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FILE PHOTO: Hagia Sophia or Ayasofya, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, that was a Byzantine cathedral before being converted into a mosque which is currently a museum, is seen in Istanbul, Turkey, June 28, 2020. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo
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Russian Orthodox Church says 'unacceptable' to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque - Ifax

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has proposed restoring the mosque status of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, a sixth century building at the heart of both the Christian Byzantine and Muslim Ottoman...

Mosque or museum? : Turkey to decide fate of Hagia Sophia
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Mosque or museum? : Turkey to decide fate of Hagia Sophia

FILE PHOTO: People perform prayer as they perform social distancing near Kaaba in the Grand Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia April 28, 2020. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Saudi Arabia allows mosques to open for Friday prayers

Muslim devotees offer their prayers at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka on April 3. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Govt allows communal prayers at mosques

Mosque's makeshift morgue shows virus toll on UK minorities
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Mosque's makeshift morgue shows virus toll on UK minorities

With mass prayers suspended, the Dedeman mosque in Istanbul has turned itself into a food bank/ AFP
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Turkish mosque turned into temporary ‘supermarket’

Patuakhali mosque under lockdown
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Patuakhali mosque under lockdown

Muslim devotees offer their prayers at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka on April 3. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Many risk infection as mosques hold Friday prayers

In what was the first ever such incident in Bangladesh, a Shia mosque in Bogura was attacked by militants on November 26, 2015. Here, a police official is collecting evidence from the crime scene. Photo: TBS
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Maiden mosque militant attack case in limbo

A police officer stands amidst the damages as he is surveying and collecting evidence from the site of a bomb blast in a mosque in Quetta, Pakistan January 11, 2020. Reuters/Naseer Ahmed
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Death toll in Pakistan mosque bombing claimed by Islamic State rises to 15

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Indian mosque opens door, funds for Hindu wedding