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View all search resultsIstanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia is to reopen for Muslim worship as a mosque after an almost nine-decade hiatus, in the latest historic tussle with Christianity over religious sites.The move adds to a long list of such conversions of holy sites over the centuries. The following are examples:
The building was identified on Google as Al-Hidayah Mosque. A local military commander, however, said last week following an incident involving vandalism that it was not a mosque, but “a public meeting hall”.
A Muslim mob ransacked and torched seven Christian homes last week in a province south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after rumors spread that a Christian man had an affair with a Muslim woman, according to a statement by the local Orthodox Coptic church.
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