Dec 20, 2018
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Converted Christian and Islamic Architecture: A Path to Understanding

“By looking at these converted pieces of architecture, and the conversation — both negative and positive — surrounding their religious changes, it becomes clear that it is possible for Islam and Christianity to peacefully coexist.”

“Although the Hagia Sophia is a physical place of connection, it also weaves people and their faiths together through the subtlety of its religious history.”

“The main point of resistance with this mosque, it seems, was fear of the new and unknown. This example makes clear that if people of different religions could understand — or at least try to learn about — each other, religious coexistence could be learned.”

by Serena Hoffman

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