'I shed tears of joy': Muslims emotional over Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia

'I shed tears of joy': Muslims emotional over Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia

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Emotional worshippers expressed their joy on Friday (July 24) at witnessing the first Muslim prayers in Istanbul's Hagia Sophia for 86 years. Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan joined huge crowds ]for the first prayers at Hagia Sophia in nine decades, sealing his ambition to restore Muslim worship at an ancient site long revered in both Christianity and Islam.

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