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The Interrupted Rest of #Greece’s #Muslim Dead - #NewLinesMagazine
Families of deceased Muslims in the country face tough choices between the demands of #faith and the practicalities of remembrance
"The fate of Muslims who pass away in Greece is fraught with complexities and uncertainties that are now presenting Nassim and her family with unwelcome challenges. As soon as Nassim’s father died she had a tough choice to make: bury him in #Athens, knowing that his body would be exhumed after three years, as per Greek law, or send his body nearly 500 miles away to Thrace, in the northeast near the Greek-Turkish border, where the country’s only Muslim #cemetery is located."
https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/interrupted-rest-of-greeces-muslim-dead/ #Longread
