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		<title>Eating Halal in Athens</title>
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عربي/Ελληνικά
The title “the first halal* restaurant in Athens” may seem something ordinary for the residents of the large cities of the world. But for us it is something to be proud of.
The first halal restaurant is now open in Halandri. The name is Anahita and has Persian cuisine, which is so delicious and compatible with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greeksrethink.com/2011/06/eating-halal-in-athens/</link>
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		<title>The propagation of neo-Orientalism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The media continually builds an association of Islam with war,instability and repression, creating a false stereotype.

Source: Al Jazeera

by Soumaya Ghannoushi*
It is hard to imagine amidst the omnipresence of discourse currently on Islam that a mere three decades ago, Islam had been a marginal concern situated on the periphery of western consciousness.
If ever encountered in press reports during [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greeksrethink.com/2011/02/the-propagation-of-neo-orientalism/</link>
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		<title>Thousands of Greeks Orthodox became Muslims as soon as they became adults</title>
		<description><![CDATA[*A great number of them live abroad away from relatives
By Andreas Papageorgopoulos
http:// ellinas-xoris-ellada.blogspot.com
Διαβάστε στα Ελληνικά

Completely different to the belief, the one we are losing day by day or with the one that is going to almost change by the government’s strict financial policy ( regardless those that are going to follow!). This is the religious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greeksrethink.com/2011/01/thousands-of-greeks-orthodox-became-muslims-as-soon-as-they-became-adults/</link>
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		<title>Greek Muslims in Kuwait</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
By Gerasimos Loukatos
It was the first time  I heard the adhan (call to prayer) from my room&#8217;s half-open window. No compass needed since the arrow on the ceiling is already pointing the direction to Mecca. The small colorful carpet for the guests and access to water was everything I needed to perform my five daily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greeksrethink.com/2011/01/greek-muslims-in-kuwait/</link>
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		<title>The Islamification of Britain: record numbers embrace Muslim faith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source:  The Independent UK
 
The number of Britons choosing to become Muslims has nearly doubled in the past decade, according to one of the most comprehensive attempts to estimate how many people have embraced Islam.
Following the global spread of violent Islamism, British Muslims have faced more scrutiny, criticism and analysis than any other religious community. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greeksrethink.com/2011/01/the-islamification-of-britain-record-numbers-embrace-muslim-faith/</link>
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		<title>A Greek Muslim lady from Ilioupolis, Athens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Miss Anna Stamou, public relations manager of the Muslim association of Greece, was awarded for her action by the European Muslim Professionals Network
Διαβάστε στα Ελληνικά
Source: www.tovima.gr

By Achilles Hekimoglou 21st of November 2010
One of the leading international Muslim awards of Europe was recently given to a Greek lady. The public relations manager of the Muslim Association [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greeksrethink.com/2010/12/a-muslim-lady-from-ilioupolis/</link>
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		<title>New York Times: attacks on immigrants on the rise in Greece</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: New York Times

By Niki Kitsantonis
ATHENS — A wave of violent attacks against immigrants by suspected right-wing extremists has put Muslims and the police on alert in rundown parts of Athens with burgeoning migrant populations.
Immigrants have been beaten and stabbed near central squares, and several makeshift mosques have been burned and vandalized. In the most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greeksrethink.com/2010/12/new-york-times-attacks-on-immigrants-on-the-rise-in-greece/</link>
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		<title>Greek Muslim: Myrto &#8211; my journey to Islam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Διαβάστε στα Ελληνικά

Questions were racing through my mind.  Does this makes me a Muslim? What is a Muslim after all? And is it easy to become one? And what happens after that? What if I regret?
It was minutes after my shahada (my declaration of the Islamic faith), a few weeks ago.
It took me almost 9 years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greeksrethink.com/2010/11/greek-muslim-myrto-my-journey-to-islam/</link>
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		<title>Μυρτώ &#8211; Η διαδρομή προς την Πίστη</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Read in English

Ω  Θεέ μου, πραγματοποίησα την Ισλαμική  Ομολογία Πίστεως  πρόσφατα, αυτό με κάνει  μουσουλμάνα; Τι είναι μια μουσουλμάνα εν τέλει; Και είναι εύκολο να γίνει κάποιος; Και τι θα συμβεί μετά από αυτό; Τι θα συμβεί αν μετανιώσω;
Μου πήρε σχεδόν 9 χρόνια για να πιστέψω ότι στην πραγματικότητα υπάρχει Θεός και να επιλέξω το [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greeksrethink.com/2010/11/%ce%bc%cf%85%cf%81%cf%84%cf%8e-%ce%b7-%ce%b4%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%b4%cf%81%ce%bf%ce%bc%ce%ae-%cf%80%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%cf%80%ce%af%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7/</link>
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		<title>In an underground Mosque, during prayer time, in Athens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[They have to put an effort to fit in the Greek society”
By Lina Giannarou
It does not take more than 10 minutes to walk between Stathmos Larisis to the underground, small Mosque of Attica square. Last Tuesday night, Naim Elghandour chairman of the Muslim Association of Greece, followed this route with us. He talks to himself [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.greeksrethink.com/2010/11/in-an-underground-mosque-during-prayer-time-in-athens/</link>
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