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See also Greece in 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021. Introduction The main developments and trends pertaining to the Muslim population in Greece in 2014 are related to a series of new laws, political activities and public discourse. Laws mostly relate to the Turkish-Muslim minority of Thrace. Furthermore, new legislation has amended the anti-racist law, the legal status of immigrants and refugees and allowed the recognition and registration of religious communities for …

See also Greece in 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021. Introduction There were four main developments with regard to Islam and Muslims in Greece in 2018. The first was the continuation of the construction work of the first purpose-built mosque of Athens; all the final necessary ministerial decisions were legislated and voted on by the Greek parliament including the mosque’s functional regulation, which was finalised in October 2018. These are considered as the last steps …

See also Greece in 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021. Introduction There were three major developments regarding the Muslim population in Greece in 2015. The first was the huge flows of migrants and refugees, mainly from Syria but also from Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, that started to cross the Aegean Sea from spring onwards, a situation that escalated during the summer time and continued until the end of 2015. Their presence in Greek society, even if it was only fo…

See also Greece in 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021. 1 Muslim Populations At the establishment of Greece as an independent state (1830), Muslims constituted a very small group within the then borders of Greece with almost no institutional special protection. By 1881 and with the annexation of Thessalia, Muslim communities (numbering about 40,000 at that time) were protected as a minority by the Treaty of Constantinople. In effect, the Ottoman millet system (ethno-religious communal institutional autonomy) was preserved. By the e…

See also Greece in 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021. Introduction Although the situation with regard to migrants and refugees stabilised to some extent in 2017, it was still one of the main issues in public discussions. It is estimated that approximately 55,000 persons have been detained in Greece waiting to be transferred to other European countries, while according to the available data around 32,000 individuals arrived on the Aegean islands crossing the borders with Turkey.1 One crucial aspect of this development was the treatmen…

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