The Turks wouldn't mind, would they?
Try and pray on the Temple Mount and the Palestinian security will kick your arse out of there.
I’ve been to Cordova and that church. It is very impressive, very beautiful. My ancestor helped kick those mutants out of Spain centuries ago, so NO, I don’t want to see them back. They should be expelled from the country.
The Hagia Sophia is no longer either a Mosque or a Cathedral. Ataturk had it converted into a museum as part of his attempt to secularise Turkey in the 1930s....
Nah, nah, nah. Bring in Don King, man. He get this thing set up, get it on TV, bring in the celebrities. Set up $10,000 folding chairs. We get this thing in the right context. Hoo-wee.
Actually, when I visited Haghia Sophia I did pray — standing directly under the center of the dome. No one noticed.
let them pray there today, and tomorrow, Spain will be Muslim again.
It's been done before, and predictably, they freak out.
“Maybe we try this in the Hagia Sophia.
The Turks wouldn’t mind, would they?”
As an Eastern Orthodox Christian I can tell you that it takes all I can to not become entirely infuriated every time the Muslims take claim to the church in Cordoba.
Go to the lifeless Hagia Sophia, where the iconography has been all but destroyed and Muslim’s Satan worshiping artifices are put inside. It makes me sick.
This is a no win situation for Christians. The Muslim population visiting the Cathedral complex and living in Spain will continue to grow. I hate to admit it but it might be best to allow the Muslims to worship in a portion of the building not occupied by the cathedral - as soon as churches are allowed to be built in Mecca, Medina and the rest of the Middle East.
And we continue to encourage their immigration to the USA. We are absolutely suicidal.
The Turks wouldn't mind, would they?
As a matter of fact, I was once in a tour group going through the Hagia Sophia. The group included a couple from Saudi Arabia. The man asked the tour guide if they could pray there. She told them no, they couldn't, they should wait until we got to the Blue Mosque, later on our tour. So I guess the Turks would mind. Unless you prayed silently while standing.