Greece announces a new date for Athens mosque Inauguration of long-awaited Athens mosque due in March, says Greek officials

January 18, 2019   

(Anadolu) Greece just gave a new date for the inauguration of the mosque in Athens.

Kostas Gavroglu, Greek minister of education, research and religious affairs, told that the inauguration of the mosque, for which five different dates were previously given with no result, is happening this time in March.

Informing the Greek members of parliament at a session about the mosque on Friday, Gavroglu said that the inauguration of the mosque in Athens, where there is currently no Muslim place of worship built by Greece, will happen within March. He also said that there is a bipartisan agreement on the funding of the expenses of the mosque.

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