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Turkey’s religious affairs chief brandishes sword during first Hagia Sophia sermon, “Hagia Sophia: Sign of conquest”

Jul 26, 2020 1:00 pm By Robert Spencer

“Hagia Sophia: Sign of conquest, our trust in Fati̇h (Sultan Mehmet).”

The Turks are making no secret of what the conversion of Hagia Sophia to a mosque means. What is coming should be clear to everyone, but isn’t: in February 2018, Erdoğan declared his desire to reconquer the lands the Ottoman caliphate once ruled: “Those who think that we have erased from our hearts the lands from which we withdrew in tears a hundred years ago are wrong. We say at every opportunity we have that Syria, Iraq and other places in the geography [map] in our hearts are no different from our own homeland. We are struggling so that a foreign flag will not be waved anywhere where adhan [Islamic call to prayer in mosques] is recited. The things we have done so far [pale in comparison to the] even greater attempts and attacks [we are planning for] the coming days, inshallah [Allah willing].”

“Hagia Sophia: Top Imam uses Ottoman’s sword during Friday sermon,” Siasat Daily, July 25, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s iconic Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque reopened for worship on Friday for the first time in 86 years.

Ahead of the Friday sermon, the country’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) head Ali Erbaş used an Ottoman sword to climb up the staircase of the minbar (pulpit) of the historic Hagia Sophia.

Imam Erbaş read the special khutbah, or sermon, titled “Hagia Sophia: Sign of conquest, our trust in Fati̇h (Sultan Mehmet),” before the collective prayer.

When questioned why the sword was used in delivery the sermon, Imam Erbas responded saying that it is a tradition in mosques that are the symbols of conquest.

Two green flags were also hung on the minbar (pulpit) of the mosque as a symbol of conquest.

In his sermon, Erbaş said, “The longing that caused deep pain in the hearts of our people has come to an end.”

Salat and Salam be to Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) who gave the good news about the conquest by saying, “One day Constantinople will be conquered. Great is the commander who will conquer it, and great are his soldiers!”

“Today is the day when takbirs (Allahu akbar), prayers, and salavats (salutation upon the prophet of Islam) resonate in the domes of Hagia Sophia, and the adhan (call for prayer) rises from its minarets,” Erbaş stated….

Prior to the inaugural prayers, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also recited verses of the Holy Quran.

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  1. J Morgan says

    Jul 26, 2020 at 1:08 pm

    “We are struggling so that a foreign flag will not be waved anywhere where adhan [Islamic call to prayer in mosques] is recited.” These people are Hell-bent and determined. They won’t stop at the Hagia Sophia.

    • mortimer says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 3:41 pm

      Exactly … finally the world is witnessing the world’s most intolerant religion in ‘secularist’ Turkey.

      Are the Left-Libtards ‘SHOCKED, SHOCKED’ that their Islamic ‘pets’ got off their leash?

      • J Morgan says

        Jul 26, 2020 at 4:37 pm

        The Pope was shocked into near silence! I think the leftists still don’t get at all the Islam is any threat. Blood chilling.

    • stressed eric says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 4:13 pm

      The time is coming for the new Crusades to get rid of this barbaric cult once and for all Muslims are liars thieves cheats murderers and the dregs of humanity and the time is coming to meet blood with blood Muslim blood the way this evil cult treats everyone else

      • J Morgan says

        Jul 26, 2020 at 4:32 pm

        It may come new Crusades, Eric. The politicians sure aren’t going to stop the attempted takeover by Islam!

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 8:30 pm

      Grimly true, J Morgan. Erdogan has stressed that this is just the beginning of more Muslim conquest:

      “Erdogan: ‘Resurrection of Hagia Sophia’ heralds ‘return of freedom to al-Aqsa,’ revival of Islam Uzbekistan to Spain”

      https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/07/erdogan-resurrection-of-hagia-sophia-heralds-return-of-freedom-to-al-aqsa-revival-of-islam-uzbekistan-to-spain

  2. RichardL says

    Jul 26, 2020 at 1:10 pm

    jihad is a pillar of islam. The symbol of islam is the sword. I think all of this is a great development because normal people can see the a religion of peace and the sword are difficult to put into one sentence

    • Keys says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 1:28 pm

      Indeed !

      How about this ?

      The Religion of Peace, Islam, conquers by the sword and is made victorious through terror with Allah’s blessing.

      Cognitive dissonance ? Not for the Religion of Peace.

    • mortimer says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 2:08 pm

      Concise, precise expression of the truth by RichardL. The religion of the sword. Exposed. Self-declared.

      The most violent and intolerant religion.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 8:31 pm

      Muslims only use honesty when they are so emboldened that they no longer see the need for Taqiyya.

      • James Lincoln says

        Jul 27, 2020 at 7:48 am

        A very important point, gravenimage.

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 27, 2020 at 10:33 pm

          Thanks, James. I think even a lot of Anti-Jihadists miss this. Taqiyya, as dangerous as it is, is a back-handed recognition of Infidels being able to defend themselves, so Muslims have to dissemble. It is never a good sign when they don’t think they have to bother.

