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A building originally erected for a community of Jewish converts to Islam in the Greek city of Thessaloniki held an Eid al-Fitr Prayers on Wednesday, abc News reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 70 worshipers \u2014 a mix of visiting tourists from Turkey, members of Greece\u2019s Muslim minority, overseas students studying in Thessaloniki and refugees who now call the northern Greek city home \u2014 attended the Eid prayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Built in 1902 by Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli, Yeni Cami, situated in a narrow street in the center of the city, stopped being used as a mosque in the 1920s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greek population is overwhelmingly Orthodox Christian, with the Muslim community largely consisting of migrants and visitors, as well as a small Muslim minority in northeastern Greece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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