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Europe
Islam: Athens To Have Its First Mosque
2006-11-10
(AKI) - The Greek parliament has approved a draft law for the construction of a mosque in Athens, one of the few European Union capitals not to have one. The Greek Education and Religious Affairs Minister Marietta Yannakou has drafted the bill for the construction of the city's first mosque. Once it is built - reportedly by 2010 - the mosque will be under the supervision of the Greek government. Athens has some 200,000 Muslim residents. It will be built in the Votanikos neighbourhood and will cost approximately 15 million euros to be funded by the government. Under the measure, the government will also appoint the mosque's imam.
Posted by:Fred

#6  20% muzzie by 2015.
Posted by: ed   2006-11-10 08:23  

#5  The only "first" about the upcoming mosque is that it would be the first since the Greeks drove their Muslim rulers out in 1821.

Well, they're back. Maybe not in power yet, but give them time.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-11-10 08:05  

#4  Cannonball, 1688, IIRC, but that was 1982 and 1984.

I just might have some juice left in these old brain cells.

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As for selling it to Britain, just send it here like most other things will come over to protect western culture.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-11-10 02:02  

#3  The only "first" about the upcoming mosque is that it would be the first since the Greeks drove their Muslim rulers out in 1821. The Parthenon was once a mosque, the Athens ceramics museum was once a mosque, and the "Mosque of the Conqueror" erected shortly after the Turks took over is now being used as a storehouse for archeologists.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2006-11-10 01:00  

#2  How quickly they forget.

The Parthenon was made into a mosque around 1458. Moslems stored gunpowder inside the Parthenon and much destruction ensued by the late 17th century. The temple would have remained in great condition otherwise.

Modern Greece was recovered piecemeal from Moslem occupation during the 19th century.
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2006-11-10 00:22  

#1  They're not using that old wrecked stone building on the hill for anything - maybe they can use that land for the Mosque. Bet they could demolish the wreck and sell the pieces to the British Museum to help fund the Mosque.
Posted by: DMFD   2006-11-10 00:16  

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