The Mufti of the Sultanate of Oman, Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al-Khalili, congratulated Turkey, its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the Islamic nation “returning the Hagia Sophia teacher again to a house from God’s homes”, two days after Ankara announced the conversion of the Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque, as was the case after the liberation of the Ottoman Empire to Constantinople (Istanbul) from the control of the Byzantine Empire in 1453.
The Mufti of the Sultanate, in a statement published today, described the decision to return the Hagia Sophia to its previous position as the successful step of the Turkish people and its leader, "as the noise of the critics of the disgraced, who hated conspiracy against Islam, did not discourage them from moving forward in restoring this milestone to what it had been since the victorious Sultan Al-Mansour Mohammed Al-Fateh. "
We congratulate ourselves and congratulate the entire Muslim nation, and we singly congratulate the brotherly, authentic, Muslim Turkic people, headed by its experienced leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for bringing back a teacher # Ayya Sufya again to a house of God in which God has authorized to raise and mention his name, in which he is permitted to go to God and pray. pic.twitter.com/TZmWaLxoY4
- Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalili (@AhmedHAlKhalili) July 12, 2020
The Mufti of the Sultanate added that the Hagia Sophia was a ritual in which religion was launched and from which the call of Islam was launched from the reign of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror to the last sultans of the Ottoman Empire.
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and many activists on social media from inside and outside the Sultanate interacted with the statement of the Mufti, as they praised his position and described him as courageous, in light of the campaign of criticism in Western countries and even within some Arab countries for Turkey's decision regarding the Hagia Sophia.
The speech of truth to the voice of truth # His Eminence # Sheikh_Ahmed_Ben_Ahmed_al-Khalili may God protect him and see the Muslim world about the return of the teacher # Ayasofia again as a house in God’s homes in which his name is mentioned and praises and praises. pic.twitter.com/OuwUOQ3p6U
- Faisal Al-Rawahi (@FaisalRwahy) July 12, 2020
On Friday, the Turkish Supreme Administrative Court overturned the cabinet decision issued on November 24, 1934 to transfer the Hagia Sophia from a mosque to a museum. The head of religious affairs, Ali Arbash, said during his visit today, the Hagia Sophia, that the five daily prayers will be held in the mosque regularly, with effect From Friday the 24th of July.