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Refusing to participate in the Pan-Orthodox Council is the most hapless and helpless choice possible, and the actions of the four churches are a fairly explicit nod to Orthodox fundamentalists who dismiss the council as iconoclastic and ungodly and say that the main objective of the Greeks is to “co

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KUALA LUMPUR: Terawih prayers, performed by Muslims every night during the holy month of Ramadan, have returned to Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia mosque for the first time in 88 years. The iconic structure with priceless frescoes and artwork was built in the year 537 and converted into a museum in 1934 before regaining its status as a mosque in 2020, when it was supposed to open for worship on July 24 of that year. However, the Covid-19 pandemic derailed the opening until just before Ramadan this year,

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close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for July 10 Fox News Flash top headlines are here.... Check out what's clicking on Foxnews. com. Turkey will convert the Hagia Sophia cultural site back into a functioning mosque.... The millenary place of worship was turned into a museum in 1934. The country’s top administrative court annulled Hagia Sophia’s status as a museum early on Friday morning....