Turkey’s Erdogan Promotes Division With Hagia Sophia Mosque Decision – OpEd

By Peter Welby*

In 638, Jerusalem was besieged by a Muslim army. Leading the defense was the Orthodox Patriarch Sophronios. The situation was hopeless: The city was going to fall. But Sophronios was not going to see it sacked. He sent an offer to the commander of the besieging army that he would surrender the city in person to...