a Church. It's factual, not a claim.
What is a false claim is that it's a mosque. It never was a mosque in the beginning and the only reason this is happening is because of the pompous arrogance of radical Muslim Turks and their leader. People like you disregard the Christians in Turkey. There is no equity in Turkey unless you are Muslim.
If there were any respect, Erdogan would not be taking this step. But just like in history Islam tends to treat anyone who is not a Muslim like a second class citizen or even worse.
And the favorite past time of Islam is erasing history. It wants to erase real Turkish history (before Islam), Persian history (before Islam), Afghan history (before Islam), Indonesian history (before Islam), Moroccan history (before Islam).
And if they are not erasing history, they treat Christians and other groups terribly.