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Three Legal Mosques Operating in Athens, Many More Illegally

Three mosques are operating legally in Athens at the moment after getting licenses in the past two years, and many more illegally according to a Kathimerini report. The Hamza mosque at the Victoria Square area started operating in the summer...

Council of State Opens Way for Erecting Mosque in Athens

The Council of State rejected an appeal of 111 residents of Votanikos area in Athens who were against the building of a Muslim mosque. The decision paves the way for the erection of the first Muslim mosque in Athens. The...

Greek Businessman Savvidis Offers to Build Mosque in Return for Hagia Sophia

Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savvidis has made a generous offer to the Turkish people. The President of the Federal National-cultural Autonomy of Greeks in Russia said he would fund the construction of a mosque in Trabzon and as an exchange...

Construction of First Mosque in Athens to Start Soon

Construction of the first mosque in Athens will start as soon as final details of the much-delayed project are ironed out and the building permit is about to be issued. It has been seventy years since it was decided to...

First Rift in Coalition Over Building of Mosque in Athens

Junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) voted against two amendments on the building of a mosque in Athens and tax relief on The Athens Concert Hall. The ANEL lawmakers voted against two amendments at the Greek Parliament on Tuesday night,...

Turkey Urges Greece to Investigate Mosque Attacks

The Turkish Foreign Ministry asked Greek authorities to investigate two mosque attacks in Komotini, northeastern Greece. "Turkey requests Greek authorities to clarify, as soon as possible, the reason of these atrocious incidents that occurred in sacred places for the Turkish minority...

Boutaris: 'Turks Are Our Brothers, Europeans Our Partners'

The mayor of Thessaloniki, Yiannis Boutaris, met with Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu. During their discussion, Boutaris mentioned that there should be an open mosque in Thessaloniki, while he also added that he intents on turning Alaca Imaret and...

Council of State Allows for Mosque in Athens

The Council of State gave the green light to the construction of a mosque in Athens, Greece. The general assembly of the state council has rejected an appeal to prevent the construction of a mosque in the region of Votanikos as...

Hurriyet: ‘Hagia Sophia, a Symbol of History’

The recent prayers of Islamists in front of Hagia Sophia, as regards to turning the monument into a mosque, once again provoked anger expressed in the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, against the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The journalist, Nuray Mert,...

Hurriyet: ‘Shame to Those Who Wish to Turn Hagia Sophia to a Mosque’

According to Turkish media, on May 29 the country’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will attend a symbolic prayer in the orthodox temple of Hagia Sophia, in light of the anniversary of the seige of Constantinople by the Ottomans. The...