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Hagia Sophia and the Deafening Silence
History has shown that when populists rise to power, they widely use religious rhetoric for their campaign/ideological drive
The coronavirus pandemic has come at a time when the world’s ‘Superpower nations’ are ruled by men embracing an ideology that is designed to push a radical cause. It comes packed with economic instability, the discrimination of religious minorities, the acceptance of open abuse, intolerance, corruption, the suppression of intellectuals, and the retract from the principles and ideals of Democracy. From Xi Jinping’s authoritarian China in the east to Donald Trump’s white supremacism in the US in the west — peace and harmony in nations are collapsing on a rapid scale.
History has shown that when populists rise to power, they widely use religious rhetoric for their campaign/ideological drive. Such leaders choose to rush their goals even in times of severe hardship and despair. At a time when the pandemic continues to infect thousands daily, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with the decree was, however, quick to change the status-quo of Hagia Sophia.
The acceptance and ignorance of this move by Muslim nations expose their hypocrisy. The move might result in…