Athens may get first mosque

[Hakan]

Athens may get first mosque​

The building of the first mosque in Athens, the only European capital not to have one, has become the subject of political debate ahead of May 18th local elections.

Mosque building in Greece’s capital is an international obligation, Athens' incumbent mayor Yorgos Kaminis said.

The New Democracy Party's candidate for mayor of Athens, Aris Spiliotopoilos has said that if elected to govern the capital he will propose a city-wide referendum on the subject.

Left candidate Kaminis criticized Spiliotopoilos for voting in favor of building a mosque when he was a member of Parliament but had done nothing about it.

Meanwhile, the proposal for holding a referendum on the building of a mosque in Athens will damage Greece's international reputation, Yorgos Kalacis from the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs said last week.

The Greek Parliament approved a plan in 2011 to build a mosque in Athens, after demands from thousands of Muslim residents.

Athens has been criticized by human rights groups such as Amnesty International for being the only European Union capital without a functioning mosque.

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[Jf Thunder]

good

 

[somebozo]

Lets build a church in Medina and Makkah also.

 

[Durrak]

Lets build a church in Medina and Makkah also.

 

[Durrak]

Referendum would be great idea.

 

[A.Rafay]

Referendum would be great idea.

Their Parliament approved a plan to build mosque in Athens in 2011, referendum may not be needed at all since there is a significant muslim population in Greece.

 

[rockstar08]

Lets build a church in Medina and Makkah also.

yes sure , but first build a mosque in Vatican

 

[Targon]

I hope they do, our guys were giving this as a reason for not opening Orthodox Theological School in Turkey, its a shame that its still being closed.

 

[DRaisinHerald]

Mashallah; but this is odd. Surely a city such as Athens must have had one by now.

 

[LordTyrannus]

What the world needed exactly... another mosque.

 

[That Guy]

Lets build a church in Medina and Makkah also.

Why? Riyadh would make more sense. Medina nor Mekkah are KSA's capital.

 

[DRaisinHerald]

Lets build a church in Medina and Makkah also.

Makkah and Madina are holy. The rest of Saudi isn't.

 

[That Guy]

Makkah and Madina are holy. The rest of Saudi isn't.

Athens is far from holy too, so again, why?

 

[DRaisinHerald]

Athens is far from holy too, so again, why?

Why what? You can't build churches on the holiest lands on earth, can you? Besides, non-Muslims aren't even allowed in those 2 cities. The rest of the world doesn't matter; KSA should allow their Christians to build churches any where in their country if they desire.

 

[Yeti]

KSA has many Indian workers too but it does not allow Hindu/Sikh Temples to be built in the fat wahabi kings kingdom but when their black gold runs out they will be back riding camels and giving up their 4x4's plus looking for pearls like their forefathers