Some 50,000 mostly Muslim migrants and refugees who've fled wars in the Middle East and beyond are stranded in Greece ATHENS, July 6 (Reuters) - Men wailed in prayer in a drab Athens basement on ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — In early February, a few weeks before the beginning of Ramadan, Greece’s minister of migration and asylum, Thanos Plevris, announced a nationwide sweep to close down “illegal places ...

THESSALONIKI, GreeceTHESSALONIKI, Greece — Ahmet Mete, who was recognized by Turkey but not by Greece as the elected mufti for the Muslim population in the Xanthi region, died Thursday at age 57, his ...

ATHENS, Greece — Greece has passed a law to limit the powers of Islamic courts in a northern region that is home to about 100,000 Muslims, restricting the application of religious law in the country ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday criticized Greece for allegedly violating a settlement that has governed relations between the rivals for nearly a century. In a ...

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. (CherryX/Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News) The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Greece must pay a Muslim widow damages for ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A Greek court has sentenced two Muslim clerics to seven months in prison after they led prayers at a funeral service instead of using a state-appointed preacher. The court ...

THESSALONIKI, Greece — The Stars of David adorning the balconies along the top of the building catch the first glimmers of the dawn light as worshipers pass through the gates of the historic Yeni Cami ...

ATHENS (Reuters) – Men wailed in prayer in a drab Athens basement on Wednesday, marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in one of the Greek capital’s many makeshift mosques set up in ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Erdogan accused Athens of undermining the rights of the Muslim minority in Greece’s Thrace region. ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday criticized Greece ...