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...

Anna Stamou is standing to represent Greece at the upcoming European elections on May 25, the first Muslim to do so. Stamou seeks to prevent anti-Muslim discrimination and ensure equality for the religious minorities.  "I have been nominated by the Eco Green Party Greece...

On Thursday, New Democracy's candidate for Athens mayor, Aris Spiliotopoulos, was accused of toeing his party's ultra-nationalist line by Gavriil Sakellaridis, main opposition party Syriza's runner for the same position. Sakellaridis made a clear reference to Laos, which used to be the most right-wing...

 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has expressed strong opposition to the potential conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque. He was speaking during a debate about whether or not Hagia Sophia should become a mosque, at the Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches,...

Supporters and members of the Greek Neo-Nazi party, Golden Dawn, attended a marching protest against the construction of a Mosque in central Athens. Thirteen years after the project was announced by the Greek government, an architect for the construction of the...

The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its refusal to continue the operation of the Greek Orthodox School, Halki Seminary, until the Fethiye Mosque opens once more for the Muslim population. The Deputy Minister, Metin Kulunk, stated during a...

The Turkish government plans to turn the Monastery of Stoudios into a mosque. The monastery is one of the most important Byzantine monuments of Constantinople. The restoration of the building will end in 2014, and then it will be converted into a...

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc suggested last week, that he would like to see Hagia Sophia as a mosque. The diplomatic argument between Greece and Turkey continued this Wednesday with the announcement that the Turks have “nothing to...

The deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc has expressed his hope to see Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia Museum turned into a mosque. With this statement he has expanded the agenda of social and religious changes which are planned by the government. During...

After thirteen years of delay, the Greek government announced on Thursday, that the construction of the first mosque in Athens will finally begin. According to the The Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, a Greek consortium has been chosen. The five previous attempts of...