    • rubiconcrest says

      Jul 27, 2020 at 12:35 pm

      You’re right. Stunning illustration of what Islam is. No one can imagine a faith leader bringing a sword to the pulpit in any other major faith.

  3. prebangian says

    Jul 26, 2020 at 1:31 pm

    Obama and Erdogan celebrate dedication of Turkey’s $100 million mosque in Lanham MD:
    https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.barenakedislam.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F03%2Ferdogan-obama3.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbarenakedislam.com%2F2016%2F03%2F29%2Fbarack-hussein-obama-to-open-turkeys-100-million-monster-mosque-the-largest-jihad-indoctrination-center-in-america%2F&tbnid=46DQ0zPeywjKpM&vet=12ahUKEwiitsf2t-vqAhXaIN8KHTtsARUQMygCegUIARCDAQ..i&docid=rXAbfj7CukszhM&w=702&h=323&itg=1&q=obama%20kissing%20erdogan%20at%20dedication%20of%20maryland%20mosque%20built%20by%20turkey&ved=2ahUKEwiitsf2t-vqAhXaIN8KHTtsARUQMygCegUIARCDAQ

    • J Morgan says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 7:03 pm

      Terrible. Obama built that! With Erdogan on American soil. That Hussein Obama is a real jihadi. Double minarets, no less, as, “Turkey is an empire that will arise twice, once as the Ottoman Empire, then the second time after this deadly wound is healed as the Neo-Ottomans.” Sounds like a biblical nation, right out of The Revelation.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 8:35 pm

      Disgusting, prebangian. Thanks for that link.

    • RichardL says

      Jul 27, 2020 at 9:23 pm

      Pennsylvania is the home of Erdolf’s twin and Gülen gets praised by Dims, Jewish and Christian orgs. I have been to banquet in his honour. There was one guy at my table who refused to clap at the awards. We grinned at each other while the sheeple applauded the jihadis and their loving helpers.

      • gravenimage says

        Jul 27, 2020 at 10:35 pm

        Yes–another Muslim thug. He runs schools here in the US.

  4. Diane Harvey says

    Jul 26, 2020 at 1:45 pm

    “Those who think that we have erased from our hearts the lands from which we withdrew in tears a hundred years ago are wrong.”

    Hitler talked of Lebensraum as the method of expanding German control over foreign lands.

    Erdogan is saying the same.

    It’s easy to project the line..

    • mortimer says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 3:51 pm

      According to pol ratings, 74% of Turks hate Jews and Christians. And they have Erdogan who leads them in the hatred.

      Sounds like a famous German politician, doesn’t it?

      Turkey is one of the most intolerant countries today.

      • stressed eric says

        Jul 26, 2020 at 4:21 pm

        The so called coupe was fake like everything this rug sellers does at one time an ISIS puppet In the so called coup this Muslim pig even sacrificed his own supporters and now the time is coming to fight back and also again Muslim puppets like the corrupt unelected crumbling EU and not forgetting the man made poop the anti Christ fake francis now sucking the arse of every Muslim he can the fake Leader of the Catholic religion

        • gravenimage says

          Jul 27, 2020 at 10:36 pm

          Yes, Eric–the “coup” was probably faked, so that Erdogan could decimate the army, which has traditionally protected secularism in Turkey over the last century.

  5. mortimer says

    Jul 26, 2020 at 2:04 pm

    The sermon was no doubt approved in advance by the government. In the first half of his grandiloquent sermon, Ali Erbaş talked about glorious conquest and the conqueror Mehmed. Muslims conquered Constantinople according to the prophecy of Mohammed. The first part of the sermon was about Islamic supremacism, but the second part was about ‘TOLERANCE’.

    The message was that Turks will first invade everywhere, conquer peoples and enslave them, then, the Turks will be ‘tolerant’.

    The message was that the world has no right to criticize the Turkish conquests, because they are Allah’s chosen instruments for conquering the world. The world should not criticize Turks or Muslims, but be ‘tolerant’ of being conquered and not resist it.

    The world has to react to this sabre-rattling by Erdogan by imposing massive sanctions. If sanctions are not imposed, Turkey will start another big war in a matter of years … unless the Turks can unseat the delusional Erdogan.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 8:43 pm

      True, Mortimer–it is not as if Erdogan didn’t know.

  6. FYI says

    Jul 26, 2020 at 2:30 pm

    “sign of conquest”…

    muslims won’t get this of course but the HAGIA SOPHIA refers to Jesus Christ the Divine Wisdom and they are ‘praying’ in a STOLEN church dedicated to… the very one who will judge them.
    {=Jesus Christ the HAGIA SOPHIA}

    {Go ahead muslims:strut about the place like peacocks,preen your beards,stick your wudu’d butts in the air.
    “pray” 50 times a day if you like, say those fatihas:do all those fraudulently pious things you do}

    But remember well the name HAGIA SOPHIA as you ‘pray’ in the STOLEN property that was dedicated to Jesus Christ the HAGIA SOPHIA for you see it is Jesus Christ the HAGIA SOPHIA who will be judging you,not your ‘allah’ the champion deceiver{k3:54} a god whose enemy is a MAN called the ‘King of Kings'{SAHIH MUSLIM VOL 5 HADITH #5611}or to give His other name..

