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BlueMTexpat

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19. Non-Muslims are allowed to visit

Reply to rusty fender (Reply #16)

Sun Jul 12, 2020, 06:24 AM

Jul 2020

the Blue Mosque! https://theistanbulinsider.com/the-blue-mosque-one-of-the-most-famous-misunderstandings/

Why shouldn't they continue to visit the Hagia Sophia?

I have had the honor and privilege of visiting both. I hope to visit both again.

Despite that current idiot Erdogan, Turkey has long been a much better guardian of previous civilizations and religions than many "Christian" nations have.

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Listen: The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago [View all] Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 OP

Fascinating! Alex4Martinez Jul 2020 #1

I really enjoyed that. Thank you. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #2

Incredible acoustics. What a haunting, ethereal wave of voices. wendyb-NC Jul 2020 #3

That sound is just astonishing. Ethereal; even surreal... Aristus Jul 2020 #4

I am so deeply gratified! Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #6

Well done! Aristus Jul 2020 #9

What a wonderful project to be involved with Hekate Jul 2020 #15

There is a Blu-ray disc available. Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #36

Just ordered the CD/Blu-Ray combo... regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #17

Merci milles fois! Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #37

Weird timing for this since Turkey is trying to turn it into a mosque Renew Deal Jul 2020 #5

It's why I posted this in General Discussion. Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #7

Hardly a "crime" against civilization! BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #14

If, as a mosque and not as rusty fender Jul 2020 #16

Non-Muslims are allowed to visit BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #19

Because fundamentalists would likely make it effectively impossible Amishman Jul 2020 #30

The whole point of Hagia Sophia being a museum is precisely to "celebrate all the cultures"... regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #18

It doesn't sound as if the Hagia Sophia BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #20

As an art historian, I have to agree with you on this. I have studied the predations visited upon CTyankee Jul 2020 #26

I truly hope that the policy will change. BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #28

Do you feel this way about Mt Rushmore as well? jcmaine72 Jul 2020 #24

Mount Rushmore is NOT a building. BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #27

Does it really matter if it's a building or not? jcmaine72 Jul 2020 #31

The fact that I mentioned BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #32

Back into a mosque. marybourg Jul 2020 #10

Thank you! BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #29

The sound is amazing peggysue2 Jul 2020 #8

Stunning. chowder66 Jul 2020 #11

A lot of music was written for specific building acoustics Warpy Jul 2020 #12

Umm, click bait? denbot Jul 2020 #13

It's in there Lucinda Jul 2020 #40

While in the USAF in the late 1960s, I was stationed MineralMan Jul 2020 #21

I, too, lived in a Muslim country when I was 21 Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #39

Love it! MineralMan Jul 2020 #42

How wonderful dickthegrouch Jul 2020 #22

Avec plaisir! Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #23

Haunting and beautiful n/t jcmaine72 Jul 2020 #25

Oh my goodness! lunatica Jul 2020 #33

Utterly fascinating Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #38

I downloaded it yesterday, and have been listening to it all day at work. Aristus Jul 2020 #34

I sincerely hope you will explore Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #35

KNR Lucinda Jul 2020 #41

Oh my God.. literally.. the difference between the studio Peacetrain Jul 2020 #43

I think it's something like Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #44