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Turkey Converts Chora Church Into Mosque Hagia Sophia sets precedent for Muslim capture of churches ISTANBUL (ChurchMilitant.com) - Turkey has issued a presidential decree ordering the conversion of the nation's best-known Byzantine monastic church into a mosque. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan published the executive order Thursday sealing the fate of the Church of the Holy Savior in Chora, Istanbul, a month after Turkey's top court delivered a unanimous verdict declaring the basilica of Hagia Sophia a mosque. Rear view of Chora Church The decree, printed in the National Gazette, transfers "the administration of the Kariye Mosque [Chora Church] to the Directorate of...

St. Aloysius' College objects to orthodox Catholic teaching on IslamLONDON (ChurchMilitant.com) - A prestigious English school, one "proud of its Catholic tradition," has sacked a committed Christian teacher for describing Muhammad as a "false prophet" on YouTube. "I believe Muhammad is a false prophet; I would suggest that Muslims have a false understanding of God because they've been led by a false prophet," 30-year-old Joshua Sutcliffe explained in a video titled "What does the Bible say about False Prophets.""I know this is controversial, and I know that people might be offended by what I'm saying, but I do it in...

Abp. Vigneron Cozy With Pro-Terrorist Imam Mohammed Ali Elahi trashes Trump, mourns terrorist Soleimani DETROIT (ChurchMilitant.com) - Detroit archbishop Allen Vigneron works closely with Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, a Detroit-area Islamic cleric who recently praised a terrorist mastermind and often publicly denounces President Trump with inflammatory rhetoric.  Vigneron has a history of interfaith activity with Muslim leaders, earning the prelate the "Interfaith Partner Award" presented by the Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan in 2011. Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi One of the Muslim leaders Vigneron has worked closely with is Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi of the Islamic House of Wisdom...