Posted on 04/14/2026 4:08:57 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Two Greek tourists were arrested in Istanbul on Holy Thursday for unfurling a Greek flag with a Byzantine eagle inside Hagia Sophia.
The flag displayed the message "Orthodoxy or Death" and the individuals reportedly shouted slogans within the sacred site.
Security personnel detected the incident via cameras and intervened after the tourists entered as part of an organized group.
The two individuals, one with a Greek passport and another with Greek and Australian passports, were formally arrested on charges of offending a section of the public.
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Trigger Alert: muslims will slit your throat either way.
Most of the damage was done by the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade.
The crusaders didn’t plaster over murals
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