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The construction of a mosque in Athens will end an almost two-century ban on building a Muslim worship place by the government. (AFP/File)

August 22nd, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

First mosque to open in Athens following 180 ban

No new mosque has been built in Athens since the Ottoman Empire’s rule ended over Greece in 1829.

Greek soldiers march past a government building in Athens, Greece. (AFP/File)

August 22nd, 2016 - 11:36 GMT

Athens to build first mosque in almost 200 years!