Tag: Helsinki
Helsinki Grand Mosque’s rocky road
When it comes to building mosques, Finland is not any different from other European countries in terms of opposition that such projects receive either...
Finland: Helsinki welcomes minarets
After the Swiss ban on minaret construction, many other European countries wonder how they would decide in case of a referendum, and they claim...
Finland’s only proper mosque is in the small town of Järvenpää...
So far there is only the one purpose-built mosque in Finland, the Järvenpää Mosque, which was erected in the 1940s. The timber-framed building also...
Greece: Minority Report: rights for Turks in Greece
{Greek nationals, whose mother-tongue is Turkish, are not allowed to identify themselves as Turks. Despite Greek reforms, Turkish-speakers still look to Turkey for relief.}...