Hagia Sophia to hold first Friday prayers after 86 years
Two weeks after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan terminated the Hagia Sophia ‘s status as a museum, the iconic building in Istanbul will once again host Muslim Friday prayers. Up to 2000 worshippers are expected to attend the landmark’s first Muslim prayers since 1934. It served for 900 years as a Byzantine Christian cathedral before … Read more