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The day I felt the Earth shake
I recently experienced my first earthquake and quickly realised that our collective conscience also needs awakening.
Reaction as Hagia Sophia reopens its doors to Muslim worshippers
“The chains around the Ayasofya have been broken. Turkey will no longer be the same. The time has come for it [to] rightfully command its sovereignty. The spirit of the Ottomans [has]…
Hagia Sophia: Full transcript of the sermon delivered at the first jumuah in 86 years
Thousands of people gathered today around the Hagia Sophia Mosque to attend the first Friday Prayers since 1930s. Click to read the full transcript of the first sermon since the Hagia Sophia’s…
Sheikh Haitham’s statement on the Hagia Sophia Mosque
“It is sad and painful to see that while most Muslims are celebrating this achievement, some Muslims are not happy with the decision and have used it to increase their hatred of…
Libya: Government gathers war crimes evidence against brutal military commander Haftar
Hundreds of bodies, including those of women and children, have been discovered in mass graves since forces loyal to the renegade military commander Haftar were forced to withdraw from the western city…
Hagia Sophia: Turkey reconverts 6th-century iconic landmark back into a mosque
President Erdogan has declared Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, a 6th-century iconic landmark, open to Muslim worship after a top court ruled that the building's conversion to a museum by the toxic secularist and…
Khashoggi killing: Turkish court puts 20 Saudis on trial in absentia
Saudi consulate worker tells Turkish court he saw many 'skewers of meat' and was told to light the oven on the day Jamal Khashoggi was brutally killed and dismembered.