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2020-07-13 The Grand Turk

Christian icons in the Hagia Sophia will be covered using optical technology

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Posted by Fred 2020-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Sublime Porte

#1 Carpets?! They're retarded; that will ruin the acoustics.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-07-13 05:39|| 2020-07-13 05:39|| Front Page Top

#2 That's OK it's nice to have a precedent for returning Mosques to civilised uses.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-07-13 06:02|| 2020-07-13 06:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Make Istanbul Constantinople Again

Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2020-07-13 09:59|| 2020-07-13 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Carpet = Optical Technology

Worse than a corporate board room joke.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-07-13 12:02|| 2020-07-13 12:02|| Front Page Top

#5 When the Muslims first took over Constantinople they weren't offended by the Christian Icons. Otherwise such icons would have been destroyed long ago.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-07-13 12:36|| 2020-07-13 12:36|| Front Page Top

#6 ^Ye all miss the point. These icons are quite valuable and nobody looks under the carpet.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-13 12:39|| 2020-07-13 12:39|| Front Page Top

#7 They covered over the Christian art that was visible during prayers. The rest was left alone.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-07-13 13:45|| 2020-07-13 13:45|| Front Page Top

#8 #4 Carpet = Optical Technology

For mooslims, it might well be. they spend an inordinate amount of time like that.

Posted by Dron66046 2020-07-13 21:44|| 2020-07-13 21:44|| Front Page Top

#9 better than the usual technology they use on non-Islamic imagery and statues: high explosives, hammers, and paint.

Posted by Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-07-13 22:52|| 2020-07-13 22:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Palmyra, a temple of ISIS:
Islamic! It slices! It dices!
As smoke sweetly rises
To Allah... surprise!
See its whimsical Muslim devices!

Posted by Angager Slaise9400 2020-07-13 23:53|| 2020-07-13 23:53|| Front Page Top

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