World Berlin mosque raid draws Turkey’s wrath A German police raid on a Berlin mosque and five other locations over allegations of fraud has sparked a political…
World France shuts Paris mosque in crackdown after teacher’s beheading France ordered the temporary closure of a mosque outside Paris on Tuesday, part of a crackdown on Muslims who…
Turkey Thousands gather around Hagia Sophia for first Friday prayers Thousands of Turks gathered near Hagia Sophia early on Friday for the first prayers there since President Tayyip…
Hot Topic Turkey’s Erdogan says Hagia Sophia becomes mosque after court ruling President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul's Hagia Sophia open to Muslim prayer as a mosque on Friday after a top…
Hot Topic Turkish court weighs bid to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque A Turkish court on Thursday heard a case aimed at converting the Hagia Sophia museum in Istanbul back into a mosque…
Hot Topic U.S. urges Turkey to let Hagia Sophia remain a museum U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday urged Turkey to let Istanbul's former Byzantine cathedral of Hagia…
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