اليونان: احتدام الجدل السياسي حول إنشاء مسجد أثينا

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

تشهد الحلبة السياسية اليونانية صراعًا شديدًا بين السياسيين حول مشروع بناء "مسجد أثينا".

وذلك قبيل الانتخابات البرلمانية التي تنطلق في 18 مايو الجاري، وذلك توظيفًا للقضية في كسْب الأصوات الانتخابية.

وقد اتهم السياسيون بعضهم بالنفاق وتبدُّل المواقف؛ حيث يجنح بعضهم لمعارضة المشروع جذبًا لأصوات الناخبين المتعاطفين مع النازيين الجدد المناهضين للإسلام والمسلمين في أوروبا.

وجدير بالذكر أن الحكومة وافقت على المشروع العام الماضي، وأوكلت البناء لشركة مقاولات بتكلفة تبلغ مليون و292 ألف دولار أمريكي لبناء المسجد على أرض بوسط "أثينا"، التي كانت دارًا للعديد من المساجد خلال الخلافة العثمانية، وقد أغلقتها "اليونان" بعد الاستقلال أو حولتها لأغراض أخرى؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Political debate heats up around Athens mosque

The mayor of the Greek capital Athens, George Kaminis, has accused one of his rivals of being two-faced for in his stance to the construction of a mosque in the city ahead of May 18 elections.

Kaminis said New Democracy candidate Aris Spiliotopoulos, who at first said he opposed the building of the mosque despite supporting the plan for the government to pay for its construction when it was pushed forward by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, of hypocrisy.

Spiliotopoulos, the former minister of education and religious affairs, is accused of attempting to reach out to voters with neo-Nazi sentiments with his original comments, only to change his stance later in saying that he supports the mosque as long as it is built on the outskirts of Athens.

“Spiliotopoulos should have thought about all that before his ministry signed the deal about the mosque’s construction [in Votanikos],” Kaminis told SKAI.

A private consortium was awarded a $1.292 million contract to build the mosque on land belonging to the Hellenic Navy in Votanikos, near central Athens, last year. As plans to begin the construction later this year remain on schedule, the plans act as a focus point for far-right Golden Dawn politicians campaigning against Muslims and immigration.

Athens was once home to many mosques during the Ottoman times, but many of these mosques were closed or used for other purposes after Greece became an independent state, especially after the population exchange between the Christians of Turkey and Muslims of Greece left many mosques empty.