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Athens set for first mosque since Ottoman times…
« on: February 17, 2017, 10:14:16 pm »
Athens set for first mosque since Ottoman times…
by Karolina Tagaris | Yahoo! News  |  published on February 14, 2017

MOSQUEATHENS – Athens’s half a million Muslims are set to get their first official mosque in more than a century.

The city has not had a formal mosque since it drove out occupying Ottomans in 1833, and Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Amanantidis told parliament last year that it was the only European capital “to be deprived of such a religious space”.

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Re: Athens set for first mosque since Ottoman times…
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2017, 12:38:01 am »
Considering your average Greek's absolute and unswerving hatred of Turks, I am rather surprised this ever got the go-ahead.

I'll be even more surprised if it ever gets built.
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