Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Warns Converting Hagia Sophia into a Mosque, Could Turn Christians against Islam
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His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, has warned that if Turkey persists with plans to reconvert Hagia Sophia into a mosque, it risks turning Christians against Muslims.
As greekcitytimes.com reports, referring to Orthodoxia news agency, the leader of the Greek Orthodox Church expressed his concerns while speaking to a congregation at a church in Istanbul on Tuesday morning.
''The potential conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque will turn millions of Christians around the world against Islam,'' His All Holiness warned.
''We hope that wisdom and reason ultimately prevail,'' Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew added.
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