2015考研英语阅读土耳其的宗教_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读土耳其的宗教

　　即便如此，为了过斋月，温和的伊斯兰教正义和发展党掌权的政府还是把教堂变成了清真寺。现在红地毯盖上了地板上精致的图案。中央穹顶下面的百叶窗和帷幕把做礼拜的穆斯林和罪恶的三位一体水彩画隔离开来。从前翠绿的花园里有古老的雕塑，现在为了斋戒沐浴，装了带着闪亮水龙头的塑料凳。

　　Mazhar Yildirimhan of the Pious Foundations Directorates office in Trabzon shrugs offcomplaints as propaganda. But for experts the conversion is tragic, and will inevitablylead to damaging the building. It seems to follow closely that of Haghia Sophia in Iznik,warns Antony Eastmond of the Courtauld Institute of Art, referring to another conversion.

　　虔信基金会总局驻特拉布宗办公室的Mazhar Yildirimhan对抗议不屑一顾，认为这种抗议在蛊惑人心。在专家看来，教堂变清真寺是个悲剧，必然会给这座建筑造成破坏。考特奥德艺术学院的AntonyEastmond警告说：伊兹尼克的圣索菲亚教堂成为清真寺的日子可能不远了。

　　All this is prompting anxiety that the Haghia Sophia in Istanbul will be next. These fearsare overdone. Restoration work on the famous basilica has continued under a decade of AKrule and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, has dismissed worries about its fate. YetMr Yildirimhan makes no secret of his desire for a conversion, which he says is shared byfellow Muslims. It was ordained by the sultan, he says. We have all the records.