Athens
Athens finally gets a mosque
NEWS
November 5, 2020
Athens finally gets a mosque
The first mosque in the Greek capital, Athens, has opened after 14 years of wrangling and bureaucratic delays, local media…
Greece orders Muslim prayer hall to shut down near Athens
World
July 5, 2020
Greece orders Muslim prayer hall to shut down near Athens
Greece has ordered one of the oldest Muslim prayer halls in the greater Athens metropolitan area to shut down. Greece…
Greece: Athens mosque likely to open by September, official says
World
June 8, 2019
Greece: Athens mosque likely to open by September, official says
Greek capital’s first formal mosque in more than 180 years is set to open for prayer within months. …
Athens 1st mosque to be inaugurated in March: official
World
January 19, 2019
Athens 1st mosque to be inaugurated in March: official
Greece gave a new date for the inauguration of the mosque in Athens. Greece gave a new date for…
More bumps in the road for Athens mosque
World
July 26, 2018
More bumps in the road for Athens mosque
The long-overdue project to provide a place of worship to the Greek capital’s growing Muslim population has been pushed back…
Police arrest 15 for blocking construction of Athens’ first mosque
World
November 6, 2016
Police arrest 15 for blocking construction of Athens’ first mosque
Greek police cleared a site allocated for Athens’ first official mosque on Friday, months after it had been taken over…
Parliament approves building mosque in Athens
World
August 6, 2016
Parliament approves building mosque in Athens
Greece’s parliament gave the green light on Thursday for the first official mosque to be built in Athens since the…