Where Is The World Outcry? The Church of Hagia Sophia Becomes A Mosque

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19 Tammuz 5780

11 July 2020

The News on the Israeli Street

Palestinian terror in the last 24 hours . . .

Most of the terror has been arson-related with major fires raging at Metola in the Jordan Valley, and in the Takhid-Piran stream area.

There have been dozens of reports of gunfire throughout Judea and Samaria–but they have not been terror related. The result of Palestinian matriculation exams were published yesterday provoking machine gun fire (in the air) and fireworks in many Palestinian settlements.

The daily Corona update . . .

As of 8 am this morning (Saturday):

There are 36,266 confirmed cases—an increase of 1,441 since this time yesterday 

18,613 of these have recovered—an increase of 161

130 are in serious condition—an increase of 8

42 are on ventilators—an increase of 3

351 have died–an increase of 3

*Here in Ashdod, 56 new cases of Corona were confirmed yesterday–bringing to 800 the number of active cases in the city.

*The IDF reports that there are now 463 confirmed cases among soldiers.

*In Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher has been closed until further notice.

*Is Israel going to return to a full closure? According to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein last night, the “disaster number” is 2000. If Israel begins to get 2000 new confirmed cases per day, the country will close. Again.

*Corona is ravaging Jewish communities around the world. There are no complete numbers for how many Jews have died in north America and Europe, but these are some numbers: Chile 40+, Mexico 50+, Argentina 70+, Brazil 100 +, United Kingdom 500+, and France 1500+ (according to the French Chevra Kadisha).

TODAY’S BLOG:

Where Is The World Outcry?

The Church of Hagia Sophia Becomes A Mosque

A recent photo (note the masks) inside the beautiful Hagia Sophia.

For a world that supposedly prizes respect for religions, the phenomenon of Muslims desecrating the places of worship of other religions and turning them into mosques goes practically unnoticed and under-reported.

Here in Israel we have seen it played out over and over again through the centuries.

The site of the First and Second Temples on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem was the exact site where Muslims decided to build the Kipat HaSela (aka the Dome of the Rock).

The Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hevron was recast as al-Haram al-Ibrahimi by Muslim Mamluks who transformed it into a mosque.

The Church of St. James in the Old City became the Al-Yaqoubi Mosque. And on and on.

One of the worst offenders in this regard were the Ottoman Turks. Hundreds of churches in Greece from Athens to Thessaloniki were turned into mosques during the Ottoman occupation of the country. The Ottomans wreaked similar havoc from Hungary to Cyprus and beyond.

But nowhere have the Turks been more active than in Turkey.

Here is a short list of churches that were converted to mosques in Istanbul alone (taken from Wikipedia):

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• The Church of the Holy Apostles was demolished and the Fatih Mosque was erected in its place.

• The Church of the Pantocrator, became the Zeyrek Mosque.

• The Church of SS Sergius and Bacchus became the Little Hagia Sophia Mosque.

• The Church of Saint Andrew became the Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque.

• The Church of Saint Thekla of the Palace of Blachernae became the Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque.

• The Church of Saint Theodosia became the Gül Mosque.

• The Chora Church became the Kariye Mosque.

• The Church and Monastery of Stoudios became the İmrahor Mosque.

• The Church of Saint John the Forerunner by-the-Dome became the Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque.

• The Church of Myrelaion became the Bodrum Mosque.

• The Church of Saint Paul became the Arap Mosque.

• The Lips Church and Monastery became the Fenari Isa Mosque.

• The Church and Monastery of Christ Pantepoptes became the Eski Imaret Mosque.

• The Church of Theotokos Kyriotissa became the Kalenderhane Mosque.

• The Church of Hagios Theodoros became the Mosque of Vefa.

• The Monastery of Manuel became the Kefeli Mosque.

• The Church and Monastery of Gastria became the Sancaktar Hayrettin Mosque.

• The Church of Saint Mary of Constantinople became the Odalar Mosque.

• The Pammakaristos Church became the Fethiye Mosque.

Now you might say that most of these conversions took place hundreds of years ago and that such things are not happening today.

However, you might be surprised to learn that this morning that PM Erdogan has had his petition to turn Istanbul’s spectacularly beautiful Grand Hagia Sophia Church–originally built by Byzantine Christians–into a mosque approved by the Turkish Supreme Court. 

And so it goes. The Muslims continue on their march to Islamicize all religious buildings they gain control over, and the world issues useless statements of disappointment and does nothing.

As for Erdogan, anything that this vile, rabid Muslim anti-Semite does should come as no surprise.