Prison authorities in northern Greece were given a briefing on Islam on Thursday to help them better understand the religious practices and traditions of the 3,000 Muslim inmates currently held in Greek prisons.
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Mosque in Athens expected to go in operation on last day of Ramadan
The Islamic mosque in Botanikos district of Athens is expected to be inaugurated on the last day of Ramadan on June 5, 2019.
Here to Stay
The 30m Muslims living in Europe and America are gradually becoming integrated
Muslims have had a significant presence in the West for three generations, says Nicolas Pelham. Though both sides remain wary, they are getting closer
The battle to build a mosque in Athens
The city has about 250,000 Muslims – but no official place for them to worship. Why?
Islamophobia on EU agenda: need for more actions by States
the European Commission organised a high-level conference on anti-Muslim hatred, in the presence of Member States representatives and Commissioner Věra Jourová.
Greece’s Muslims seek reform between civil and religious laws
Greece is the only European country to preserve a bifurcated legal system in which Islamic and Greek civil law coexist.
Greek neo-Nazi group threatens Muslim Association
Muslim Association of Greece and other groups receive menacing messages from caller boasting of racist attacks.
Islamic studies students laugh off criticism
Yiannis Palamidis and Athanasia Avramoglou are students in the new Undergraduate Program of Islamic Studies at the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the first of its kind in Greece, which was launched – amid fierce criticism from the ecclesiastical world – this academic year.
Celebrating Ramadan Athens-style
Over half a million Muslims mark the Islamic holy month in Turkey’s Aegean neighbor Greece.
Studying Islam and the Muslim World in Greece
A new “Islamic Studies Program” will be available at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki’s School of Theology from the next academic year (2016-2017).