It was supposed to happen in the spring, and before that and before that and now the start of Greece’s first official mosque will reportedly happen in October, delayed by years of bureaucracy.
It took 14 years to get this far but Kathimerini said this time it’s for real with a New Democracy government official not named telling the paper, “The tenders announced last June show that the prime Minister has personally decided to proceed with it.”
That referred to arrangements for staffing, security, sanitation, and supplies for the site in Votanikos, the paper saying the last contracts are due to be signed so the doors can finally open to the capital’s Muslims, the facility having a capacity of 300.
Ironically, it comes after Turkey changed the status of the ancient revered church of Aghia Sophia in Constantinople into a mosque along with another church and as Turkey is demanding more rights for a Muslim minority in northern Greece.
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