Turkey’s Haghia Sophia holds first Islamic prayers in almost 90 years

The World

Turkey’s decision to reconvert the Haghia Sophia, originally built as a Greek Orthodox cathedral, into a mosque is having religious and political reverberations around the world. Host Marco Werman talks with Elizabeth Prodromou, director of Tufts University’s Initiative on Religion, Law, and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School.

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