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ISTANBUL -- Global public opinion is divided over Turkey's decision on July 10 to convert the historical Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul into a mosque. [1]

ISTANBUL -- Museum-turned-mosque Hagia Sophia held its first prayer service here Friday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan among the hundreds inside the World Heritage site. [2]

ISTANBUL -- Turkey's government should not convert the Hagia Sophia from museum back to a mosque, Orhan Pamuk, the country's first Nobel Prize winner for literature told Nikkei. [3]

PoliticsHagia Sophia to cover Christian mosaics and scrap fees as mosque Turkey's conversion of monument raises questions on balancing history and faith Hagia Sophia's interior is decorated with both Islamic calligraphy and Christian paintings, refle... [4]

Bursa, an ancient Armenian church expropriated and put up for sale for over 800 thousand dollars In the announcement published on the internet, the exact location and name of the place of worship are not specified to "protect trade secrets". [5]

Ecumenism and today’s wounds: Leo XIV's visits to Istanbul and Beirut The schedule and logos of the pope’s first international apostolic journey have been made public. [6]

Bangladeshis block an intersection in Dhaka on Aug. 4 to demand justice for people arrested and killed during recent nationwide protests against a quota system for government jobs. [7]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-07-17 · 75% match

Turkish plan to make Hagia Sophia a mosque splits friends and foes

ISTANBUL -- Global public opinion is divided over Turkey's decision on July 10 to convert the historical Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul into a mosque.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-07-25 · 75% match

Hagia Sophia holds first Friday prayers since conversion into mosque

ISTANBUL -- Museum-turned-mosque Hagia Sophia held its first prayer service here Friday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan among the hundreds inside the World Heritage site.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-07-12 · 75% match

Hagia Sophia conversion blow to 'secular pride,' Orhan Pamuk says

ISTANBUL -- Turkey's government should not convert the Hagia Sophia from museum back to a mosque, Orhan Pamuk, the country's first Nobel Prize winner for literature told Nikkei.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-07-15 · 75% match

Hagia Sophia to cover Christian mosaics and scrap fees as mosque

PoliticsHagia Sophia to cover Christian mosaics and scrap fees as mosque Turkey's conversion of monument raises questions on balancing history and faith Hagia Sophia's interior is decorated with both Islamic calligraphy and Christian paintings, refle

[5] MM asianews.it · 71% match

Bursa, an ancient Armenian church expropriated and put up for sale for over 800 thousand dollars

Bursa, an ancient Armenian church expropriated and put up for sale for over 800 thousand dollars In the announcement published on the internet, the exact location and name of the place of worship are not specified to "protect trade secrets".

[6] MM asianews.it · 71% match

Ecumenism and today’s wounds: Leo XIV's visits to Istanbul and Beirut

Ecumenism and today’s wounds: Leo XIV's visits to Istanbul and Beirut The schedule and logos of the pope’s first international apostolic journey have been made public.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-08-09 · 40% match

Through the lens: Eye on Asia for the second week of August - Nikkei Asia

Bangladeshis block an intersection in Dhaka on Aug. 4 to demand justice for people arrested and killed during recent nationwide protests against a quota system for government jobs.

[8] MM asianews.it · 41% match translated from es

Mons. Pizzaballa: Solo la misericordia salvará a Oriente Medio del fundamentalismo

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[9] MM asianews.it · 40% match

Vicar of Anatolia: Father Aho's conviction is 'surprising’ since no crime was committed

Vicar of Anatolia: Father Aho's conviction is 'surprising’ since no crime was committed “Giving bread and water to those who knock on the door of monasteries is a tradition that goes thousands of years,” Bishop Bizzeti said.

[10] MM asianews.it · 40% match

The Mideast’s largest Armenian church reopens in Diyarbakir

The Mideast’s largest Armenian church reopens in Diyarbakir Mass is celebrated in the Church of St Cyriacus for the first time in seven years. The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople and the Turkish Minister of Culture were present at the event.

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