Muslims

For centuries the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire stood as Christendom's bulwark against the invasions of the Muslims, first of the Arabs and then of the Turks. Nowhere was this clash between the Muslim and Christian worlds more constantly apparent...

The bodies of many unidentified migrants have lain for years in a small cemetery, just a few kilometers from the Turkish border. The migrants' bodies were buried in the cemetery in Sidiro, a small Greek village near the Turkish...

Turkey slammed Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Ieronymos, for his remarks during a television interview on Sunday about Islam. "These provocative expressions of Archbishop Ieronimos, which incite the society to hostility and violence against Islam, also show the frightening...

Dozens of Muslim demonstrators attacked the French Embassy in Cyprus on Tuesday following the deterioration of relations between France and Turkey over Islamic extremists. Demonstrators removed the French flag and clashed with police forces. Two people were arrested in the...

The region of Thrace provided "a rare model of symbiosis" following a special program to educate and integrate Greek Muslim students that began in 1997, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said on Thursday in Xanthi. President Sakellaropoulou, who is currently touring...

The first Muslim mosque to open for worship in Athens since the establishment of the modern Greek state opened its doors in the capital city on Friday. After numerous delays, for a variety of reasons, the mosque in the Votanikos neighborhood was...

The leader of the Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace (KIEF), representing part of the Muslim minority of Greece's Western Thrace region, said on Wednesday that her party is "Turkish." Cigdem Asafoglu, whose KIEF Party swept the prefectures of Xanthi...

A Muslim mosque, the first in the Greek capital since the end of the Ottoman occupation, is expected to open its doors in time for Ramadan, which starts on May 6. The 1,000-square-meter building, in the district of Elaionas, will not...

The global leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community warned of the "critical need for peace" at the community's sixteenth annual Peace Symposium on Saturday in London. Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslims around the world, highlighted the...

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Greece held its 5th National Peace Symposium last week in Athens. The theme of the symposium was “Global Conflicts and Our Responsibilities”. The event was attended by various religious, political, diplomatic, civil and humanitarian dignitaries...