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…
Athens’ first masjid in nearly 200 years opens for Jumuah Salaah
08 November 2020| 22 Rabi ul Awwal 1442| Arab News After years of delays caused by red tape, cutbacks and opposition from religious and political factions, the first government-funded mosque…
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…
With winter approaching rights group warn that lives will be lost in Greece
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail|23 November 2017|04 Rabi ul Awal 1439 With winter weather nearing, 20 humanitarian groups have warned authorities in Greece that “lives will be lost” unless asylum seekers…
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…
Refugees suffering mental disorders in ever greater numbers: MSF #Refugees
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 14 March 2017| 15 Jumadul Aakhir 1438 One year after the European Union and Turkey reached a deal to quell the flow of asylum seekers in…
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.…
Europe cold snap: death toll hits 61 as the poor, old and helpless succumb
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 11 January 2017| 12 Rabi ul Aakir 1438 Officials suspended shipping along Europe’s second-longest waterway as a freezing spell gripped large parts of the continent, causing…