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What comes to mind when you think of the islands of Scotland? Rugged landscapes? Mountainous surroundings? Maybe even wildlife like deer and red squirrels? Well, did you know that on the island of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides stands one of the smallest mosques in the UK? Constructed and developed through a crowd-funding project led […]
The Aya Sophia (also knows as The Hagia Sophia) is more than 1,400 years old. It was first built and used as a cathedral by the Eastern Roman Empire for over 900 years. Following Fatih Sultan’s conquest of Istanbul in 1453 C.E, the church was found in a state of disrepair and was renovated and converted […]
