A common declaration of the Editorial Board and the Advisory Board of Salt: Crossroads of Religion and Culture on the return of Agia Sophia in Istanbul to itsprevious status as a mosque by edict of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the10th July 2020, which caused a lot of distress and grievance among all those wholove and cherish Byzantine culture and the Orthodox Christian faith. Thedeclaration discusses the topic with regard to history, culture, interfaithrelations, building peace and dialogue, as well as the islamic tradition[s] per se.The declaration was written by the Editor in Chief and in depth discussed andfinalized among the members of the Editorial and the Advisory Board.