Immigrant groups on Friday opened the first formal Muslim prayer site here since rule by the Ottoman Empire ended more than 170 years ago.
Plans by Greece to build a mosque for tens of thousands of Muslim immigrants living in Athens have stalled, so businesspeople in Arab countries paid for the downtown cultural center in a former factory.
International human rights reports had criticized Greece for failing to provide an official prayer site for Muslims in Athens.
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