Fw: Restoring St. Sophia

[Marina Antic]

Having just visited St. Sophia I have to say that it would be an 
unspeakable crime to "restore" it by destroying the amalgam of Christian 
and Muslim art that makes it a unique historical monument to the 
religious history of the region.

Marina Antic

Edward M Dumanis wrote:
> There is nothing peculiar here.
> Just pure logic.
> I like it.
> (I mean the introduced twist since the list is not a
> political/ideological/religious group)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Edward Dumanis
>
>
>
> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007, Evgeny Steiner wrote:
>
>   
>> You seem to have a rather peculiar sense of humour, Marc!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Marc Adler <marc at ADLERPACIFIC.COM>
>> Date: Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:08 am
>> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Fw: Restoring St. Sophia
>>
>>     
>>> Mourka(e)k dio:
>>>
>>>       
>>>>> The European Parliament is pressuring the Turkish Government to
>>>>> Restore Saint Sophia Cathedral from a museum into a Greek 
>>>>>           
>>> Orthodox Church.
>>>
>>> Before it became a museum, it was a mosque for 500 years, right? 
>>> Wouldn't it be more appropriate to convert it back to mosque?
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Marc Adler
>>> marc at adlerpacific.com
>>>
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