Posted on 10/05/2010 9:06:04 AM PDT by 0beron
The director of the state sponsored Islamic Research Center has made a new proposal toward reopening buildings for religious purposes.
Ankara [kath.net/KAP] In the newly burning conflict surrounding Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, a leading adviser of the Turkish Religious Office has proposed that the historical Church should be open for Muslim prayers on workdays and for Christian Liturgies on Sundays. This could go a long way to solving the tug of war surrounding the Hagia Sophia which won't just be a comprise, said Mehmet Akif Aydin, director of the State sponsored Research Center (ISAM), to "Zaman" (Tuesday). one such solutino would also reinforce the bonds between Muslims and Christians and the readiness of both faith communities to coexist more peacefully.
Although the Hagia Sofia has not been used for more than 80 years for religious purposes, more recently attempts of Islamic and Christian groups have advocated prayers or religious services under her domes.
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Sounds like a good way to get all the Christians in Turkey in one place.
Well, a start to returning the Hagia Sophia to what we built it for.
Which Christian will they worship?
;p
Not to worry ModelBreaker, they already killed most of us off.
It has to go to the Orthodox, but the Greek government has to keep it’s nose out of it. Just make it between the Patriarch of Constantinople and Turkish govt.
It would help more if they would reopen the Seminaries.
Are they going to pull out the Koranic scripture defacing the interior too?
A moment of silence for all of those Greeks who were murdered in the Anatolian Disaster.
I would like to hope this could be a win-win for everybody. While I expect the secular government to be even-handed, I wonder how the moslems in Turkey would feel about sharing a building of worship with the infidels?
this is old and recycled.
will the turkish government stop declaring “christianity is an extinct religion”.
Greek Orthodox services do not just occur on Sunday. There are services throughout the week. What about easter and christmas?
seems this is the moslem equivalent of 1/2 a person. or in this case 1/7th.
IIRC, the reason they stopped worship of any kind in there was because the structure was dangerously unstable.
I’m not sure this is a good idea...
...and eliminate this nonsense that the Patriarch has to be a Turkish citizen born in Turkey where there are no seminaries.
Orthodox/Latin ping.
Wow — that would be an amazing development. Especially considering just how Islamist Turkey’s Government has become over recent years. I imagine a decision of this nature would produce Muslim violence against Christians and their own Government....
Well, you know, one of the first Fur Shur, right? ;p~
You have to remember, almost all the Moslems in the United States are, compared to the boys back home, mind-numbed, robot-like, knee-jerk Liberals!
one would hope
This isn’t just lip service, btw. The Turks are serious about refurbishing their image for the EU.
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