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In reply to the discussion: Listen: The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago [View all]jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)31. Does it really matter if it's a building or not?
Seizing the holy site of another culture by force and defacing it, whether such a site has four walls and a ceiling over it or is a collection mountains, should be contemptible whether the symbols of that defacement represent another religion or a civic cult.
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The whole point of Hagia Sophia being a museum is precisely to "celebrate all the cultures"...
regnaD kciN
Jul 2020
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