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2003-07-29 Europe

First âProperâ Mosque To Be Built In Athens In 200 Years

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Posted by Steve 2003-07-29 9:15:51 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 There goes the neighborhood. Have you ever experienced a "Call to Prayers" at 3:30am? Not to be forgotten... nor forgiven. Peania will be 100% Muslim within months, if not already. Saudi petrobucks. Of course... who coulda doubted it?

Posted by PD 2003-7-29 9:43:14 AM|| 2003-7-29 9:43:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Constantinople has a number of Mosques. That should be enough. Peer pressure is no rational for big decisions.

Posted by Yank 2003-7-29 10:51:07 AM|| 2003-7-29 10:51:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 What I'd like to see is a new church in ~~Istanbul~~ Constantinople. Anatolia back to the Eastern Roman Empire!

Posted by Spot 2003-7-29 10:53:28 AM|| 2003-7-29 10:53:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Constantinople has a number of churches and is still the seat of the Eastern Orthadox Church. Now what I'd like to see is a Christian church( any denomination )or a Jewish House of Prayer in Mecca or Medina. That would really put the twist in the fundo's undies

Posted by Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-7-29 11:28:30 AM|| 2003-7-29 11:28:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 The Turkish occupation of Greece left a lot of bad feelings that still haven't healed. One of the worst Turkish practises was to take Greek boys away from their parents and send them to Turkey to be raised as Islamobots.

I would have thought Greece would have demanded an official apology and restitution for this but maybe they need the construction dollars so bad they are willing to do without it.

Posted by mhw 2003-7-29 12:52:16 PM|| 2003-7-29 12:52:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Here's a rope, go hang yourself!

Why, thank you, Saudi Arabia, for your kindness.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-7-29 1:29:13 PM|| 2003-7-29 1:29:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 mhw> Given how Greece and Turkey have modern-day grievances, (e.g. Cyprus, e.g. Aegean) it seems rather silly for you to be speaking of what occurred in the 1700s. And suggesting that we demand an official apology? We are currently demanding the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Cyprus. Which is rather more important than any kind of mostly meaningless apology about the century-old doings of the former Ottoman Empire.

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2003-7-29 1:56:00 PM|| 2003-7-29 1:56:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Abdullah Abdullah?

Wasn't there one of those in Afghanistan?

Was that Dr. Death?

Posted by Anonymous 2003-7-29 2:31:18 PM|| 2003-7-29 2:31:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 How about a deal with the Saudis. For each mosque you finance in Europe, one church to be built in Saudi Arabia?

Hmmm I guess that won't work. Christians aren't even allowed to set foot into the two "holy cities".

Tolerance works both ways, right?

Posted by True German Ally 2003-7-29 2:44:26 PM|| 2003-7-29 2:44:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Or maybe the Greeks should apologize for invading Turkey in the 20's?

Posted by 11A5S 2003-7-29 3:35:02 PM|| 2003-7-29 3:35:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Athens, huh? Bet this place moves right up the charts on the "holiest place in Islam" list. They gotta establish a foothold, right? And with that security sieve of an airport nearby, this place could become real popular, real quick.

Posted by tu3031 2003-7-29 4:11:02 PM|| 2003-7-29 4:11:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Or maybe the Greeks should apologize for invading Turkey in the 10th century BC. Over and over again :-)

Posted by Steve White 2003-7-29 4:18:15 PM|| 2003-7-29 4:18:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 We'd apologize to the Trojans but we can't find any to apologize to! ;-)

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2003-7-29 5:56:59 PM|| 2003-7-29 5:56:59 PM|| Front Page Top

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