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Muslims offer their prayers during the Eid al-Adha prayer, backdropped by Hagia Sophia, July 31, 2020. Some believe the building stands on an ancient pagan site. (AP Photo/Yasin Akgul) Ehaab D. Abdou, Wilfrid Laurier University and Theodore G. Zervas, North Park University The recent uproar from within Turkey and globally about changes to Hagia Sophia — a 1,500-year-old UNESCO World …

The Hagia Sophia has been converted into a mosque. Murat Can Kirmizigul/Shutterstock Senija Causevic, SOAS, University of London The Hagia Sophia has just opened to receive Sunni Muslim worshippers for the first time since 1931. The decision to convert the building in Istanbul, Turkey from a museum back into a mosque has divided opinion. Many Turkish inhabitants commend the transformation …