The Beauty Of The Hagia Sophia Mosque Visited By Raffi Ahmad And Rans Cilegon FC

Raffi Ahmad dan Nagita Slavina (Foto: IG @ raffinagita1717)

JAKARTA - Raffi Ahmad visited Turkey with Rans Cilegon FC to play a test match against a Turkish football club. In between their busy schedule, they also took the time to visit the Haga Sophia mosque.

Haga Sophia is a place of worship in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey. From the time of its construction in 537 AD to 1453 AD, it was an Orthodox cathedral and seat of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

This building became a mosque from May 29, 1453 until 1931 during the reign of the Ottoman Empire. Later this building was secularized and opened as a museum on February 1, 1935 by the Republic of Turkey.

But it became a mosque again on Friday, July 10, 2020 after a Turkish court ruled that the 1934 conversion of the Hagia Sophia into a museum was illegal. This decision paved the way for turning the monument back into a mosque.

Raffi uploaded his photos while inside the Haga Sophia mosque. The dome of this mosque looks very beautiful. The walls are sturdy and high looks majestic. Calligraphy is also installed on the walls of the Haga Sophia mosque.

Raffi Ahmad was also able to meet and take pictures with one of the high priests of the Hagia Sophia Mosque, Ferruh Mustuer.

"Alhamdulillah, we can meet, pray with one of the great imams of Turkey who is at the Hagia Sophia Mosque and now Muslims can pray at Hagia Sophia," wrote Raffi Ahmad on his Instagram feed @raffinagita1717 quoted Friday, August 27.

Raffi Ahmad shows his photo with Ferruh Mustuer. Ferruh Mustuer was also in the spotlight for being the first imam to lead the inaugural Friday prayer after the Hagia Sophia was re-functioned as a mosque.

The high priest also put his arm around the shoulders of Nagita Slavina's husband. The upload made some of the artist's friends amazed.

"Kereeen maliih," wrote Arie Untung.

"Greetings to the priest," wrote Ammar Zoni.

"Happy in the world and the hereafter, my dear Raffi Ahmad and Nagita Slavina," wrote Asri Welas in the comments column.