Saudi FM, Greek PM meet
11 February 2021 Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan was received by Greece’s prime minister in Athens today. Prince Faisal and Kyriakos Mitsotakis held talks during which they…
Greek neo-Nazi group threatens Muslim association in hate crime surge
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 22 January 2018| 04 Jumuadul Ula 1439 A neo-Nazi organisation has threatened the Muslim Association of Greece and pro-migrant organisations, amid an uptick in anti-immigrant violence…
Muslims in Athens anxiously await the construction of their only purpose-built Mosque
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 19 October 2017| 28 Muharram 1439 Decrying how Muslims in Athens have no choice but to pray in unsanitary conditions in basements, a top Muslim cleric…
Refugees unable to be laid to rest in Athens due to lack of Muslim cemetry
Cii Radio|Ayesha Ismail|04 October 2017|13 Muharram 1439 Refugees fleeing war-torn countries in the Middle East to find shelter in Greece are suffering new wounds due to the lack of a…
Magnitude 6.3 seismic shock strikes western coast and large Greek island
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 13 June 2017|18 Ramadaan 1438 A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake off the western coast of Turkey and between the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chinos shook…
Tensions mount in Athens over plans of first Mosque
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 27 February 2017| 29 Jumadul ula 1438 Athens‘ Muslims have long made do with living rooms, community centers and basements when seeking out places to pray.…
Athens to get its first mosque since Ottoman expulsion
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 15 February 2017| 17 Jumadul ula 1438 Athens– Athens’s half a million Muslims are set to get their first official mosque in more than a century.…
Athens: Muslims in Greece look forward to first mosque despite opposition
Cii Radio| Sabera Sheik Essop| 28 November 2016| 27 Safar 1438 Sitting in a cafeteria in her middle-class neighbourhood of Ilioupoli, 43-year-old Anna Stamou says she soon hopes to be…