    Jesus Christ the HAGIA SOPHIA

    Jesus Christ the HAGIA SOPHIA= ‘the King of Kings'{Revs 19:16}

    muslims simply never get IRONY:they think it is a great victory to ‘pray’ in a stolen church,one dedicated to the very One who will be judging them:and they don’t get it.They don’t see that.

    Christians should not be TOO upset by erdolf’s calculated insult to Christians.
    After all,emperor erdolf himself,as he struts like a peacock around the vicinity of the HAGIA SOPHIA{‘to be SEEN OF MEN’ too,something allah condemns as HYPOCRISY koran 4:142} ‘praying ‘ to his false Arab god ‘allah’ will someday be judged by ..Jesus Christ.. the HAGIA SOPHIA.

    Please do remember that:it is only a triumph to the muslims.
    Because who gets to judge these muslims?

    Jesus Christ the HAGIA SOPHIA

  7. Martin says

    Jul 26, 2020 at 2:37 pm

    • Martin says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 2:54 pm

      HAGIA SOPHIA – July 24 2020 – Erbas’ sermon ( Eng subs )

      “… as a follower of the Final and True Religion …”

    • Martin says

      Jul 27, 2020 at 12:01 pm

      MEMRI – Turkish Journalist on Hagia Sophia Being Turned into a Mosque: Turkey Can Do as It Pleases

      On July 21, 2020, Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) aired a debate about Turkey’s recent decision to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque.

      Syrian political analyst Abd Al-Masih Al-Shami said that Hagia Sophia is being turned into a mosque in order to re-ignite the conflict between Islam and Christianity, and between Turkey and Europe.

      Turkish journalist Hamza Tekin said that Turkey is sending a message to the Muslim world that it is a strong Islamic country that can restore its historical days of glory, and that it is sending a message to the rest of the world that it is now capable of breaking the “spiritual shackles” that have been binding Turkey for the past 100 years since the Hagia Sophia mosque was shut down.

      Tekin said that Turkey can do as it pleases with Hagia Sophia, even it if wishes to demolish it or burn it down.

      In addition, he said that the light that will emerge from the first prayers in Hagia Sophia will stop the Deal of the Century and liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

      Furthermore, he said that Turkish fighter planes are flying around the Greek Islands, promising that “something big” is going to happen there.

      He added: “Turkey will reclaim the rights that have been stolen from it everywhere!”

    • Martin says

      Jul 27, 2020 at 12:09 pm

      Disinfection operation at Hagia Sophia after prayers

    • Martin says

      Jul 27, 2020 at 12:11 pm

      Turkey: Christian symbols covered up as Muslim worshipers pray inside Hagia Sophia

      Mosaics located in the direction of Islamic prayer were seen covered with removable white curtains

  8. GreekEmpress says

    Jul 26, 2020 at 5:09 pm

    Brandishing a sword in the Hagia Sofia.
    Another “Ottoman slap”

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 26, 2020 at 8:49 pm

      Grimly true, GreekEmpress.

  9. gravenimage says

    Jul 26, 2020 at 8:27 pm

    Turkey’s religious affairs chief brandishes sword during first Hagia Sophia sermon, “Hagia Sophia: Sign of conquest”

    Imam Erbaş read the special khutbah, or sermon, titled “Hagia Sophia: Sign of conquest, our trust in Fati̇h (Sultan Mehmet),” before the collective prayer.
    …………..

    I have to admit, I assumed that Muslims would give sermons on some of the Meccan verses early on, to pretend that this is not just aggressive Islamic conquest.

    I had misjudged how emboldened Erdogan and the rest of these Muslim thugs feel.

  10. Unknown guy says

    Jul 27, 2020 at 5:33 am

    Can anyone order jihad in islam or is it done by the religious imams?

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 27, 2020 at 10:37 pm

      If the Muslim authorities are not waging Jihad, then any Muslim can do it.

  11. Marigold says

    Jul 27, 2020 at 6:33 am

    Dear Robert, THAT particular symbolic gesture [brandishing the sword] was studiously ignored by the MSM.They mean business alright.

  12. OLD GUY says

    Jul 27, 2020 at 10:42 am

    Every time muslims win a small victory they see the enemy as weaker and will take advantage of the opportunity to continue the attack. All major christian sites are now more at risk of being taken by the Islamic Jihad or of being totally destroyed. Islam and the muslim leadership want nothing short of world domination and the destruction of all christians and Jewish religious icons and sites.

    • gravenimage says

      Jul 27, 2020 at 10:38 pm

      Grimly spot on, OLD GUY.

  13. eaglelasereyes says

    Jul 27, 2020 at 3:09 pm

    The damage that muslims have done to Humanity, conquest of lands, breaking up Families, Refugees, Crimes Against Humanity, the list of this evil, goes on and on. Please STOP the madness of Islam.

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