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Turkey formally opens another former Byzantine-era church as a mosque
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Turkey formally opens another former Byzantine-era church as a mosque

The Independent  

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Turkey formally opens another former Byzantine-era church as a mosque
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Turkey formally opens another former Byzantine-era church as a mosque

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque on Monday, four years after his government had designated it a Muslim house of prayer, despite criticism from neighboring Greece. Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon …

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‘Raja Raja Chora’ movie review: Haishth Goli makes a confident directorial debut with this quirky crime comedy starring Sree Vishnu
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Raja Raja Chora’ movie review: Haishth Goli makes a confident directorial debut with this quirky crime comedy starring Sree Vishnu

The Hindu  

The smartness in Raja Raja Chora, in which the protagonist plays a small-time thief, does not lie in his modus operandi. Raja Raja Chora Cast: Sree Vishnu, Megha Akash, Sunaina Direction: Hasith Goli Music: Vivek Sagar At first impression, Raja Raja Chora’s milieu seems like a spin off of the ‘ Brochevarevarura cinematic universe’. Raja Raja Chora is a richly …

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Afghanistan: Taliban murders poet and historian Abdullah Atefi in southern Uruzgan province
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan: Taliban murders poet and historian Abdullah Atefi in southern Uruzgan province

Op India  

The Taliban terrorists are fast gaining control over large chunks of Afghan territory. As per the latest reports, Abdullah Atefi, a noted Afghan poet and historian was brutally killed by the Taliban last night. Taliban killed poet and historian Abdullah Atefi in #Afghanistan‘s southern province of Uruzgan. Taliban and its backers in Pakistan want a wasteland.” Atefi’s home district of …

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Ground Report Dinhata: India's newest citizens got voting rights, wait for everything else
3 years, 8 months ago

Ground Report Dinhata: India's newest citizens got voting rights, wait for everything else

India Today  

Polls in India are marked by promises. But when Helena Begum left her home in India's Dashiar Chora, crossed a bit of Bangladesh, and moved over to the Indian mainland, it was long before the NRC became a talking point and Shaheen Bagh got the Dadi on TIME Magazine. Homes of Muslim dwellers are on the right side of the …

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A short history of Istanbul’s Chora Museum
4 years, 4 months ago

A short history of Istanbul’s Chora Museum

The Hindu  

A month after turning the iconic Hagia Sophia museum, originally a cathedral, into a mosque, Turkey’s government has decided to convert another Byzantine monument in Istanbul, which has been a museum for over 70 years, into a working mosque. Late last year, the Council of State, the highest administrative court in Turkey, had removed legal hurdles for the Chora museum’s …

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After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum into mosque
4 years, 4 months ago

After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum into mosque

Associated Press  

ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque Friday, a move that came a month after it drew praise from the faithful and international opposition for similarly turning Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer. “We urge Turkey to return to the 21st century, and the mutual respect, dialogue and …

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Turkey's Erdogan converts Byzantine-era Chora monastery into a mosque
4 years, 4 months ago

Turkey's Erdogan converts Byzantine-era Chora monastery into a mosque

Op India  

Weeks after Turkish President Erdogan converted the 1500-year-old Hagia Sophia into a mosque, the authorities in the country have now issued another presidential decree to convert the Byzantine Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora into a mosque. The decision later become a foundation for Hagia Sophia ruling — Ragıp Soylu August 21, 2020 Interestingly, the Chora Church …

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