Shia
Greece
Ashura Festival in Athens Climaxes with Bloody Self-Flagellation
Hundreds of Shia Muslims gathered in Piraeus, south of Athens, to mark the day of Ashura, the tenth day of in the Islamic calendar.
The ritual involved self-flagellation, hitting oneself with a whip as part of a religious ritual, as is common in...
Greece
Shiites and Sunnis to Protest Outside of Saudi Embassy in Athens
A group of Muslims will carry out a protest outside Saudi Arabia's embassy in Athens on Wednesday, in response to the recent execution of a Shiite cleric by Saudi Arabia.
Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, had been an outspoken critic of the Sunni...