In early July 2020, Turkey’s supreme court issued a verdict to revert the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque. The 1,500-year-old structure was built during the Byzantine Empire in the Greek Orthodox tradition, and served as a church until the rise of the Ottoman Empire, when it was first converted into a mosque. With […]
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Johnson County Supervisors to Muslim community: “We have your back”
On Tuesday morning, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a proclamation in support of the Muslim community. The document acknowledged Johnson County’s longtime Muslim population and expressed concern for the threats they are facing as the result of “being unfairly forced to bear the fears of our nation.” Its supporters resolved to “stand […]
