Turkey turns iconic Istanbul museum into mosque

[Andy2]

Afghanistan, Iran , Libya were alll nice countries until the fanatics took over
Turkey is going the same way

[Mordac]

And mosques. Old Church Becomes Mosque in Uneasy Britain - The New York Times

Clitheroe is tucked away in Lancashire County in the north

Ah, bless, Americans...
It's not a part of the world I'm familiar with, but I can't imagine a great uprising at the thought of turning an abandoned Methodist church into something else.

[jayn200]

I think it would be one thing if this was universally desired in turkey but half the country and probably about 75% of the population in Istanbul is absolutely outraged by this. Further distancing themselves from the secular country they use to be.

I haven't spoken to a Turkish person yet who supports this. Just more authoritarian tulip from a leader that is losing more and more support by the day.

[TheGreenBastard]

I think it would be one thing if this was universally desired in turkey but half the country and probably about 75% of the population in Istanbul is absolutely outraged by this. Further distancing themselves from the secular country they use to be.

I haven't spoken to a Turkish person yet who supports this. Just more authoritarian tulip from a leader that is losing more and more support by the day.

The death of the Islamic world's bastion of secularism and democracy is worth it, if it provides a platform to feel morally superior over "gammons" and throw around a few claims of racism.

[minestrone]

Minny also despises Muslim majority countries because they don't allow gay marriage or adoption by gay parents.

You are probably OK with them hanging homosexuals.