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Why has Wikipedia not mentioned Mosque in the description of Hagia Sophia? I see Museum/Eastern Orthodox Church and not Mosque (below the photo)!!

Hello !

You have mentioned in the article and I quote 'For almost 500 years the principal mosque of Istanbul, Hagia Sophia served as a model for many of the Ottoman mosques such as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque of Istanbul), the Şehzade Mosque, the Süleymaniye Mosque, the Rüstem Pasha Mosque, and the Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque.'

I write to question the reason for omitting the mention of Mosque in the description of Hagia Sophia!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tourniqueto (talk • contribs) 08:31, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BW depiction of Hagia Sophia in Byzantine time

the black-and-white photograph of the Hagia Sophia is NOT a "depiction" of the mosque in Byzantine times. There were NO PHOTOGRAPHS in the time of the Byzantine Empire. CMEHalverson (talk) 18:28, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 I write to question the reason for omitting the mention of Mosque in the description of Hagia Sophia!!  <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Tourniqueto|Tourniqueto]] ([[User talk:Tourniqueto|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Tourniqueto|contribs]]) 08:31, 3 January 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+== BW depiction of Hagia Sophia in Byzantine time ==
+the black-and-white photograph of the Hagia Sophia is NOT a "depiction" of the mosque in Byzantine times.  There were NO PHOTOGRAPHS in the time of the Byzantine Empire. [[User:CMEHalverson|CMEHalverson]] ([[User talk:CMEHalverson|talk]]) 18:28, 28 January 2010 (UTC)