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Despite the challenges of opening during the Covid-19 pandemic and the opposition of far-right groups, the capital's official mosque boasts a thriving community
Athens' first-ever mosque is closely guarded In Greece, where Orthodox Christianity is inseparable from the state, the construction of the capital's first mosque has been met with much resistance Muslims living in Greece pray inside the first state-funded mosque in Athens on Friday, November 6, 2020. (Photo by PETROS GIANNAKOURIS/AP) It cannot be seen and no sound can be heard coming from it. But in the popular Botaniko neighborhood of Athens, everyone knows it is there somewhere. Suddenly, a stone's throw from the Church of St. Christopher, the mosque can be spotted. It stands behind a ga...