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Singing is banned in the Byzantine cathedral Hagia Sophia. But listen to how it would sound in the building’s extravagantly reverberant acoustics.

"The age of a supposedly secular Turkey has ended, and that nation is now firmly Islamic in character and culture. [...] Now that Hagia Sophia has been turned into a mosque, let’s not pretend that Turkey wants to be a Western nation with Western values."

"It is worth considering why so many have, for so long, cared so much about the fate of the Hagia Sophia as responses praising and condemning the decision have come in from around the world," writes Anna Bigelow.

Russian mercenaries detained in Belarus gave conflicting testimonies, some of them said they were on their way to Istanbul to see the Hagia Sophia, the head of Belarus’ Investigative Committee told Alexander Lukashenko

'Memorial to all Syrian Christians': #Syria  plans to build its own miniature Hagia Sophia

The conversion of Hagia Sophia is just the latest step in Turkey’s totalitarian turn, says @CatoFP 's @Doug_Bandow  #CatoFP 

ICYMI: Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan offers prayers for the first time at Istanbul's Hagia Sophia since declaring the monument a mosque once again

Some of the 33 Russian mercenaries detained in Belarus told investigators they were on their way to Istanbul to see the Hagia Sophia, the head of Belarus’ Investigative Committee told President Alexander Lukashenko

The reconversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque is indicative of President Erdogan’s combative approach to politics, @NicholasDanfort  writes. But can a culture war continue to distract Turkish voters from the country’s flagging economy?

@soliozel2  .: "With the move [to reconvert Hagia Sophia], Turkey’s sovereignty and guardianship of its Muslim heritage were presumably reasserted. The West’s lame reaction in turn fed the image of the unstoppable nature of a country that leads an Islamic civilization on the rise. "