According to the Muslim Association of Greece, the more than 200,000 Muslims who live in the Greek capital and Attica region that surrounds it have been trying for decades to get a proper place of worship.
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Muslims in Athens: Where Islam flourishes despite being half-underground
ON A baking-hot Friday afternoon in the dusty Athenian district of Neos Kosmos, a cheerful assortment of (mostly male) worshippers greet one another in Arabic, Greek and other languages, and enter a nondescript building in a side-street.
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?
The Muslims You Cannot See: Sahar Habib Ghazi at TEDxStanford
Here is the full transcript of Global Voices‘ editor Sahar Habib Ghazi’s TEDx Talk: The Muslims You Cannot See at TEDxStanford conference.
ISLAM IN GREECE
Muslims who live in Greece, officials and academics speak to BHMAgazino about the stereotypes that follow Islam and the real dimensions of the threat of fundamentalism