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Obama Tours Blue Mosque in Turkey

by Fred Miller | April 8, 2009 at 02:07 pm

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Yahoo News reports :

He combined his visit to the Blue Mosque with a tour of the 6th-century Hagia Sophia church, a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture across the Islamic edifice. The church was converted to a mosque when the Ottomans conquered Istanbul in 1453, and was finally transformed into a museum in the 1930s, still featuring both biblical paintings and Islamic scriptures.

Obama also met with university students (Now Public report) before wrapping up his two-day visit to Turkey and his début trip to Europe later on Tuesday.

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Fred Miller

at 14:11 on April 8th, 2009

He looks tired after his Marathon.

jazzyzazzy

at 15:07 on April 8th, 2009

I would imagine he is a tad relieved the obama drama finale,do do do.

Pythiian1

at 15:39 on April 8th, 2009

Good catch and thanks for referral to my piece on the Istanbul Town Hall.

Fred Miller

at 16:13 on April 8th, 2009

My pleasure, your hard work needs to be recognized by everyone. Thank you !

amyjudd

at 15:40 on April 8th, 2009

Is our highlight tool giving you some trouble?

Fred Miller

at 16:11 on April 8th, 2009

Not really but thanks for asking ;-)

amyjudd

at 19:04 on April 8th, 2009

When I asked that question, your highlighted piece was not in a highlight box; I don't just go around asking that question. Nice to see it is now though.

Fred Miller

at 19:41 on April 8th, 2009

Thanks, Amy. It was a joke really - I just didn't use the tool, but fixed it after your message rather than delete the whole thing.

Roy C

at 19:36 on April 8th, 2009

The church was "converted" at the point of a sword.

The Mosque in Jersualem, the famous one where Mohammed went up into heaven, was actually built by Byzantine Christians at the bidding of their Muslims masters.