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Athens has issued a protest to Turkey over its decision to allow a daily Koranic reading during Ramadan in the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, which for almost 1,000 years was the biggest Greek Orthodox Christian church in the world. Stergos Kastelloriou reports.

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Athens has issued a protest to Turkey over its decision to allow a daily Koranic reading during Ramadan in the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, which for almost 1,000 years was the biggest Greek Orthodox Christian church in the world. Stergos Kastelloriou reports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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